In the past I glued a skinny piece of beer can onto milsurp front sight blades and cut them back until my shots were hitting "in the zone", then secured taller front sights that matched the new "required" height - once by buying one from Numrich (and I have no idea if they still sell them), and once by filing a new sight out of a small chunk of steel (it's not as hard as you might think). I had no welder, or the skill to use one, or I would've simply extended the height of the original ones.
What the heck were military minds thinking when they instituted the concept of "battle sights" that focused hits on a minimum 500 yards away leaving us moderns to have to deal with high points of impact at 50-150 yards? (Yeah, I know why, but still....) Not much chance of me needing to plop bullets into massed Hun formations a quarter mile away.
I agree gnoahhhh. Weird how they regulated them for so far out. When I first got my m96, I bought it for my clubs military rifle shoots. The damn thing was shooting so high, that I had to aim at the freaking target board at the bottom edge of the target. About 11 inches low to make a center hit on the x ring. I ended up winning the match, but it was not perfect. One smart azzed new member there, that didn't know me very well, asked why my hits were a little low. I told him "I just bought the rifle and the front sight is too low, so I am aiming about 12" low on the target, I'm lucky to be getting them anywhere near the X ring"!!!!! He's an old Air Borne Ranger and ex attorney, so there's 2 dings against him. He's a good friend now though.. Also, I know the OP has been down the front sight road before. He asked the same question about a year ago, but that was concerning a m96 I believe..