Didn't see any other optic/sight main thread in catalog, so I'll throw one out.
Been shooting offhand at a 12 inch steel plate at 80 yards for couple of years now, its good practice for more general, on the foot hunting/combat shooting, especially trying to rapid fire. I like to shoot near dark a lot to keep up low light shooting skills, and I've noticed I can do pretty damn good with old fashioned open iron sights, even to the point where I can hit the target when its too dark to see it by aiming using the surroundings to trianagulate where its still at. With high end combat apertures on some of my rifles I find I can't do this at low light; its harder to see the target when I can, and it obstructs and constricts my view of the surroundings to shoot at it Kentucky windage style.
So, tl;dr, what is your favorite iron sight, what do you use for optics on your weapons, what is the advantages and disadvantages of each? Is the rifleman's aperture ALWAYS superior to traditional open? Are cheaper optics making irons almost obsolete?
I prefer notch and post for its simplicity. Only recently got into it, never had much experience, though I got a red dot on my AR and once used a rifle with a low-end 4x optic.
Aperture sights are useless in low-light conditions. As soon as dusk comes around you will struggle to find the front sight unless you have night sights. It's why I prefer notch and post, since I can still have a vague idea of where I'm aiming.
I'd argue it's more that less rifles have iron sights necessitating optics that's driving the price down. A cheap and reliable Bushnell red dot is cheaper than a rear sight for a flat-top AR, for example.
Cooper Wright
Austrian spacemagic memesights.
Like the other user said they don't work in low light, however they are definitely much easier to use in low-light conditions. I'd say that if your irons are your primary sighting method then aperture is superior because it's faster and easier, but if irons are your backup in case your main optic breaks then go with notch-and-post, as it's usable in low light and you want your backup sights to be useful at all times.
To a point, at least on rifles. Although personally I think its as much to do with tougher optics as it is about cheaper ones–a good Aimpoint is probably less likely to fail on you than a flip-up rear sight at this point. On pistols, though, irons are still better than trying to bolt a red dot onto your slide–pistol optics are hella expensive for one, they're only marginally faster than irons and even then that's only with training, they aren't more accurate and make the gun bulky. They have use for police or security that OC a pistol and no rifle, but that's all for the moment.
Do different glawks really use different sights, or is it the same dovetail on every pistol, and you can put whatever you want into them? Also, are there blueprints for those dovetails out there, or is it something that everyone reverse-engineers on their own?
I like that, but what's the name of it?
So it's not powered at all, and in essence just a 1x optic sight?
Matthew Bennett
yes.
Aiden Sullivan
Preference for pistol sights is a triangular sight, such as the SureSight or Advantage tactical. suresight.com/
