What is the effect of small front sight?

tallahassee · Post by **tallahassee** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:27 pm

Steyr sells 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, and 2.5 front sight.

Has any one use a 2.5 front sight?

What will be the effect of using this small front sight?

If you can see it well, benefit outweight the risk?

Bruce Martindale · Post by **Bruce Martindale** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:42 pm

Need to look more at the perceived spacing of white borders than sight width alone. Long arms show narrower sights than short.

Too narrow a rear slot strains your eyes. Play with it and see what you like; make big changes in practice. No risk. I think I have white side bars at 1/2 of perceived front sight width for precision shooting.

Much wider on rapid fire

regards

JamesH as guest · Post by **JamesH as guest** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:44 pm

Sometimes a small front sight can make you concentrate on it harder, and a small error in alignment can actually seem bigger.