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Posted: 10/31/2010 6:38:48 AM EDT
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Trying to determine if going with fixed or BUIS is a better idea.
I probably won't be running an optic, but I want to know about the durability of each. Do the mechanisms on the BUIS ever fail? I know they're spring loaded so I could imagine this could happen. |
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Troy makes a good fixed BUIS.
However, since Larue added the option to purchase some of their products with a non-QD mount for $25 less than the QD version, you can pick up a non-QD Larue BUIS for something like $65. Which is one of the cheapest options for a BUIS that I have seen. Also I hear the Daniel Defense BUIS is pretty good and that too is about $65. I'd probably get the Larue with the non-QD option if I was strictly looking to run a BUIS only though. Mainly because it appears to be the most durable, but I have never seen one in person. |
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If price weren't an issue in this decision, I'd still go with the Troy. I absolutely love my SKD ver. I hate to say it, but it makes my SPLP feel inferior. Although I doubt this is the case and the price is about the same.
If not, I'd probably go with the AR10C fixed carry handle / matching front site, though I'm sure it adds some heft. |
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If you're NOT going to run an optic, don't bother getting a folding sight. Run a fixed one. JMO. Agreed. The Troy sight is tough for a folding BUIS, but it will never be as tough as a solid chunk of aluminum that is a fixed BUIS. Actually, it's just a fixed Iron Sight, since there ain't no "BU" in play... 
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If you're NOT going to run an optic, don't bother getting a folding sight. Run a fixed one. JMO. Agreed. The Troy sight is tough for a folding BUIS, but it will never be as tough as a solid chunk of aluminum that is a fixed BUIS. Actually, it's just a fixed Iron Sight, since there ain't no "BU" in play... Not necessarily, a lot of people run a lower 1/3 co-witness with a fixed rear sight, the rear iron sight still being for back-up. |
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If you're NOT going to run an optic, don't bother getting a folding sight. Run a fixed one. JMO. Agreed. The Troy sight is tough for a folding BUIS, but it will never be as tough as a solid chunk of aluminum that is a fixed BUIS. Actually, it's just a fixed Iron Sight, since there ain't no "BU" in play... Not necessarily, a lot of people run a lower 1/3 co-witness with a fixed rear sight, the rear iron sight still being for back-up. Well, without any optic, exactly what are we going to co-witness? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If you're NOT going to run an optic, don't bother getting a folding sight. Run a fixed one. JMO. Agreed. The Troy sight is tough for a folding BUIS, but it will never be as tough as a solid chunk of aluminum that is a fixed BUIS. Actually, it's just a fixed Iron Sight, since there ain't no "BU" in play... Not necessarily, a lot of people run a lower 1/3 co-witness with a fixed rear sight, the rear iron sight still being for back-up. Well, without any optic, exactly what are we going to co-witness? You telling me that you don't run backup irons for your irons? ......what a fool!  But the Troy isn't spring loaded itself, you manually lock it in place and it's tough. The spring loaded part is just the locking button, so I can see how failure could happen. But one of the photographer guys said he did break TWO of them. Stickman I believe. Yeah, |
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If you're NOT going to run an optic, don't bother getting a folding sight. Run a fixed one. JMO. Agreed. The Troy sight is tough for a folding BUIS, but it will never be as tough as a solid chunk of aluminum that is a fixed BUIS. Actually, it's just a fixed Iron Sight, since there ain't no "BU" in play... Not necessarily, a lot of people run a lower 1/3 co-witness with a fixed rear sight, the rear iron sight still being for back-up. Well, without any optic, exactly what are we going to co-witness? What I meant was, many people run a RDS, which is lower 1/3 co-witnessed with a fixed rear sight. The RDS is their primary, the fixed rear sight is a back up. Get it? |
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What I meant was, many people run a RDS, which is lower 1/3 co-witnessed with a fixed rear sight. The RDS is their primary, the fixed rear sight is a back up. Get it? I understand that. The OP said he wasn't using an optic. But even if so, the whole point, in my opinion, of running a lower 1/3 co-witness, is so that fixed sights don't get in the way of your view when you're focusing on your target, so that if you need to transition to your iron sights, they're both still in place for your use. The only good reason for using a folding rear sight in my opinion, is to move it out of the way of an optic that otherwise wouldn't fit on your upper receiver. |
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