Hoods on the front sight doesn't bother me. It's intended to protect the sight and to help prevent light coming in from the the sides which tends to make the rifle shot toward the light. Your eye picks up the glit on the front sight rather then the center of the sight.
Actually glare off the front sight tends to make the rifle shoot away from the side of the glare. Regardless, get rid of the crappy round brass bead and replace it with a flat faced ivory bead or a fiber optic front bead and the tendency is almost completely erased as well as providing much better visibility in low light.
