Tilted Iron Sights

[kory4812]

I read an article about the new "Rapid Transition Sights" in this month's edition of "Guns and Weapons for Law Enforcement" magazine.

Has anyone tried using these? Seems like a good solution to having a CQB option on a scoped rifle.


Sights are here:
http://www.dueckdefense.com/index.asp

Article is here:
http://www.tactical-life.com/online/guns-and-weapons/offset-sights-—-always-on-target

 

[Witch_Doctor]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

Saw those the other day,

not keen on them

 

[BOLTRIPPER]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

sure...i got something sorta like it...

 

[Witch_Doctor]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

A tilted reflex or red-dot makes sense on a scoped rifle, but I don't get the whole tilted irons, especially on a rifle with a red dot.

 

[BOLTRIPPER]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

w/3-gun stuff tilted irons W/irons keep you in the bad-ass class chuck norris division........don't piss off the ..........oh whatever.

 

[Outsydlooknin75]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

Offset irons were not meant for use with a dot. They were designed for the 3 gun world for guys using a magnified optic that didnt offer a true 1x. It was considered quicker to rotate the rifle and use a set of irons instead of a 1.5x optic on close stuff. And with the offset irons it would keep a guy out of open division than someone running a magnified optic and a dot.


I just use irons, I dont need all that fancy stuff.

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

As mentioned above, the offset irons are to keep you in a certain class in the 3-gun world.

In the last 3-gun match I shot (a couple years ago) putting two optics on your rifle dropped you into the "unlimited" class. You better have some money to play there.

 

[Witch_Doctor]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

That makes sense then for 3-gun, I wasn't getting the whole tilted irons over back-up sights. Unfortunately the marketing to LEO's is a total waste.

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

You could argue that they are already deployed, but so are the fixed BUIS on my M4.

If you are in a situation where you don't have time to remove a magnified optic and deploy your BUIS then you are in a situation where you should have had a very durable 1x optic (I.E. Aimpoint) and fixed BUIS.

 

[Witch_Doctor]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

I only ran flip ups under magnifications, we had fixed buis' on our entry rifles behind M68's. If it went tango uniform, you didn't need to transition because it was there. Thats why I wasn't that keen on the EOTechs, they always seemed to turn off at the inoppurtune time, my M2 had crazy battery life.

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: Tilted Iron Sights

That's how I roll: