I'm new to the AR system, so please excuse the newbie questions. plus I'm still waiting for my lower to come in, so...
I'm thinking of changing the front sight to a gas block w/ a picatinny as well as eventually replacing the front handguard. Its got the old A frame front sight and plastic round handguards now.
I can take the pins out the A frame (gas tube and 2 lower) but then how do you remove the sight? Will it pass over the birdcage or do I need to remove that first?
I'm assuming once I do that the handguards will seperate leaving the barrel nut and gas tube. I want a freefloat tube on it. I like the YMH freefloat but I'm not committed. I don't really need 3 or 4 rails. I'd like a short one up front at the bottom for a light eventually, but that's all I really need. I'm doing this more for accuracy, so any freefloat will work.
I have a low power scope (kronus 1.5 - 5) mounted in low rings that I plan on mounting. Will the picatinny gas block and folding front sight be low enough to not see them? Or should I just buy a set of high rings and leave the A frame sight and round plastic handguards?
Comments, thoughts?
I'm thinking of changing the front sight to a gas block w/ a picatinny as well as eventually replacing the front handguard. Its got the old A frame front sight and plastic round handguards now.
I can take the pins out the A frame (gas tube and 2 lower) but then how do you remove the sight? Will it pass over the birdcage or do I need to remove that first?
I'm assuming once I do that the handguards will seperate leaving the barrel nut and gas tube. I want a freefloat tube on it. I like the YMH freefloat but I'm not committed. I don't really need 3 or 4 rails. I'd like a short one up front at the bottom for a light eventually, but that's all I really need. I'm doing this more for accuracy, so any freefloat will work.
I have a low power scope (kronus 1.5 - 5) mounted in low rings that I plan on mounting. Will the picatinny gas block and folding front sight be low enough to not see them? Or should I just buy a set of high rings and leave the A frame sight and round plastic handguards?
Comments, thoughts?