On seeing the sight post thru my scope...

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OK, just say I've got this AR-15 'flat-top'(I do) and I want to put a 1-4x24 on it.
When I'm zoomed in at 4x, my front sight post is not visible, so it's not interfering with my sight picture.
But when I zoom out to 1X, I am going to be seeing that post in my FOV...
Will it be possible to align my reticle (practically a 'red dot' at 1x) with my sight post as an aiming
reference instead of having it there just cluttering up the picture?
I don't want to have to remove the front sight, so it might as well be useful.
 
I'm confused. So you already bought the optic and you already have an AR. Is you front sight post visibly sharp with your scope at 1x? With most 1-4x optics, that 1x really is more like 1.25x or close, hardly noticeable magnification but your front post would most likely be a blur. Which 1-4x scope did you buy?
 
Agree with Ar180 .. but if you are dropping points in a "match" you may wish to deal with it. Not sure aligning with the foresight is useful ... one of the reasons many folks shoot with scopes better than irons is that there is only two things to align when using a scope: reticle and target - adding the foresight makes it three objects you would be trying to align ...

I have a similar situation on a bolt rifle and I find that I soon forget the foresight is in the FOV...but that is a bolt gun where the shots tend to be more deliberately set up on a range.
 
It won't be possible. If you move the reticle to a position where it becomes a "rear sight notch" at 1X, at 4X, you'll be shooting around corners like that dumb Angelina Jolie movie. You'd need to move the whole scope with fine precision to the right "rear sight" position such that the reticle lines up with the front sight *and* your target. It would be like tuning a guitar with tremolo.... do it over and over and over again until it is good-ish.

Get an ADM mount for your 1-4, it'll raise things high enough that you can ignore the front sight, and it has quick releases so you can pop off a dead scope in a match and use that front sight with a magpul flip-up rear.
 
you'll be shooting around corners like that dumb Angelina Jolie movie
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stop picking on Angelina Jolie! She can shoot around all the corners she likes as long as she is wearing those skin tight latex pants!!
 
To Trini-- I have the rifle, but I have not got the optic yet. I've been trying to imagine how my sight picture will look at 1x based on using a friend's AR
which has a red dot sight. I can clearly see his front sight, but I guess I'd learn to ignore it pretty quick... Also, as you said, the 1-4 is not a true 1x so the sight
will be just a blurr anyway.
And I didn't think I could use the reticle as a "rear sight"--you've just confirmed my suspicions.
Thanks for those replies.
 
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