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Posted: 5/19/2012 7:56:46 PM EDT
| is there anyway I can adjust it with out one of those tools? without it being a pain in the ass? |
| I agree with the major. Put several drops of CLP around the front sight . This frees up the sight threads and then a bullet tip works great. Buying a tool is fine but for the number of times you adjust the front sight, the money spent on a sight tool is better spent on ammo. |
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I might be way off in my thinking, but I've always sighted in my iron sights and left them alone. Why would one need to adjust their front sight in the middle of a very stressful and time-critical situation?
If you are not considering 'how best to adjust your front sight during a stressful and time-critical situation' then I'd just sight it in and leave it. I can't see how lubricating the front sight post could harm anything though. You are likely using either a fixed rear sight or a folding rear sight. If you are using a fixed rear sight it would be ideal to have one that adjusts for elevation. If you are using a folding rear sight then that is likely because you have a primary optic. If you are using a primary optic my logic says to not worry about your front sight. |
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I might be way off in my thinking, but I've always sighted in my iron sights and left them alone. Why would one need to adjust their front sight in the middle of a very stressful and time-critical situation? If you are not considering 'how best to adjust your front sight during a stressful and time-critical situation' then I'd just sight it in and leave it. I can't see how lubricating the front sight post could harm anything though. You are likely using either a fixed rear sight or a folding rear sight. If you are using a fixed rear sight it would be ideal to have one that adjusts for elevation. If you are using a folding rear sight then that is likely because you have a primary optic. If you are using a primary optic my logic says to not worry about your front sight. I don't see where the OP was saying anything about adjusting the front sight in a stressful situation. Even with an optic maybe the OP wants the irons set if the optic should go down. Adjust it once and be done with it. The pencil erase idea is pretty slick. |
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I might be way off in my thinking, but I've always sighted in my iron sights and left them alone. Why would one need to adjust their front sight in the middle of a very stressful and time-critical situation? If you are not considering 'how best to adjust your front sight during a stressful and time-critical situation' then I'd just sight it in and leave it. I can't see how lubricating the front sight post could harm anything though. You are likely using either a fixed rear sight or a folding rear sight. If you are using a fixed rear sight it would be ideal to have one that adjusts for elevation. If you are using a folding rear sight then that is likely because you have a primary optic. If you are using a primary optic my logic says to not worry about your front sight. I don't see where the OP was saying anything about adjusting the front sight in a stressful situation. Even with an optic maybe the OP wants the irons set if the optic should go down. Adjust it once and be done with it. The pencil erase idea is pretty slick. I didn't either. He knows a tool exists and that would be the easiest and fastest way to adjust the front sight. I just said If you are not considering 'how best to adjust your front sight during a stressful and time-critical situation' then I'd just sight it in and leave it. I was just saying that I personally set it and forget it. |
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