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In early May, I posted here about some problems I was having with my newly acquired Spike ST-22 Upper.
The basic problem was I had to crank the rear sight almost all the way to the right and the front sight was raised so high, it was close to coming out.
After a few suggestions, I ended up sending it back to Spike's. They had it for a few weeks and then sent it back to me about 2 weeks ago.
The first thing I noticed was that the rear sight was still adjusted way over to one side, but the front sight was now at what might be considered a normal height. I also noticed the gun had debris in the barrel and the flash hider was not what I'd had on it when I sent it in. My first thought was maybe it was test fired after the work they did on it? But I couldn't explain why the scratched up flash hider I'd had on it was now new... but I figured I was on the better side of that swap so I didn't think much about it.
I cleaned the barrel and sent an email to Tom at Spike's asking what he'd ended up doing to repair the upper, but I never got an answer.
So today, I take it to my local indoor range. I put an 8.5"x11" target out to 7.5yrds and I'm not even hitting paper. I aim and fire one shot at each corner of the paper and the shot I fired at the upper right corner, but a round about 2" up from the bottom, and just barely on the paper on the left hand side.
After repeated adjustments, I end up with the front sight cranked all the way down and the rear sight all the way over to the right and am still shooting about an two inches low and two inches to the left.
I'm willing to stipulate that my sight picture may be off enough to account for being an inch or two low, but having to crank the rear sight all the way to one extreme just doesn't seem right.
I know the handle/sight is OK since it's seen some service on my .223 AR and never required such extreme adjustment on that upper.
So my frustration continues. Since I never did hear back from Tom, I guess I'll try sending him another email about it, but I have zero faith that shipping it back to him for a second time would yield any better results.
I'm thinking maybe I get a laser bore sighter, just to double check my sight picture but beyond that, am I off to a Gunsmith?
The only one I know of is out at Ade's. Is a Gunsmith going to be able to some checks to make sure the front sight isn't canted and such?
I'm open to any and all thoughts on this fellas. Thanks in advance.
The basic problem was I had to crank the rear sight almost all the way to the right and the front sight was raised so high, it was close to coming out.
After a few suggestions, I ended up sending it back to Spike's. They had it for a few weeks and then sent it back to me about 2 weeks ago.
The first thing I noticed was that the rear sight was still adjusted way over to one side, but the front sight was now at what might be considered a normal height. I also noticed the gun had debris in the barrel and the flash hider was not what I'd had on it when I sent it in. My first thought was maybe it was test fired after the work they did on it? But I couldn't explain why the scratched up flash hider I'd had on it was now new... but I figured I was on the better side of that swap so I didn't think much about it.
I cleaned the barrel and sent an email to Tom at Spike's asking what he'd ended up doing to repair the upper, but I never got an answer.
So today, I take it to my local indoor range. I put an 8.5"x11" target out to 7.5yrds and I'm not even hitting paper. I aim and fire one shot at each corner of the paper and the shot I fired at the upper right corner, but a round about 2" up from the bottom, and just barely on the paper on the left hand side.
After repeated adjustments, I end up with the front sight cranked all the way down and the rear sight all the way over to the right and am still shooting about an two inches low and two inches to the left.
I'm willing to stipulate that my sight picture may be off enough to account for being an inch or two low, but having to crank the rear sight all the way to one extreme just doesn't seem right.
I know the handle/sight is OK since it's seen some service on my .223 AR and never required such extreme adjustment on that upper.
So my frustration continues. Since I never did hear back from Tom, I guess I'll try sending him another email about it, but I have zero faith that shipping it back to him for a second time would yield any better results.
I'm thinking maybe I get a laser bore sighter, just to double check my sight picture but beyond that, am I off to a Gunsmith?
The only one I know of is out at Ade's. Is a Gunsmith going to be able to some checks to make sure the front sight isn't canted and such?
I'm open to any and all thoughts on this fellas. Thanks in advance.
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