Question about Daniel defense rifle and rear sight alignment

[davebee456]

Hey just wondering after sighting in my new DDXV rifle with the Daniel defense rear sight i noticed I had to adjust my rear sight maybe 5 click to the left and now the aperture looks funny to me but the rifle is pretty much dead on at 25 meters With this adjusted
Is that normal ?

[Iraqgunz]

Have you ever fired an AR before? Are you new to the platform?


Hey just wondering after sighting in my new DDXV rifle with the Daniel defense rear sight i noticed I had to adjust my rear sight maybe 5 click to the left and now the aperture looks funny to me but the rifle is pretty much dead on at 25 meters With this adjusted
Is that normal ?

[davebee456]

Really a noobie to AR 15 style rifles but love them so far
250 rounds through it so far in a week
The sights threw me though just thought maybe the barrel isn't adjusted right or etc

[Iraqgunz]

Now that we have that out of the way. Yes, that is normal and or acceptable. Unacceptable would be for it to be cranked all the way to the left or right.

What type of target did you use for the zero and what type of zero did you establish?

[davebee456]

I used a M4 25/300 meter zeroing target, my rear sight is not cranked all the way to one side but it is noticeable when looking at the sight
Thanks guys

[davebee456]

here is a pic of what the sight looks like,
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/dgbee456/rearsightDD.jpg

not the best pic.

[Iraqgunz]

dave,

We don't need a pic. It was already stated that it is normal.


here is a pic of what the sight looks like,
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/dgbee456/rearsightDD.jpg

not the best pic.

[ryanschmidt65]

Normal. Mine did this too

[BamaM4]

Thanks for the pic. It helped me understand the question.

Yes, I am an AR noob too.

[rjacobs]

For some reason it seems to me that alot of the DD rear sights I have seen(and mine on my DDM4) all seem to like to be over about there to the left. Has anybody else noticed this? I dont remember any of the Troy's I have used having to go that far to the left.

[tnt1106]

For some reason it seems to me that alot of the DD rear sights I have seen(and mine on my DDM4) all seem to like to be over about there to the left. Has anybody else noticed this? I dont remember any of the Troy's I have used having to go that far to the left.

My DDXV rear fixed site was also like that after zeroing.

[davebee456]

thanks guys for the help on here...

[dennisuello]

Both of my ARs do that. One has free float rail with flip up front sight, the other has FSB. It bugs me to look at, but both are zeroed, so it's fine.

[ONEmanWOLFpack]

All of this has to do with each and everyones different "site picture." If you naturally put your eye further to the right then your rear site will need to be pushed to the right, and to the left if it is to the left. It all has to do with site picture. Everyone has a different one, which is why noones is the same. That is why you have to zero in the first place...

[ONEmanWOLFpack]

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[rjacobs]

All of this has to do with each and everyones different "site picture." If you naturally put your eye further to the right then your rear site will need to be pushed to the right, and to the left if it is to the left. It all has to do with site picture. Everyone has a different one, which is why noones is the same. That is why you have to zero in the first place...

WTF are you talking about? I have NEVER heard that before. That would mean that EVERY gun would have to be re-zero'd for EVERY shooter and that simply isnt the case.

[ONEmanWOLFpack]

WTF are you talking about? I have NEVER heard that before. That would mean that EVERY gun would have to be re-zero'd for EVERY shooter and that simply isnt the case.

This is the case for irons. This is from 12 yrs experience in the Army. This may not be true for close up shots to "be on paper," but for shots further out it is very much true.

[rjacobs]

This is the case for irons. This is from 12 yrs experience in the Army. This may not be true for close up shots to "be on paper," but for shots further out it is very much true.

I have just NEVER heard of this. I hope one of our SME reads this thread and comments. To me, it doesnt sound plausible at all because as long as you know what sight picture to look for you simply shift your head around slightly until you get that sight picture. You dont just throw your head on there and accept what you get and then move the sights around to tailor to you.

[ONEmanWOLFpack]

I have just NEVER heard of this. I hope one of our SME reads this thread and comments. To me, it doesnt sound plausible at all because as long as you know what sight picture to look for you simply shift your head around slightly until you get that sight picture. You dont just throw your head on there and accept what you get and then move the sights around to tailor to you.

This makes sense, but after 12 years of military experience, I have been issued mulitple weapons and everytime, just like every other Soldier, have had to rezero a weapon. It is standard practice to zero pior to doing a qualify range. The majority of the time, if you have not previously zeroed the weapon, you need to make site adjustments. The Army standard is we shoot at a 25m target which is shrunk down to look like a 300m siloette. We are supposed to be able to zero in 9 rounds. Shoot 3, then assume another good site picture, shoot 3 more, then make adjustments (left, right, up, down), then shoot the final 3. Those final 3 should be dead center mass.

[Wiggity]

Looks fine to me OP