Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30373083-20170120041457/@comment-30373083-20170122154637

Nerfgunattachments wrote: I think the Alphahawk with the missing sight is actually a newer version... the one with 3 sights might look cooler, but it's pretty weird to try to aim down sights. The third sight is so big that you have to tip the blaster back quite a bit to even hope to line anything up...

Mine is the one with 3 sights, but I think I wouldn't mine exchanging it for the newer model. Thanks - that confirms that there are two production/retail variants, not just a preproduction change in the tooling.

I could see how a three-part sight that far forward on the blaster wouldn't be usable. I'm tempted to remove the ring completely from mine, and have nothing but the single front sight post. I've found the Alphahawk to be more accurate when lining up the post of a modular sight mounted on the tactical rail with the sight post on the very front of the blaster. The ring/post combination on its own, that far forward, doesn't help the firer determine elevation.