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Thread: My TROY front sight....

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    Quote Originally Posted by hyrepower View Post
    Well I was going to buy some Troy folding sights, but if they are prone to fail, whose are better. I don't want to have something that I am waiting to fail on me. Especially when it could mean life or death.
    Anything can break. Right now I think Troy's are the best folding sights. For a more rugged sight, I don't think the fixed sights can be beat.

    Luckily for me I just shoot my guns for fun, so no worries about potentially getting hurt if my equipment fails . Good luck!

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    For the price I'd expect them to lock up well with a very low failure rate.

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    I agree with you, that sounds kinda disappointing.

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    My Troy rear sight has the slightest amount of wiggle, but it is still rock solid.

    Has anyone seen a folding sight that doesn't have even the slightest bit of wiggle?

    I would hardly call it wiggle at that, as it's so insignificant...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic Sauce View Post
    My Troy rear sight has the slightest amount of wiggle, but it is still rock solid.

    Has anyone seen a folding sight that doesn't have even the slightest bit of wiggle?

    I would hardly call it wiggle at that, as it's so insignificant...
    Exactly - I have Troy front and rear BUIS mounted on my SOCOM-16, which as you all know puts out a lot more pop than a 5.56. They were dead on when I mounted them and remain that way to this moment and I have a few thousand rounds underneath them. Everything mechanical can fail, but to suggest that Troy BUIS are "prone" to failure is a bit over the top. The only folding sight that raised my eyebrows with the amount of play were some MI's I saw mounted on a Bushmaster M4 quite a while ago - they were literally wobbly. I'm no engineer, so I can't tell you if it was an out of spec rail, an overly thin mounting screw, a lemon, or a combination. What I do know is that everything from toasters, to socket wrenches, to BUIS can have a product that sneaks past QC. The BUIS, (be they Troy, MI, YHM, etc) is no different and at the same time is not an overly-complex mechanical device. In many cases, out of spec rails, build or heaven forbid - operator error can be the culprit....Then the Internet hype kicks in......
    Thankfully, I ignored it when I bought my SOCOM-16, (unreliable, out of spec, inaccurate, loud, no USGI parts) - it's been a joy....My Troy BUIS - now three of them have been the same....

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    Quote Originally Posted by billybronco View Post
    has a bit of play north to south when engaged.

    WTF ???? How is this to hold a zero?

    My rear sight locks up tight as a tick, however.....

    what gives?
    This isn't a Camp Perry Hi-power sight. If it fit tight like an INDY car engine head you wouldn't be able to flip it up and down when there's blood/mud/crud or Krylon on it.
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