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Thread: What optics available for Retro carry handle A1 type AR's?

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    What optics available for Retro carry handle A1 type AR's?

    Besides the Colt type, what other optics are good for the carry handle....preferably with the integral screw mount. I was thinking a 1.5x Compact Acog with the carry handle mount. Are there any 1x RDS types that are like the colt 3x?
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    I put a Trijicon Compact ACOG TA-44R on my dad's Colt 6520, and it works pretty decently.

    Not ideal, no, but if you're locked into a carry handle and you don't want to go with a gooseneck mount that puts an Aimpoint over the handguard, it's probably the best, although most expensive, option.

    The other thing to do is get an ARMS #2 mount and throw an Aimpoint on there. ARMS M16A1/A2 mount

    Either one is going to be better than the old school Colt scopes.



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    Good thread from a couple years ago about this very subject....

    https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=12342
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    I've got the ARMS mount on one of my ARs and it works great. They've got them at SWFA.com for around $70.00.

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    +2 on the compact ACOG:

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    +3 on the compact ACOG

    they're expensive but built like a tank and fit great on a carry handle....as low as possible with a good eye relief
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    If your gonna go retro, go all the way.

    The original RDS, Armson OEG.

    I swam, jumped, flogged, the crap out of one in the early 90's (pre aimpoint), & made a bunch of iron sight dinosaurs look silly on movers & night shoots.

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    As Dano mentioned, if you want truly old school, the Armson is it.

    Still available apparently.....

    http://www.armsonusa.com/armsonoegm16.html
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    Look around for a Single Point like those used by the Son Tay Raiders on their GAUs.

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    wow, I didn't know the singlepoints are still around. I'm liking the modern version of the OEG, maybe that would be a good one for the XM clone and maybe a TA44 for the A1 clone.

    Here are my retros that need some optics:

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