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Posted: 12/6/2013 9:58:42 AM EDT
| Those of u running red dot sights on your ar15, do u prefer fixed front sight post or a flip up front sight? |
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Fixed. Unless you think that you can install a gas block with high enough quality and reliability in your closet as they do at the Colt factory. 
Get a rail that runs over the gas block, then blue locktite the sumbitch down. Unless something cuts/pierces through the rail, nothing should come into contact with the gas block. |
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Fixed front sight with a mount that provide lower 1/3 cowitness OR Standard height mount (absolute cowitness) with folding front sight. That's my preference; I think std height (absolute cowitness) coupled with a fixed front sight is too obstructed. (And "absolute" cowitness isn't more accurate/better than lower 1/3 cowitness, it just defines the cowitness location as being the center of the red dot's field of view versus pushing that business down lower so it less obstructs the field of view) |
| My preference is offset buis mounted on the flattop receiver and the folding front sight mounted on the gas block. Out of the field of view of the RDS, yet instantly available with a simple wrist roll. In a high-pressure environment, I want the clearest view I can get yesterday. I'm fast, very fast in the transition. Try it, I think you will like it. 44-40. |
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