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    Quote Originally Posted by wwdkd View Post
    Steyrman and markm, you both make good points. I love my Daniel Defense sights and I'm chalking it up to a fluke of it being dropped exactly right in order to accomplish that. And Daniel defense does have great customer service too!
    It is also the first one I have seen broken like that which could indicate it was a possible weak ear to begin with and all Marks other sights would withstand the fall.

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    I wonder that if the protective ears were made .030" thicker or if the sight were made out of 7075 T6 aluminum instead of 6061-T6 aluminum it would have fared any better ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airhasz View Post
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    You and me both.

    Seriously though, I can't help but think that rifle must have fallen at the perfect angle and landed solely on the sight's ear with the full weight and momentum of the rifle behind it. I understand the concern, but I'm also not seeing an abundance of people reporting these sights failing, and we all know there are lots and lots of them in use. The manufacturer is here and has responded. They know exactly what happened and are still offering to replace it for free. I think I would take them up on their offer and drive on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wwdkd View Post
    Steyrman and markm, you both make good points. I love my Daniel Defense sights and I'm chalking it up to a fluke of it being dropped exactly right in order to accomplish that. And Daniel defense does have great customer service too!
    It had to have landed entirely on that sight ear. I'm a little less emotional about it today.. I was crapped out yesterday because that gun IS DOWN. It's a paperweight for the time being.

    I certainly don't want to sound like I'm picking on DD as the sight construction is in no way inferior to alternative products.
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    Quote Originally Posted by agr1279 View Post
    A forged steel version of a fixed rail mounted front sight. Falls from the same height and the rail itself breaks. I'll take this sight all day long. DD has already offered to replace it.

    Dan
    I am with you on this, I think the sight performed as it should. First, it is made of aluminium to take advantage of the weight to strength factor, keeping the carbine/rifle light. Secondly, with any impact something has got to give somewhere. It is much better to have to replace a $61 sight than a $200 to $400 rail. If the sight didn't flex a rail could conceiveably break, although a forearm rail does have more surface area to absorb impacts. Quite possibly if the sight had hit the floor any other way you probably wouldn't have been able to tell except for a sight scratch or scuff on the sight's finish. It just happened to hit at that perfect angle to do damage. Third, all hype aside, it is above all expectations that Daniel Defense is willing to replace it. That fact in and of itself speaks volumes about the customer service business aspect of Daniel Defense standing behind their products.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    It had to have landed entirely on that sight ear. I'm a little less emotional about it today.. I was crapped out yesterday because that gun IS DOWN. It's a paperweight for the time being.

    I certainly don't want to sound like I'm picking on DD as the sight construction is in no way inferior to alternative products.
    I hear ya. Having a gun go non - operational is always a bummer.
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    I think you need a 45 degree BU-RDS for your your irons

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    I think Magpul MBUS Pros are in my future. Good on DD for replacing your sight!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moose-Knuckle View Post
    I think Magpul MBUS Pros are in my future....
    I finally got around to mounting a set a couple of days ago that I've had laying around for about 3 months.

    Gotta say, not too bad. At first blush, I'm pretty happy with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Wow. I appreciate that. I don't really feel that it's DD's fault that this broke. I think it's just the nature of a non-steel part... and ANY of the Troy, LMT, etc. variants would have likely had the same outcome.
    I am not sure that all fixed sights are perfectly equal and that all would fave failed in the same situation. You mentioned not liking the big knob on the LMTs, and that is a downside (though I think it's a great thumb rest when running an x300 in front of the FSP) but take a look at the pic below. The LMT has thicker, longer, and more robust "ears" on it than the DD.
    Attachment 27803

    Of course, the fail point on an LMT sight is the clamp--it is thin in the middle, and if over torqued, it will split right there. I think a way to perhaps strengthen that is to find the front steel clamping bar portion from someone's cut-off carry handle and use it to replace the aluminum part of the clamp on the LMT front sight.
    Last edited by Cincinnatus; 08-06-14 at 18:03.

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