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Posted: 1/29/2007 11:55:56 AM EDT
| How do people with Matech buis's like them? |
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Don't know that a civilian can get one...can they? he If you have a chance to buy one, how about filling me in as to where? |
I bought mine off of e-bay. Seller had quite a few of them he said. Should have bought a couple for the price. Great sight. Also see them at gun shows all time time usually run about $150 range. |
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They are frequently available in the EE, and run between $55 and $70 shipped. I have two. Spare parts are essentially nonexistant, and this is an issue because you can easily break the bolt which mounts it, and also the bar which locks it onto the rail. In my mind it is a true BUIS. If you like to switch things around and play with your sights I would not recommend it. I would not use it as a primary sight either. It is designed to be mounted and left alone. If you keep taking it off and putting it on it will break. It is more delicate than a lot of the other BUISs that I have seen. When the aperture is up I can see bending or breaking it if you are not careful. I have a Larue which I use to cowitness with an aimpoint, and it is a very solid sight. The ARMS, Troy, LMT and I'm sure many others appear to be more durable. The aperture is held down by a little metal nub which fits into a depression in the base, and I have seen folks complain that if you are frequently deploying it then storing it the nub will wear away and not stay down. All that said, the Matech was exactly what I wanted. I mounted mine, sighted them in, and have left them alone. If my primary sight goes down then I have a back up, but like I said, I would not use it all the time as a primary, or expect them to take a lot of abuse when in the up position. My $.02 |
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I consider this model the "BOSS" of BUIS. Max torque to mount this sight is 10 in-lb.......If you don't have an inch-pound wrench, be sure to only lightly tighten the screw when mounting and you'll have no problem. The factory screw has a locking compound, but if you're re-using it, apply a dab of 242 threadlocker. Even though it looks fragile, I've never heard of the apature breaking off one of these. Hotgun |
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