So, i'm somewhat (mostly) an idiot, and managed to mess up not one; but two front bead sights on my 14" 590A1 barrel. Upon attempting to remove the factory bead to replace it with a truglo FO sight, I broke it. I managed to get the piece left stuck in the barrel out, and life was grand.
Fast forward 2 minutes, and i'm threading in the truglo version. I get it 1.5 turns and it lines up properly, but is rather loose, so I attempt to tighten it. It ends up being snug, but is 90 degrees off, so I proceed to carefully tighten it to align it with the barrel. At the last 0.0000001 degree left to turn before it's *just* right, it snaps off, leaving the remainder of the threads just under the surface of the barrel. I have no way of removing this myself as clearly, I am an idiot.
One thing I dislike about the 14" barrel is how the POA/POI is thrown off by the low bead sight, and I thought that maybe this is a good chance to remedy this. Something like this caught my eye, and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with one of these, or something similar. I'd rather not have to run an optic on my gun when I run the short barrel, but if I cant find a good front sight option then I may need to.
https://spitfirearmory.com/mossberg-front-sights/
Fast forward 2 minutes, and i'm threading in the truglo version. I get it 1.5 turns and it lines up properly, but is rather loose, so I attempt to tighten it. It ends up being snug, but is 90 degrees off, so I proceed to carefully tighten it to align it with the barrel. At the last 0.0000001 degree left to turn before it's *just* right, it snaps off, leaving the remainder of the threads just under the surface of the barrel. I have no way of removing this myself as clearly, I am an idiot.
One thing I dislike about the 14" barrel is how the POA/POI is thrown off by the low bead sight, and I thought that maybe this is a good chance to remedy this. Something like this caught my eye, and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with one of these, or something similar. I'd rather not have to run an optic on my gun when I run the short barrel, but if I cant find a good front sight option then I may need to.
https://spitfirearmory.com/mossberg-front-sights/
