Handguard mounted front sight POA/POI change testing after being dropped
It is never going to happen, but I think it would be interesting to test all the current top tier free float handguards (quad and the newer slick sided small diameter ones ) to see the POA/POI change on their rail mounted front sights or other aiming device after let’s say one or two 4 ft drops on the ground from different angles. I would also like to see the same test on rifles using the standard barrel mounted forged front sight. IMHO, as it is now it seems to be a blind leap of faith regarding the testing and POA/ POI holding capability each company does with their handguards. I may be wrong, but I have my doubts that *any* free float handguard supported on only one end by a 2-2.5" barrel nut would retain its absolute POA/ POI after dropping them on the ground from 4ft one or two times. Everyone running free float rail mounted front sights or other aiming devices will have to decide on what would be, could be, might be "good enough or close enough " on holding their POA/POI after being dropped one or two times from let’s say 4 ft. In inches, how much of a POI change would you be okay with?
Handguard mounted front sight POA/POI change testing after being dropped
On my 12 in. SMOS rail pistol/carbine build I put the front sight on or about where a midlength gas block (9-10in?) would be. I remember reading about Kyle Defoor concluding that placing the front sight about 14 in or so from the rear he is nearly as fast as RDS. I'm right around that mark but I mainly run red dots on that pistol build so I'm not %100 if Defoors conclusion is the same with me.
One benefit I figured was that the front sight would suffer less deflection if the rail takes a hard fall the further it is from the end.
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