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marc4311

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I want to get iron sights for my AR but have no idea what im looking at or for!

I have bushnell HOLOsight sight already (looks like the eotechs). Daves Surplus has some 300m iron sights from knights Armament (flip up).

Any ideas on what I should be looking at? I live in Vancouver

Thanks guys
 
Hey Mark,
well I have a Troy BUIS in co-witness with an Eotech, up front I have a standard front post. I like the Troy. It's rugged, locks when in the up position, folds nicely and looks great.

I just bought a GG&G MAD with tritium inserts for anoter AR project but it's still in the mail... It's supposed to be good, but I didn't try one yet.

Shooting irons to 300m... man I don't know. Personally, I'm only good up to 50m. Past that, I need magnifying optics.

There are alot of brands out there and you can get easily lost. The best thing is to ask around or if you have good friends that would let you try their rigs... if not, take a leap of faith and get the one that you think you like best. No one can really tell you what's best for you.

My vote is for the Troy. Like I said I didn't try any other BUIS, but the Troy works fine for me.

good luck!
 
Greenhorse six said:
Do you need front and rear sights(BUIS),
I'am using ARMS#40L right now,the only negative thing I can say about them is that you can't leave the big aperture up, I'am going to a GG&G MAD BUIS,reminds me of the old C1 sights.
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Why not just pull the small aperture out...it is iron sights, not a National match unit...you don't really need the small aperture.

Ray
 
Stay away from tritium rear sight on an AR (or any rifle)

as far as folding Rear BIS go -- KAC BIS II (not civilian available), TROY, KAC 300M, Matech, and KAC 600 are the only ones I'd use
 
sparrow said:
Why not just pull the small aperture out...it is iron sights, not a National match unit...you don't really need the small aperture.

Ray
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I would have to disagree on that Ray. I'm not an expert shooter, but I only use the small aperture even though I only shoot up to 50m with irons. I asked military personel at one of their "open door" thing, how they do to shoot with irons especialy with the big aperture. They told me irons are not for precision shooting and are used to put a bullet somewhere on the body of the enemy. They use the big aperture in close range in order to see much of the enemy's body to try to place the shot.

If it were only for me BUIS's would only have a small aperture. Considering it's less unprecise and that we're just punching paper.
 
Yup...the small aperture is the way to go until you're either:

a)up REAL close and personal

or

b)dealing with low light conditions

or at least that the way that I was trained when it came to iron sights on the C7.

Switching to the large aperture at longer range or when the small aperture will still allow visibility of the target just doesn't make sense.
 
Can't disagree with you guys if that's how you roll, for me it is a 50M zero with the large aperture and my CCO as the main use sight with the same 50m zero. I have no romantic aspirations of long range KD shooting with irons...YMMV.

...and if anyone needs a Matech I have one for sale:evil:
 
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