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26 Inf
Been pondering that statement and as a result am ordering an XS CSAT rear sight for the fixed Troy Battle Sight rear on my M4ish upper. Seems to me the combination of the notch and the small aperture might be fun to do some experimenting.
I'm a fan of etched reticle optics, aside from the fact that they are clear and red dots blossom due to my slight astigmatism, if the electronics poop you still have the etched reticle. To my knowledge, the only thing that would take the reticle out of play would be a tube hit.
Pontificating further, the OK Corral scenario brings a couple of thoughts to mind:
Would you have time to flip two sights up in such a close range furball? Might be better to run a lower third co-witness with fixed sights. Which is what I do on the fixed sight upper I use.
You might also want to see how you hit at 25 and in with the RDS turned off, just using the tube for alingment.
Just spitballing.
Yeah, I mean... I'm not saying my reasoning is perfect under all situations, but just why I like irons that "default" to the large aperture vs the small one.
My "go to" rifle has a fixed FSB so, if it's *that* close that I don't have a second to pop the rear sight up, I'm not completely screwed.
I wanted to put a DD front sight on the pistol I'm still playing with, but snag considerations when drawing from a bag then becomes sort of a thing...it has a visible laser to mitigate this for now. We'll see how things go long term with that....
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