Ar-15 sight advice.

Find an Aimpoint Pro. 300-400 when you find a deal. They hold up to abuse and still hold zero. And a big plus is the insane battery life on them.

Forgot to say that the attachment system is pretty nice as well. No tools needed.

Just get a 1-6x scope like the Primary Arms or Vortex Strike Eagle.

any down sides?

None that i can think of. Ive used them on a Benelli semi auto 12ga, ak-47, and various ar-15's. I never felt I had to baby it and protect it.

Ill agree with the other poster about the Vortex stuff as well. I have zero experience with Primary Arms, but have heard good things.

I've had them all. Currently rocking Aimpoint T2s on my high ends and Vortex Optics Sparc 2s on my low ends. I'd honestly recommend looking into the Vortex Sparc 2 or Sparc AR models at around $200-250. I dropped about $750 for my Aimpoint T2s with rail adapters. That's a shitload of money for the minimal difference between the two models.

Last Edited by Twonstradamus on 08/19/2016 12:29 AM

Yeah, my friend had an older Sparc that was a POS that never held zero and died one day to never work again on his mossberg. Now that they have retooled and redesigned things their stuff is pretty damn nice now. Cool thing about them is they will fix my friends sparc gen 1 if he sends it in. So they have a great warranty.

Is the price of the Sparc comparable to the Aimpoint PRO's?

learn to shoot then had stuff.

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Running these on two builds for about a year now. No problems and under $200.00.

At 0 yards you don't need sights. Just saying...

I like the standard open frame sights. They are simple and reliable. This rifle would most likely be used at less than 100 yards. Keep in mind 3 feet per yard X 100 yards is 300 feet.

That is a fair amount of distance.

The open frame "iron sights" are just fine for this.

Lets keep things simple.

I shot various rifles with open frame sights for 40 years before trying the more exotic modern fancy sights.

I don't need them.

Nice!

as your dumbass just learned... you get what you pay for when it comes to optics. DO NOT go cheap. Use iron sights and save up $ to buy either an aimpoint or trijicon. That is it. there are no substitutes. And if its a 16" barrel or shorter do not put a 1-6 scope on it first. Save up more money and get a quick detach mount system (also not cheap, 200 bucks) to use that later on if neeeded. But an AR platform is not worth using a scope on. Just get a 3 or 6x magnifier for your red dot.. Trust me on this, or get ready to burn through more $ on crap.

watched reviews on both. Thanks for the suggestions.

you are making another mistake. do not go cheap

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Thats why i suggested the Aimpoint PRO, but Vortex is a lot better than they used to be.

Luckily the truglow crap red dot was a throw in. I didn't spend a fortune on the rifle either. It's an "introductory AR that came with a quad rail and a foregrip. It's the DPMS oracle in 5.56 $600 and i bought it from a friend who only put a few rounds through it. No rattle and seems to be well built. So far everyone is giving great advice and I hope you all keep it going.

You got a few more years on me it seems. I may not be an expert marksman, but I typically hit what I am aiming for. But agreed, for your scenario I'll stick with the trusty ol' iron sights. I guess I am old school like that.

And don't go spend your life savings on something, just because it says ACOG. Not saying they are not good, just overpriced and there are equivalent manufacturers that make just as good equipment for half the cost.

Iron sights are sufficient most of the time. Plus, the more you put on a rifle the heavier that bitch gets. Lol

Its fun to go to a gun show and fondle all the mall ninja setups. Some feel like they weigh twice of what my SPR build!

Yep, at the range and with a human sized target, my iron flip up sights do just fine up to about 300 yards. Spend the money on optics for a long gun for when you really want to reach out and touch something.

Last Edited by BrokenTech on 08/19/2016 01:36 AM

Oh yeah?

Eotech, Trijicon, Aimpoint are LE/Military red dot options.

What is just as good as those for half the price? Nothing.

Vortex works fine for a weekend warrior with an Oracle, as does Primary Arms, but those are not "just as good".

The sights that the gun has are fine for close or medium range shooting. They won't come loose or fall off or have a dead battery right when you need them, either.
Fancy sights can slow down your field stripping and cleaning, too.
I hate all that junk on a gun, except a sling and a bipod.
The extra cash would be better spent on some more mags, ammo or even a nice sidearm.
JMO
You pays your money and you takes your choice.

OP, congrats on your gun.

I say go iron sights.

I only mentioned ACOG, because in my area its acog this, acog that. I never mentioned any other manufacturer, I left it open for people to do their own research into it. Dont put fucking words into my statement that I did not make.

Nikon P-223......cheap (150), clear as a bell, BDC, and most importantly, no batteries.
Where are you gonna get batteries in the apocalypse?

Trijicon MRO/Aimpoint...anything/Vortex

My next one is going to be an MRO large field of view at an Aimpoint T2 weight but $300 less.

But, at the price point you bought the gun I'd just go with the $200 vortex. Vortex has lifetime no questions asked warranty.

Last Edited by Strike on 08/19/2016 02:34 AM