Sight question

Tuscan Raider · January 10, 2008, 16:43

I've never been good at figuring this out, so I thought I would ask
the pros before I do anything.

An HK91 clone has the rear sight moved all the way to the left, as far
as windage goes. I want to be able to move the rear sight a little more
to the right. I thought I might be able to do this by thinning out the
front sight post with a dremel, which would also give me a finer sight
picture.

The question:as I'm looking down the sights, which side of the
front post would I dremel to be able to move my rear sight so it is
more centered?

Thanks

AndyC · January 10, 2008, 17:24

So if the rear sight is all the way to the left... and you need to move it to the right... why can't you just move it to the right? Why are you wanting to futz around with the front-sight?

You would shave the right side of the front-sight to move your groups to the right, if that's what you're asking (which is a really bad idea, if you ask me).

Tuscan Raider · January 10, 2008, 18:51

Andy, normally I wouldn't mess with these things, but I
mostly just want to thin the front sight post a little. It is
zeroed now where the rear sight sits, but I would like a
finer front sight post. It just seems a little too wide.

I don't want to shave the wrong side, and not be able to
get the windage I need, as it won't go any farther left.

Maybe I'll just learn to live with the thick front sight post.

XHardrock · January 10, 2008, 19:11

As Andy stated, you would shave the right side.
F.O.R.S. Foward Opposite, Rear Same.

I'm not familiar with the 91, if the front sight has elevation adjustment by rotating that would screw up your windage also. Seems to me there is a better fix.

January 10, 2008, 16:43	#1
Tuscan Raider Registered FALaholic #: 19668 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 2,939	Sight question I've never been good at figuring this out, so I thought I would ask the pros before I do anything. An HK91 clone has the rear sight moved all the way to the left, as far as windage goes. I want to be able to move the rear sight a little more to the right. I thought I might be able to do this by thinning out the front sight post with a dremel, which would also give me a finer sight picture. The question:as I'm looking down the sights, which side of the front post would I dremel to be able to move my rear sight so it is more centered? Thanks __________________ "An eye for an eye makes us all blind." Ghandi "We, here in America, hold in our hands the hopes of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men." Theodore Roosevelt Address at Carnegie Hall March 30, 1912

January 10, 2008, 17:24	#2
AndyC Porridge Wog Contributor FALaholic #: 19755 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Euless, TX Posts: 11,061	So if the rear sight is all the way to the left... and you need to move it to the right... why can't you just move it to the right? Why are you wanting to futz around with the front-sight? You would shave the right side of the front-sight to move your groups to the right, if that's what you're asking (which is a really bad idea, if you ask me). __________________ My Iraq Pics Preferred Travel Agent - 72 Virgins Dating Club

January 10, 2008, 18:51	#3
Tuscan Raider Registered FALaholic #: 19668 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 2,939	Andy, normally I wouldn't mess with these things, but I mostly just want to thin the front sight post a little. It is zeroed now where the rear sight sits, but I would like a finer front sight post. It just seems a little too wide. I don't want to shave the wrong side, and not be able to get the windage I need, as it won't go any farther left. Maybe I'll just learn to live with the thick front sight post. __________________ "An eye for an eye makes us all blind." Ghandi "We, here in America, hold in our hands the hopes of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men." Theodore Roosevelt Address at Carnegie Hall March 30, 1912

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January 10, 2008, 19:11	#4
XHardrock Registered FALaholic #: 16502 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,050	As Andy stated, you would shave the right side. F.O.R.S. Foward Opposite, Rear Same. I'm not familiar with the 91, if the front sight has elevation adjustment by rotating that would screw up your windage also. Seems to me there is a better fix.