Originally Posted by
Brian T
So XS donated to me an old demo of their tritium stripe for the AK. I can do one of two things, assuming I decide to keep my 1301; drill a new hole in the front sight tower, or open up the factory hole. There's plenty of room on the front sight tower to drill a new hole. Opening up the factory hole would leave me with having a non-usable hole should the idea not work, I'd have to drill another hoe anyways. The big problem is finding a small enough square nut with the proper thread pitch for the AK front sight.
XS also donated the sight for another shotgun project. I dislike bead sighted shotguns. I think the sight system sucks, especially for a beginner level shooter. In fact I equated a bead sighted shotgun to a J-frame. It requires a certain level of talent. But...! But I feel a tritium stripe makes for a better stand alone front than any bead. I havent the time lately to work on either projects.
So here's where my 1301/BM4 front sight project sits. Normally for a new idea they need to have funds for 1,000 units. Because the stripe is something they make for both ARs and AKs is something, that would reduce the minimum number by half. If I can find somebody who will do the CAD work instead of XS, the minimums would go down further. I dont know shit about CAD.