0.025' isn't a big difference when on the same plane. With 45* offsets, you're into two different axis that you have to comp/adjust for. There's enough elevation adjustment to make it work on the same plane, so there will be enough elevation adjustment to work with the 45* setup. You should have enough windage adjustment in the rear sight to make the 45* setup work on your rifle.
Ultimately, the best fix is a rail system that matches the upper receiver height.
I used lead shot, until i found a crankshaft machining shop - then i started getting tungsten from them.
Caution - when you use lead shot, and you take the buffer apart later, everything inside the buffer body looks like schit. All the lead dust probably isn't good for you, either. Eh, whatever.
"Worst case scenario" and inventing schit to worry about are two different things. You're all wrapped around the axle over this, and you don't need to be. The comment of "but the longer one sits, the more likely it is you'll have a slightly less accurate..." is proof of that.
You can zero it today, park it in your safe for 25 years untouched, and it's not going to be less accurate.
Need to see pics of this one, or I'm calling Complete Bullsheit on it. Show your Sterling AR180, man. Technology isn't difficult, anymore, and you can Google ANYTHING these days. Google up some "How do I post pics to a forum" and you can make this happen in short order.
I'll help - just hit this link:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+post+pictures+to+an+internet+message+forum%3F
majordon, do us all a favor and quit fucking around with your font size. Don't post that small schit. This is for your benefit - if people have to squint to see what you're trying to get across, then most people will just blow it off.
Take that for what it's worth, but you're effing yourself in the aaaay with the midget-font.
Thanks. <thumbsup>
i spent 20 years of my life working towards those lyrics, as a goal, brother. <thumbsup>
As a result, I'm 10 feet tall, got 3 rows of teeth, two coats of hair, and i'm bulletprooof. Nobody can tell me I'm not, and i know better. :hethan: