eli5 How are guns accurate if their sights are so high?

Question

Take the ak for exemple, the front sight is like 4 centimeters above the barrel, how is that accurate? Do you just have to compensate for that? Also aplies to scopes, some of the sight quite high on the gun

Edit: i already know they make arcs because of gravity and the angle of the barrel

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Answer 1

Because the sights (or scope) are pointed at the same thing as the barrel. They are not *parallel* to the battle. You could have them ten inches to the right if you so pleased. They are adjustable to allow the accuracy of them to be refined. The adjustment allows for positioning of usually the back sight to change the angle needed for a more precise shot.