If I may....

by Byron, Saturday, February 09, 2013, 11:52 (4251 days ago) @ rob
edited by Byron, Saturday, February 09, 2013, 12:17

I use to be a huge fan of light-up iron sights....mostly due to playing with pistols with "night sights" and drawing a bead on the door knob or something in the house with the lights down low.....

My turn around came during a shooting school that started about a hour before dusk and ran to midnight....on purpose a low light shooting class....

To my amazement...the fancy Trijicon sights on my P35 were only "useful" for about 15 minutes right at dusk when the sun was down but still light enough to see the targets...prior to this sweet spot the black sights were fine...after it got just a bit darker the sights showed up but you could not see the target...no bueno...

When it starts getting dark the ONLY solution is a bright weapon light....or real night vision...

That said all my "practical" pistols have night sights...chicks dig them...none on the rifles....

By back door rifle is a Armalite carbine fitted with a Bushness Elite 1.5x5 illuminated reticle...no back up sights needed for shooting around the farm....

For a more broad spectrum choice of rifles it is probably a good idea to have both an optic and iron sights of some kind....

I agree with Sarge that many folding sights wiggle and are no good...however the Magpul plastic sights seem to work just fine...

In my opinion the best "compromise" is to have fixed A1 front and rear sights and a solid rail system that can mount a red dot with a 1/3 co-witness....

If you want to keep you telescope then a folding rear is of course in order...I prefer the Matech as used by the USMC...zero at 100 and you are good for 600 with a load that follows M855 specs....

If I could only have one it would be the second from the top...A1 sights, Aimpoint and 800 lume spotlight...

Another thing to consider is that the night sight is readily visible to others at a considerable distance...play gun games at night and much becomes "clear"....

Byron