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GG&G, Inc. Front Flip-up for Dovetail Gas Blocks AR-15 Black
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Beautifully built but excessively heavy
By Patrickbn
I have used the Midwest Industries aluminum gas block sight and examined many others. This GG&G sight is the best-built of the bunch: solid action, adjustable, durable, nicely finished, no sharp edges, no rattling anywhere, folds very compactly (won't interfere with a Magpul MOE handguard, for example), and even has a quality mounting screw. So why not 5 stars? Two reasons. First, this thing is MUCH heavier than it needs to be. It's almost entirely steel -- very strong -- so there is no reason that it could not be cast or drilled out so that parts are hollowed/skeletonized to save weight. Instead everything is solid block steel. You will pick it up and say to yourself, "wow, that's heavier than I thought." Skeletonizing it would save almost half the weight at no practical strength loss and a minor cost increase, if any. Second, the "ears" protecting the sight post are surprisingly thin; thin enough, in fact, that I'd be nervous about them taking a hit. Not at all like a fixed sight's thick ears. So to recap, it's thin where it should be thick and thick where it should be skeletonized. Perhaps this is a cost saving/ease of manufacturing choice but it's a poor choice in a part that costs over $100. That said, I am keeping mine because despite the weight, its smaller-folding package and higher quality construction beats the MI sight and others that I have tested. I will hope to replace it with a lighter model that has the same features, if ever I can find one, but I haven't found one yet. [If you have the choice, buy your rifle with a one-piece folding sight gasblock already installed, which is a better solution.]
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