Are these made of metal? The pic looks a little plastic-y. Also, I'm very handy... can I drift the front sight in?
1008907
These are awesomely bright metal night sights... Gunsmithing is minimal, although, make yourself familiar with your firearm before continuing. Using a punch, drift front and rear sight out left to right. The front sight is easy but the rear can be a bit tricky. S&W; 3rd gen autos have two small springs underneath the rear blade so be careful not to lose them. They are super bright. Worth every penny. I hope this is helpful.
1008908
Yes, they're made out of metal, painted steel, I'd say. Not soft enough to be aluminum. Do you have a bench vise and a punch set? If you do, then you can drift the sites. Just be careful not to let the punch slip!
1008909
Yes, they're made out of metal, painted steel, I'd say. Not soft enough to be aluminum.Do you have a bench vise and a punch set? If you do, then you can drift the sites. Just be careful not to let the punch slip!
1008910
I drifted mine with a brass punch. Use a piece of rag between the punch and sight if you want added precaution. Mine are composite and or alloy.. They are well made though. I will say that you will probably are going to have to file the sights to fit.
805700
Absolutely. That's what I'm running right now. I have a railed gas block and the original and gen2 Mbus sights are not compatible as they are primarily polymer and will eventually melt on the railed block. The Pro series is all metal and is safe for use on the railed block. The gen2 Mbus rear I have lines up perfectly and saved me a good deal of money over buying the Pro rear. Note however that the Pro series are not "pop up" sights and must be flipped up manually. I'm currently running the gen2 mbus rear, the pro front, and both are co-witnessed with my Vortex Sparc II red dot. Very happy with the set up. Absolutely. That's what I'm running right now. I have a railed gas block and the original and gen2 Mbus sights are not compatible as they are primarily polymer and will eventually melt on the railed block. The Pro series is all metal and is safe for use on the railed block. The gen2 Mbus rear I have lines up perfectly and saved me a good deal of money over buying the Pro rear. Note however that the Pro series are not "pop up" sights and must be flipped up manually. I'm currently running the gen2 mbus rear, the pro front, and both are co-witnessed with my Vortex Sparc II red dot.... » Read More Absolutely. That's what I'm running right now. I have a railed gas block and the original and gen2 Mbus sights are not compatible as they are primarily polymer and will eventually melt on the railed block. The Pro series is all metal and is safe for use on the railed block. The gen2 Mbus rear I have lines up perfectly and saved me a good deal of money over buying the Pro rear. Note however that the Pro series are not "pop up" sights and must be flipped up manually. I'm currently running the gen2 mbus rear, the pro front, and both are co-witnessed with my Vortex Sparc II red dot. Very happy with the set up. « Show Less
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They are iron. Worth every penny.Depending on your sks/ak, you may have to cut some of the threads off so they will go all the way down
661862
The only part that is aluminum is the base that clamps onto your rails. The body of the sight is polymer entirely excepting the adjustment screws and such.
1944438
They are match grade sights so I don't see how someone can say that. I have them on my g19 and love them great sight pic and u can pick the sight up very fast. Hope that helps
294984
Yes. They are hard plastic, strung on elastic. They are functional, but I usually replace them with flip-up types (I have several of these scopes).
2230051
These are not for airsoft, they are made for your tactical rifles and work great, I have them on my rifle and they work perfectly to replace my factory S&W; M&P; Iron Sights, I recommend these to anyone and use them myself :)...Pat
210463
Yes it is metal. I use 2 of the on my Windham AR and have my iron Diamond sights on them and a red dot on top. As you can see in the picture, there are 4 groves so as long as the sight you want to use can use 4 groves (8 if you use 2) your all set. Any sight that uses standard rails will work :)
2274146
The sights are built out of an aluminium alloy material. They can very easily be adapted to a 98 Mauser in 30-06. The sights are originally designed for a muzzle loading rifle, therefor the sights are fully adjustable. Even though the sights are fully adjustable, sight changes in the field will not be practical due to the time and tools involved. The sight picture is truly enhanced, and made a great difference for my older eyes. I installed my sights on a 12 gauge bolt action shotgun and they have held up well, so the recoil of a 30-06 will not be too much recoil for the sights. The rifle's barrel will have to be drilled, as the sights bolt on. The sight's material of construction will not with stand a hot blue bath. I hope we have helped you, Cpl. Holmes & Lucky
1633311
None..... If they are not made out of lead they will not conform into the rifling as well and you will not have the stabilization. If you plan on killing the game, why are you concerned if it is made out of lead???? High powered rifles can get by with FMJs with a number of different centers, but the Pellet rifle relies on AIR as a propellent and I am enjoying some super decent accuracy out to about 75 yds with the lead pellets.
2126336
Installing them may require a gunsmith. The first problem is removing the factory sights. I couldn't, so I went to the gunsmith. He said they were awful to take off, and then had to mill the new ones down to get them in.
261513
They will not be in the way of any other attachments you may have. You don't have to take anything off your existing rail in order to install these sights. Yes, they will adhere to a free float rail as long as you have a top rail section for it to attach to. These are amazing sights! Highly recommended!
233535
I have the same exact gun. The answer is yes and no. You can leave the front one on and it will not appear in your scopes view, but the back sight needs to come off, but getting it off is a piece of cake.
378918
these are not metal, but trust me, they work fine. You might want to consider a larger version though for better vision.
1522198
Appear to be high grade aluminum. I have 12 sets of these one set on each rifle and two of the rifles are 300 winmags. Have not had any problem with them. The two main features that I look for are: 1.) four screw lock down on the scope and 2.) lock down on the rings to the rail being nuts not screws. I have installed these as said on 12 of my rifles ranging from 17HMR to 300 Winmags. Hope this answers your question.
88724
These are dovetail sights. If you have a front and rear sight then these will work for you. Switching these with the stock ones is tricky, look up you tube videos on dovetail sights and decide if you want to do it, or just have a gunsmith do it, they wont charge much.
619817
Seem to be made out of a hard plastic. They do not have the feel of metal, will see how they hold up this deer season. Am thinking of getting Uncle Mike swivels -which are metal and replacing after season.