Would it be effective to mount the rear sight in front of my Trijicon ACOG? Due to eye relief, my ACOG is mounted to the extreme rear of the top rail.
584582
Yes but elevation may have to be adjusted to compensate for the two sights being closer to each other
584583
Mike, it would work just fine. The only thing is you are shortening your focal length so the accuracy at a long range may suffer. I had the same issue with my light that is mounted on the top rail. I put the front sight behind it. If I am using BUIS s--- has broken bad and I am not driving tacks anyway. Hope this helps.
584584
In my opinion it would work fine in front of your ACOG. The only negative would be a shorter eye relief then if it was behind. Its like the difference in a hand gun and rifle iron sights.
584585
Yes. The rear sight can be seen through from a little further in front on the rail. There is also the limited visibility aperture (larger hole) that can be flipped up as as well. This may not be as accurate as " normal" but, remember. We're talking about Back-Up Sights.
584586
Most rear sights should be mounted as far to the rear of the rail as possible. However in your case as long as it clears the ACOG mounting you can mount it in front.
584587
With your rear sight mounted in a forward position it could effect your sight picture alignment. But with continued practice and get comfortable with the location I don't think it would be a problem. Hope this helps.
584588
it would depnd on how much real estate your ACOG occupies!how many slots doesnit take up?when these offset sights are installed,you want the rear to be in the rear not the middle of rail!hope this helps!
584589
depending on your eyesight, yes. i am very nearsighted without glasses and with my eyes and glasses I actually prefer mounting my iron sights 2 or 3 slots forward from the back of the rail and that works better for me, i suspect your mileage will vary but for actual backup use i think you will be fine. you're not going to use these for a match at distance right? you could probably test your eyes out if you can find an A2 and and see how far away you can get a sight picture. these sights are basically A2 parts on the 45.
1495769
With the rear sight mounted as far to the rear as possible, it folded flat very near to the rear edge of the standard charging handle on my DDM4V7. It did not prevent me from grabbing the charging handle but under pressure situations, could cause a missed grab. I solved this problem by moving my ACOG scope to the rear and mounting the Diamond Head rear sight in FRONT of my scope. This actually works pretty good.
161365
You can mount a red dot sight on there. That's what I have done. I love the fact that I can still use the iron sights if needed.
2027569
It might mount but the scope would not be high enough to properly align with your eye. On flat top AR's you need higher rings so that with a proper cheek weld on the straight AR stock your eye is behind the scope. Normal rifle stocks have some drop in the stock...AR's do not.
2142505
You will be physically able to mount the rear sights as well as the two pieces, and be able to see the soft through the eotech with the 3x off to the side. However depending on the profile of your sights you may have a little trouble seeing clearly over the holographic sight
315868
If you have the ati scope mount that's drilled yes... just the rear sight mount no.. recommend the ati set up drill and tap... best way for a sturdy mount
1303628
I own a Colt M4 carbine and I have the M2 front sight. It's factory and I don't want to mess with it. I have a Trijicon and a Bushnell sight, and ordered the UTG-1" adapter rail because the front sight was too high and the ACOG sight was not working. The 1" seems to do the trick for both sights, but I have not been to the range yet. That will tell the story, but I'm sure the problem was solved with the adapter.
1632732
What "just me" said is true, but you would need or want a long picatinny/weaver rail. These sights, the rear, typically mount on the back of an AR flat top and the front on the gas block,they have to be on the same plane, you have the same distance between them as stock iron sights, usually with a scope in between. Mounting them any closer could possibly pose sighting in and accuracy problems.
2268313
Your AR will need to have a rail already to mount this. Honestly though the eye relief on it is so short it'll bang you in the eye every time you fire. Also since it lacks a reticle you have to mount it behind a red dot sight of some kind.
746577
You can keep the front sight, but not the rear, which is attached to the original Pic rail. You need to get an aftermarket rear sight, which may or may not work with the dovetail front sight. I pulled mine and got flip-up front and rear sights.
1154768
I mounted mine on an AK-47. With the mounting bracket, I can see over the front sights.
790203
I mounted a Nikon p223 with offset rings mounted so they extended to the rear to bring the scope back far enough for my eye relief. Height wasn't an issue for me. The mount was long enough that I added a second 45' mount with a halligraphic dot ahead and to the right of the scope for a short range sight. Just roll the rifle counter clockwise and the scope goes away and the sight comes up. Works well.
10783
I used this to mount a red dot for the same problem that you are describing. The AR I mounted it on has an integrated front iron sight. Like you are describing it interferes but I am not going to be the fool that screws with a iron sight from the SigSauer factory. This rail perfectly raises the sight just above the front sight so that the sight is usable and not a problem. This is definately the way to go. Hopefully I have answered the question let me know if not.
1617087
The mount goes over the iron sights but there is enough of a gap in between the rail and the sights that you probably could still use the iron sights as well. I've never actually tried it myself but looking at it, it looks pretty possible
238188
With my purchase, this site didn't survive on a .22Lr so I would doubt it would survive on an AK at the business end. As to an alternative, I am not sure any red dot would be good at that eye relief, I haven't ever tried to mount something that far forward, maybe a laser would be a better choice at that point?
1289894
No. You do not have enough run out on the front sight, front & rear have to be very close to level,at differnt ranges this hight will realy come to bare.
839387
This sight works really well. It increases the accuracy a lot. Your rear sight will have to be removed but with greater accuracy at longer distances.