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My DD sight's large aperture is just slightly off center to the right as well.
For comparison, the large aperture on my Bravo Company carbine's carry handle A2 style sight is right in the center of the sight.
I agree you should verify whether or not the sight can be zeroed before considering it a problem.
UPDATE:
I didn't want to just edit my previous post because I thought a bump was appropriate here.
I contacted Daniel Defense and explained the situation to them and they are authorizing me to return it for an exchange.
Not only that, but also if I understood the representative correctly they are e-mailing me a UPS label so I don't even have to pay the shipping for the return!
The person I talked to was very helpful, didn't offer to argue with me at all, and stated that they had gotten back a few others with the same problem.
We all know that any company can have a defective product leave their shop once in a while, and Daniel Defense's attitude and eagerness to make it right makes me want to buy from them again.
Doc, thanks for posting. My sight is in the mail and midway will be sending me another one. If the same issue is present, thats it for me buying DD. BTW, my hole wasn't slightly off center, it was pretty bad.
Doc, that is SOP for Daniel Defense. If there is a problem, they fix it.
I am sad to hear that people are having these issues with DD products. I am personally a big fan. Although it does seem that the complaints are with only a couple specific products.
Well, after several people on this forum told me that the large aperture being offset a little to the right is normal, I e-mailed Daniel Defense to give them a heads up that the sight I sent back to them might be okay after all, and if it was indeed up to spec I would be happy to pay the shipping for them to send it back to me.
Just eyeballing it I thought it was way off, but it just goes to show that it's good to have someone actually "mic" it.
I just got off the phone with them. (They called me). They confirmed that the aperture is within spec even though it's a little to the right. As suspected, this is due to the fact that the cross piece is threaded and the rear sight "travels" a little and the aperture has to be a little offset to compensate.
The person at the other end of the phone said that this had been a learning experience for him, too. I offered to pay to have the sight shipped back, but they said not to worry about it. They are returning it on their dime even though in my opinion they certainly didn't have to.
Great customer service, and I will never forget this for next time. :cool: