Average Guy Solutions is a firearms components manufacturer founded by a former employee of BMI Defense Systems. Their first product line consists of two Improved Front Sight Posts for AR-15 rifles, the Legionnaire and Hoplite. These posts are machined from 416 stainless steel and finished with a Melonite process, providing a durable, non-reflective, corrosion-resistant finish. These posts are designed to offer an increased speed of sight acquisition, increased precision, and increased durability over the stock AR-15 front sight post.
The Legionnaire was the first configuration developed, providing a full pyramid sight for faster target acqusistion. It features a scoring line around the circumference to aid in setting mechanical zero. Its unique shape makes it incompatible with most available front sight tools, however users can still install and adjust the Legionnaire with the use of a 5.56 round.
The Hoplite is designed to offer the same precision as the Legionnaire, however it features a base that will interface with many current sight adjustment tools.
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I expect that there will be a lot of glare off of these. Not ideal.
Matt,
That was an original concern of ours as well, and we actually developed a “stepped” prototype as well. However, we found that the Melonite finish got rid of the glare, and the consistent angle of the face kept the “illumination” of the post consistent. This was tested in a multitude of lighting conditions including fluorescent lighting, overcast cloud cover, and bright sunlight.
Have you guys considered or done any obelisk shaped front sights? I like the concept here, just wondering if you tried other approaches to this.
John,
Are you referring to a flat sided post (think cross between our “Hoplite” design and the Washington monument?
If so, yes. That was another design that we prototyped and tested. However it did not offer any significant advantages over the Hoplite style, and in order to make that design compatible with some existing front sight tools, the “post” would have been much narrower, which decreased the speed of acquisition.
Though the design is simple, it went through countless iterations, and we spent months testing. Luckily, all of our sights are 100% Made in America, and the machine shop is 5 minutes down the road from us, so we were able to spend a lot of time developing the product hand in hand with the machinists.
Throughout the entire process one of the most important pieces was feedback from all of our testers (from all walks of life). They helped us shape the final design, and we continue to value any and all feedback to help us refine our current and future products.
Yes, basically a pointed front sight post, doesn’t have to be as skinny as a regular one. I’m not doubting the testing, just wondering if that was done. Either way, I like the utility of this, might pick one up to try out.
John,
We appreciate your business and feedback!
I honestly have to say I don’t get it.
Which I why I’ll be buying one.
PNW,
We appreciate it! There are more videos and photos on our Facebook page that help explain the product. It should be easy to get one as well because they are available for sale on our website!
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A.G.S.,
Is the size of your company’s front sight post, the same as a government issued front sight. The pictures currently provided of it do not show any type of scale in relation and I can not find any specifications.
In shortened and summarized form, is the elevation still up to snuff or are we going from National Match distances to sneezing distance?
Jack,
Excellent question. The “envelope” dimensions of our sight are the same as a standard mil-spec A2 post. This means the height of the post is the same, and your zero position should be very close to where it was.
You brought up an excellent point though, and I will develop a graphic that shows the comparison of the improved sights next to a mil-spec post.
Thanks
ive seen some thing similar on German k98s and their barleycorn sight is this basically the same concept?
The old k98s do have a triangular aiming face, which offers a lot of the same benefits. If I recall correctly, those weren’t adjustable for elevation. These sights function just like the mil-spec posts, where you rotate them to adjust elevation.
ok thank you
Any work being done on a tritium version? Would be cool if a vial was set into the tip with a thin short u-notch cut into the face.
We’ve been experimenting with tritium, but the contours present some challenges when it comes to placing the vials. We have a lot of hope for one design, but it’s not near production ready and we don’t wanna get in the practice of marketing vapor ware.
Thanks. Looking forward too it!
I may buy one just because of the company name.
Do the various front sight tools work with this product?
Joe,
Most of the “Tube” style tools will work with the Hoplite variant. The Legionnaire is NOT compatible with most of the tools out there now, but it is quite easy to install and adjust using improvised tools (a 5.56 round).
If they’re well received you might like to consider making one to fit the Magpul MBUS Pro series of front sights.
Steve,
Honestly, we made a couple prototypes for the PRO series, and we are currently evaluating the practicality of bringing them to market, but there are already a lot of viable options for that system from companies with much larger budgets than we have.
At this time I think we are going to stick to the systems that use a standard mil-spec post, but if that changes we will be sure and let everyone at SSD know.