AR Front site sling thing question

[mythaeus]

Your front sight is strong enough provided that the front sight base pins are tight (or if it's a screwed on, the screws and tight). However, I wouldn't have anything mounted to anything that can transfer handling motions to the barrel. This is the same reason why many people change their standard handguards to use free floating handguards instead: nothing touches the barrel when you handle the rifle results in better accuracy. Attaching a sling to the front sight means that any sling motion will need to be compensated for when aiming, one more factor to worry about during follow up shots' sight acquisition.

In other words, don't do it.

Al

[Kaos]

You could always go with the blue force gear solution:

http://www.blueforcegear.com/product...d=5&prod_id=81

Got good reviews over on m4c.

[mythaeus]

I understand what you say about reduced accuracy because of forces on the barrel DURING shooting, but more to the point is this:

If I go hiking with this on my back, jump off a log, and the gun takes a jolt, will it suffer any permanent negative impact on accuracy in the future?

(Thank you for your response. PAFOA seems good for that. much better than national boards I've been scouring for weeks)

The answer is in the first sentence of my original reply, but I should explain further. Standard pins and standard front sight will do just fine. They are very, very tight and there are actually pin "grooves" or holes (like this one: http://ee.ar15.com/uploadImages/2009...62500_File.jpg ) under the barrel where the pins fit through to prevent the sight from moving/canting under virtually any force. If you have a non-standard front sight base, where screws are used instead of pins, and the screws don't go through the grooves/holes, the screws need to be properly tightened as they WILL cant/move under sufficient force.

Al