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April 14, 2013
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I took the freshly restored 15-2 to the range yesterday, and I seem to have a problem. I can't seem to get the rear sight to go down far enough to match the point of impact at 7 yards. I have a standard DW rear sight, but I'm using the EWK fiber optic front sight. Is there a mismatch here that would cause this problem? I seem to need about another inch of drop, but the rear sight is already bottomed out. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I revert back to the stock front sight? I'd appreciate any suggestions.
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July 2, 2011
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Silly question maybe, but how do you have the front fiber optic mounted? High side towards the rear or the front?
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That was my thought High side to the rear!
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Yep, high side to the rear. The reason I asked, is because when I got my fist EWK fiber optic and I had a momentary brain fart and stuck it on the the wrong. Looked at it for a while and figured that can't be right.
I would think it could make a big difference.
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April 14, 2013
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My original reply must have disappeared, but I had high side to the rear (serrated edge). I read that the 15-2 is for longer distance shooting and will not be accurate at 7 yards (will shoot high). Any other suggestions?
October 12, 2012
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That's probably just your tack driver saying that 7 yards is far too close for its capabilities! 
I'm not sure what the minimum range is for them, so my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek for this response, but it is feasible that the sight radius may not support that range?
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I will be looking into this closer as I get some time! What length of shroud are you using? want to try and match what you are doing is it a vented or not.... A picture would tell all!
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I have to tell you that my 715 at 7 yards with the fiber optic is pretty darn acurate
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Possibly an adjustment to the sight picture? I don't know about you, but I sight all my guns to "pumpkin on the post" or "lollipop" sight picture, where the lower edge of the bullseye is sitting just on the top of the front sight (with the FO it would be right on top of the dot, sort of like a Heine Straight Eight). There is a lot of pro and con on this, but as long as I know all my guns are sighted this way I get a lot of consistency this way from gun to gun. This does not really affect shooting in self defense situations, as the (probably) close range would make any small variance minimal.
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I am wondering if it is a 14-2 shroud!
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Probably would not accept an EWK Fiber Optic
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