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Posted: 1/8/2007 1:42:05 PM EDT
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I am amassing a large collection of A2 front sight bases. I am looking for one that matches my pin holes close enough to at least open the pin holes and make it work. As you may have guessed, that's not working out too well. Does anyone know who manufactures the A2 that is drilled and tapped for hex heads. They are below where the taper pins would be and compress the base rings as opposed to passing through the base and barrel. I even think it may retain the bayo lug. Anyway, if anybody remembers who makes them, would you mind giving me a heads up. Trying to match used sights to already drilled barrels is getting to be a pain and I'm too old and cranky for the aggravation. Thanks, Rick |
The term CMP is a reference to the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Companies like White Oak Precision and Compass Lake perfom set-screw installations on new barrels. I would start with White Oak Precision first. |
DSG Arms should have them on catalog |
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Does this Armalite front sight look like a regular front sight assembly? Or is it one of those gas blocks that has a railed top for a detachable sight? ETA: We're in search of an A2 front sight assembly that is tapped for hexagonal set screws. Is this it?  It's made by CMMG. |
the FSB made by Armalite is different from the one made by CMMG: it a clamp on FSB LINK |
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Frens, that's the one I was looking for. Just when I thought my medication was causing me to imagine things..... Thanks, for helping me out. I was thinking about the set screw idea. In fact that's probably what I'll end up doing with these eventually. I'll mill some flets on another barrel and thread the sight base. I just have one barrel that has the taper pin holes far enough apart that I can't set screw to solid barrel without grabbing the holes. If that makes any sense.  Rick |
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