[ARCHIVED THREAD] - AR front sight - SHTF (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 2/22/2016 7:41:19 PM EDT
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In the old days it was taboo to have a flip up front sight in a SHTF rifle, is it now OK to have flip up sights?
TLDR: Flip up front sight or standard front sight base? |
| I personally don't see any issue with backup sighs. My rifles have them. I don't expect to be in the middle of a fire fight and need them. But shit happens. Maybe you drop the rifle just right and it messes something up. Or maybe the battery does die and you don't have another. |
To me it's just one more moving part to malfunction. Granted a fixed front can too, but to me it seems less likely. Also, I think of long term scenarios when parts and stuff may not be available. It just seems like a fixed front sight would be more rugged (no spring, no hinge, no screw to loosen). Again that's just my opinion and it's worth what you paid for it. 
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I only have two AR's. One of them has a fixed sight (6920) and the other one came with flip ups and will shortly be sporting an ACOG.
If my second one didn't come with flip up sights I would probably just not even bother with back up irons, but having them doesn't hurt. |
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As long as they and the rail are robust, there's nothing wrong with flip-ups for SHTF. I ran the KAC 99051's and Matech's on my block 2's. Its a bomb proof setup. I've switched back to the standard issue configuration with M4 RAS and FSB's along with Matech's now tho.
A FSB will always be more robust in my opinion. But the DD RIS II/ KAC 99051 and KAC or Matech rear was PLENTY bomb proof for SHTF. Hell, it's the exact setup SOCOM/SOF uses. Wouldn't have been adopted if it wasn't bomb proof. |
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There are zero cons to having flip up sights. They do not take up much room, don't weigh much of anything, and I'd rather have them and not need them than need them and not have them. There is a con: price. Even a cheap pair is going to cost $80-100, which could buy a handful of mags or ammo that IMHO would be more useful than irons that are not needed and will never get used. For those of us on a budget, $100 is a lot to spend on something like BUIS when it could be allocated towards something more useful. |
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Quoted: My SHTF AR is wearing flip ups as the sole sighting device. So yeah, I guess I'm in it to win it with fips ups if SHTF here pretty soon.... I've seen this before and I've never understood it, unless there are plans to eventually put an optic on of course. |
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Ive been in "a SHTF situation" several times. None of those times did I even have Iron sights. Or care that I didn't have them. Deal with it. Quoted:
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Anyone that voted YES, has never been in a SHTF situation. And that's all I'm going to say about that.  Ive been in "a SHTF situation" several times. None of those times did I even have Iron sights. Or care that I didn't have them. Deal with it. 
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