UTG ACCU-SYNC Spring Loaded Flip-up Front Sight , Black

This an all metal b.u.i.s. There is a rear sight counterpart I have also reviewed. I have bought multiples of this unit at brick and mortar stores and here. They are compact, deploy quickly take a beating in the great outdoors, and still hold zero. I have mounted these sights on 22, 5.56, and 458.

I have the front and the back ones. I think my big scope on my 308 is a UTG. I like them. Lots of people are saying things though, Like the button, its tight and hard to push. GOOD! that means it precise and the tolerances were held to print. And the spring tension put on the by manufacturing was done right. Then they say, put grease on it and work it loose. NO! You put grease on yours, If I did ever put grease on it, it would most likely be for below zero hunting. And the grease would be the like kind you find in a 12" tube. And put a dab on your finger/glove and wipe it on the spring. NOT THE BUTTON. This is a great iron piece, and at least mine was well made. And also grease will take the paint off your gun like bore cleaner. Just saying. Also ease pressure on the spring as you push on the button to close it up by pushing the sight gently. It should last you decades? I haven't had to zero it much either. so I can't really report on the front depressing notch and screw mechanism. Mine works? All I can say.

Works as desined. Metal (i stead of pkastic) is a plus.

Way better in design than their other offering I purchased from them. The sight would only be better if it was made of 7000 series aluminum or titanium. There is minimum movement in the sight in the up position and only slight play when in the down. Do not over torque the steel retaining screw as it screws into aluminum and will strip the threads. Use Lock tight blue if you are worried about the screw coming lose. I would not recommend this as a battle sight backup if you are going to be beating it up constantly. Look for a solid sight or one made from steel or titanium if the application you are using it for requires constant impacts and abuse. With the sight incorporating a standard A2 front sight post it is possible to drop in a match grade front post or off the shelf night sight post.

Excellent product very strong well built made out of high quality metal

Bought a front and rear for a “poverty pony build”. They work great and I got both for a fraction of the cost of some other brands. For the time being, these are my only sights on the rifle. At some point they will be my back up irons, but until then they are working just fine. They fit on my pic rail just fine. They are easy to adjust. They are metal. They have push button deployment and they lock in the up position. Yes, there are better options out there, but these are a very good value and are definitely serviceable sights.

For the price of cheap plastic ones, you get a solid quality metal one. It's a no brainer. For just a back up to a quality red dot or scope it can't be beat.

Big swing and a miss by UTG. I like their products, but... these are not up to their usual engineering standards. I bought these for my kids to use and I can barely press the buttons, no way my kids are. Now my thumbs are sore 1) out of 2 sets, all the deployment buttons are HARD to press to open, I mean like HARD. Out of the 4 (2 front, 2 rear), one is decent, 2 are quite hard, 1 is borderline impossible to deploy without a LOT of effort. Lots of oil and working each one numerous times helped very little. If one were have an emergency need to use these, the chances of getting them into play without fine motor skills would be small. With a lesser spring, the buttons would be OK, or maybe a shallower detent. I get it, they are BACK -UP sights, but they still need to be quickly useable in an emergency, these are not. 2) I don't like the press to deploy AND press to fold, one or the other, preferrable press to deploy and spring loaded up in case bumping on a doorway or something, spring loaded allows some 'give'. Needing a tool or shell to adjust elevation should be a thing of the past, but not here (no points off for these as I knew this coming in) 3) They don't fold particularly flat. 4) Doesn't fit on one of my rifles, and barely fits on another, maybe a little more clearance on the lugs is needed The machining and production quality is fine, usual UTG quality, nice CNC cuts