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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:17:36 AM EDT
I shot my new Colt today. There is a detent that keeps pressure on the rear sight, that sorta cocks the sight and turns it slightly to the left. I had to crank the sight pretty far over to the right to compensate for that. Is that normal? It's about 3 lines over to the right. I have it dead on (for me) @50 yards. But it sorta wondered me having it that far off center.
Thanks 
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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:19:46 AM EDT
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As long as you can zero it, its fine.
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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:24:25 AM EDT
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That occurs with every A2 and Carry Handle sight. It is fine.
If it REALLY bothers you, you can buy the new stay straight match rear sight from Bushmaster and fit the parts to your carry handle. |
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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:24:43 AM EDT
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you don't have to compensate for it, it's normal. annoying but normal.
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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:25:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:34:46 AM EDT
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Thanks fellows.
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Posted: 8/12/2011 10:36:49 AM EDT
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Normal, but fixable. you can have a pillar sight installed. 3 hash marks off your fsb is canted, but not enough to worry.
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Posted: 8/12/2011 11:11:58 AM EDT
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Normal, but fixable. you can have a pillar sight installed. 3 hash marks off your fsb is canted, but not enough to worry. Well that stinks  Hell it's a new Colt. I have a BUIS but I did not take it with me. I'll try it with that and see if it's still off. I had a optic with me and tried it but I was not happy using the 1-4 scope. I'm so used to irons from shooting my AK's that I'm just going to stick with iron sights.
But thanks, I'll look into the front site/gas block for cant. |
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Posted: 8/12/2011 1:08:08 PM EDT
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you don't have to compensate for it, it's normal. annoying but normal. +1. You weren't compensating for the cant of the rear sight assembly, you were compensating for the front sight base not being completely centered, which is normal. |
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Posted: 8/12/2011 1:19:26 PM EDT
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you don't have to compensate for it, it's normal. annoying but normal. +1. You weren't compensating for the cant of the rear sight assembly, you were compensating for the front sight base not being completely centered, which is normal. +1 ive never seen a perfecetly centered fsb |
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Posted: 8/12/2011 1:32:31 PM EDT
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I had a Bushmaster CH that was really bad, so I took a piece of black plastic from a TV dinner type bowl and "shimmed" the sight straight.
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Posted: 8/12/2011 3:47:57 PM EDT
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you don't have to compensate for it, it's normal. annoying but normal. +1. You weren't compensating for the cant of the rear sight assembly, you were compensating for the front sight base not being completely centered, which is normal. +1 ive never seen a perfecetly centered fsb That is why i won't buy any ARs with a pinned FSB. My S&W could not be zero'd, because the FSB was so canted. I replaced the FSB with a railed block and YHM gas block flip up sight. |
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