Question for anyone,
My LGS (where I bought the RomeZero at the same time I was buying a new Hellcat - after they told me it would fit the Hellcat), did not tell me the supplied M4 screws did not fit ( or either they didn't know).
So, researched a bit, read various related threads here on this forum, and decided I would be better off getting the Swampfox Sentinel. But, the LGS told me that won't accept returns on optics.
After explaining the problem was told oh yeaf, they have been hearing reports about that ... no problem ... our gun smith can fix that right up for you ...he's out today but call and leave a message for him.
Week passes by and he never returns a call. Walk back in and told he's been on vacation, be back in another 2 weeks.
2 weeks later called again, said message was given, still no call back, so I finally go in on a day he is there, and gun smith tells me with all the craziness going on lately and number of guns purchased lately etc ... there would be about a 2 month backlog ...that I could leave my Hellcat there and eventually he would get to it.
Obviously I wasn't going to leave my newly purchased gun there for 2 months.
Not being good with hand tools/no dremel etc ... I decided to buy that hex head bolts reccomended earlier in this thread. They seem to fit just right, and although the large heads do protrude a little, they are off to the sides and might actually help in centering the front sight into the center of the rear sights.
But my issue is that I still can't fully co-witness. I've read some saying they can fully co-witness and others saying they can't.
Should I be able to fully co-witness on the Hellcat with the RomeoZero, or not? If yes, then perhaps I have a defecive optic?
Or have it installed imcorrectly?
Or do they just not 100% co-witness?
Here are 2 pics I took, the first showing to fully see the "ball" of the front sight, it is too high or above being centered into the "U" or the rear sight.
The 2nd photo shows where I would estimate the front sight should be within the "U" of the rear sight ...but can now only see about half of the front sight. Seems imperfect to me ... as I probably would need to only see the top third of the front sight to really have it centered perfectly in the rear sight.
I've not zeroed or shot with the optic yet, and that is the main goal ...so I suppose the co-witness issue could just be a minor "adjustment" in sighting I'd have to learn to account for should the optic fail .... but still ... supposedly the RomeoZero was advertised as allowing co-witness on the Hellcat and overall I am disappointed.
For that reason and the run-around with the screws not fitting etc ... I would have expected my LGS to let me return the optic ...
Anyhow ... who all has really acheived a 100% co-witness and who hasn't?
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