Hello THR,
I'm thinking about buying one of those "thin" front sight posts for my AR-15
Looking at this in particular:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/84...wide-dcm-cmp-ar-15-matte?cm_vc=ProductFinding
I'm finding that with the standard post on a carbine length gas system, the post looks really big/fat, as in it is wider than the target is. What I've been shooting at is black paper plates (buy them in 20 packs for $1, cheap target easy to see at distance without scope, I think they're about 7 inches or so in diameter). At 100 yards I can keep my my shots on the plate no problem. At 175 yards (the longest distance I've tried thus far) I can only hit the plate about half the time. I'm wondering if a thinner sight would allow me to shoot more precisely left/right
I know there are a number of factors here, including human error (probably a big factor as my eyesight sucks) and ammo (I'm using cheap reloads with 55gr bullet and mixed brass, not weighing each charge individually, so the ammo is probably not what you'd call "match grade"). I'm thinking this thinner sight might help a little but probably won't solve my problem 100%.
So all this leads to my questions:
#1: Is there any big disadvantage to using thinner front sight? Should I just stick with what I've got?
#2: Do I have to re-zero the gun if I change out the sight? Or can I just count how many "clicks" it takes to remove the old one, and then screw then new one in the same number of clicks? I assume the answer to this is "yes you need to re-zero" but I'm curious.
I'm thinking about buying one of those "thin" front sight posts for my AR-15
Looking at this in particular:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/84...wide-dcm-cmp-ar-15-matte?cm_vc=ProductFinding
I'm finding that with the standard post on a carbine length gas system, the post looks really big/fat, as in it is wider than the target is. What I've been shooting at is black paper plates (buy them in 20 packs for $1, cheap target easy to see at distance without scope, I think they're about 7 inches or so in diameter). At 100 yards I can keep my my shots on the plate no problem. At 175 yards (the longest distance I've tried thus far) I can only hit the plate about half the time. I'm wondering if a thinner sight would allow me to shoot more precisely left/right
I know there are a number of factors here, including human error (probably a big factor as my eyesight sucks) and ammo (I'm using cheap reloads with 55gr bullet and mixed brass, not weighing each charge individually, so the ammo is probably not what you'd call "match grade"). I'm thinking this thinner sight might help a little but probably won't solve my problem 100%.
So all this leads to my questions:
#1: Is there any big disadvantage to using thinner front sight? Should I just stick with what I've got?
#2: Do I have to re-zero the gun if I change out the sight? Or can I just count how many "clicks" it takes to remove the old one, and then screw then new one in the same number of clicks? I assume the answer to this is "yes you need to re-zero" but I'm curious.