Offset red dots vs offset irons.. call me crazy
Call me crazy or old school.. whatever! But I prefer a good set of offset iron sights over a red dot. Not just because of price. But I think they have more purpose as a back up option. I know they're not near as fast as a red dot, especially if they're folded down. My reason of thinking this came to me when I was stationed up in Washington state. I had a 1-6x lpvo as my primary optic and an offset red dot as my secondary. Well if you've ever been to the Pacific northwest you know it rains 360 days out of the year, so you might as well learn to live with it. It's that fine, light, mist type of rain too. It easily gets blown around by the wind. My buddy and I were out at some private land shooting no further than 100 yards. I couldn't see anything through either of my optics. The wind and the rain were causing both optics to be so obstructed they were pretty much useless. We basically put those rifles away and resorted to shooting rifles with iron sights that day.
Anyways.. just wanted to share my experience and see if anyone else thought any different. It's always nice to hear other opinions and see if I'm missing out on any good info. Have a great day everyone!
Offset red dots vs offset irons.. call me crazy
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Originally Posted by
ggammell
Off set BUIS on on both sides of the gun might be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. BUIS on the support side of the rifle is absurd, not the best of both worlds.
Offset BUIS, good to go. If you want to run an offset red dot as well, in an environment like OP described, and it’s not QD, the only option is moving either dot or irons to the other side. Support side is Usable, but NOT ideal. Otherwise, once the dot is occluded, you won’t be able to see irons through it, and if not QD, can’t be easily removed. Of course, if the offset dot has a closed emitter, I don’t see why the glass couldn’t just be wiped.
Having said that, I’d run both on strong hand side, but I live in FL. In fact, I’m waiting for the micro mount I want to be back in stock to do just that.
Maybe that makes better sense.