First AR on its way - help me pick optics

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Got a DA 556 en route, the one with the fixed carry handle. I've also got a carry handle / weaver rail adapter coming. Anyone got some advice on a good red dot to go with these? Thanks.
 
Why get that rifle if you were gonna run optics? Just run that one with irons and get a different upper if you wanna run a dot. rommelx2 gave you some good advice... Btw sorry for piggybacking on your thread, but....

I was considering getting a Holosun just as a backup for my Deltapoint (hopefully to be shipped by Wolverine soon, ordered yesterday). Youtube reviews showed the dot to be very crisp and the battery life is impressive on paper. Did anyone here have bad experiences with those? My current backup is a TRS-25, real workhorse, no complaints other than blurry dot.
 
Barnes_270 said:
Good point - I wanted the longer barrel, and the lower price. I'll run it with the irons to start, and then we'll see from there.

Would a red dot up on the handle be too high for a decent cheek weld?
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It's not bad. I used one on top the carry handle on my last dpms.

Wouldn't be my first choice but it works.
 
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Go all Classic Aimpoint. Black Hawk Down Style.
 
Trinimon said:
Congrats! Lose the carry handle and pickup an Aimpoint Pro. :)
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Doh! My bad. I thought it was the flat-top model. Mounting a rail on the carry handle to mount an optic is gonna give you one heck of a chin weld. With an A2 upper, heck, I'd just shoot irons.

Other option is to buy an inexpensive flat-top upper like an Aero Precision or NEA and transfer the hardware off the A2 upper... OR buy/build a whole new upper. :)
 
I've shot a rifle with a dot on top of a carry handle mount and didn't like the chin weld. The irons on an AR are perfectly fine. I've shot a Norinco shorty with the irons and never had any issues. Yes, dots are faster, but you want a flattop for that.
 
I've removed the carry handle, mounted an optic and hung a few accessories off the aftermarket quad-rail. Looked great but the AR got Heavy.
Took everything off and restored the AR back to original config(carry handle, A2 front sight, hand guard). All's good again….JMHO.
 
To use the dot on the carry handle you'll need a "chin weld" instead of a cheek weld. You may also want to look into a cheek riser !
 
Barnes_270 said:
Got a DA 556 en route, the one with the fixed carry handle. I've also got a carry handle / weaver rail adapter coming. Anyone got some advice on a good red dot to go with these? Thanks.
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I have one of these, for the price they are amazing. I bought it with the intention of shooting irons only and I replaced the sights with Trijicon which work nicely. There's something very satisfying when you ring the gong at 300 yards.

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Barnes_270 said:
Is it possible to take the handle off on the fixed model ones? I mean, short of grinding it off? :)

I'm very much looking forward to getting it out to the range - my de-FUDD-ification will be complete now, methinks.
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You're not a FUDD based on the rifles you like or own. You're a FUDD when you don't like a rifle and think others shouldn't have them either.

To each his own.
 
For me EOTech EXPS2-0, has side buttons allowing for easy use with a magnifiers no NV (I’m not that hard-core). I have tried just about everything that’s legal and in my opinion these things are #1… have them on all my AR’s.
 
Look into a gooseneck mount and a miniature red dot - the gooseneck mounts to the carry handle and puts the RDS at the same height as the regular sighting plane, but forward of the handle - CANSOF used this type of setup for a while on C8's, not the latest and greatest, but definitely works (and with a pencil barrel C8 gives a pretty light carbine). Otherwise you could run a forward rail, and just mount an RDS at the handle end on a standard riser.
 
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