Why no BUIS?

[Kruel J]

Pee Wee Herman!

He's an amatuer. Dark theatre and all.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

When I hear "Operator"...
I just think of Jim Croce and his song : "Operator"...

And I actually was in the Army and Airborne and Ranger qualified...
As well as working in several different LRRP / LRSD Teams....
Andy

 

[Stomper]

Pee Wee Herman!

He's an amatuer. Dark theatre and all.

 

[American123]

I like Iron sights, but I prefer scopes. I think BUIS go in the category of, "why not"

The ounces they weigh are inconsequential compared to the usefulness they serve if the primary sight system fails and you want to continue accurately shooting without much delay.

I don't fantasize about gun fighting, but if for any reason my scope stopped being accurate (dropped, frozen over, abused, whatever) it would be nice to still be able to accurately shoot without much delay, if any.

Now, that logic only flies if the BUIS are actually accessible without having to get out tools and take off an optic. Like those guys who have a bolt on scope mount on their rifle, and BUIS under it, like they are going to get out pliers and remove the scope mount and then deploy their BUIS.

There are guys who keep a spare bolt and firing pin in their grip storage. The likelihood they will need the spare bolt and firing pin is less than their scope takes a dump and they could have used irons, but if you want it, why not.

If I was depending on a single rifle for my survival, I'd want to have spare parts critical to function, on me too!

Edit: The REALLY cool people run a LPVO and an offset red dot, like Jerry Miculek, I'm not that cool yet.

 

[Boboclown]

Oh crap, my sight failed (during imaginary gun fight) give me a second bad guy to deploy these plastic doohickeys I've never practiced with.

Plastic? My go to gun has steel built in back up sights.

 

[osprey]

Same! But I was asked to leave. I was the one breathing heavy and apparently "self-loving" is generally frowned upon in the workplace. Who knew?

Many psychiatrists say you need to learn to love yourself before you can truly love others. You go bro!

 

[Capn Jack]

Only pussies run BUIS. In fact, a REAL MAN don't need no stinkin' sights. A beard and tattoos is all that's required to hit at 600.



Wait. I have a beard. And tattoos. And I can't shoot for sh!t. Damn it, there goes that theory.

Wait until your beard gets caught in your tactical, collapsible stock.

 

[Capn Jack]

Red Dot and BUIS on my Russian M-4 AR15.
A quick check for the Red Dot is to turn it on and see if the dot sits on top of the front sight post.

 

[Geardo]

I dropped my rifle and snapped my rear BUIS. I figured WTF I am running an aimpoint, I don't need no stinking BUIS.

The next morning, I woke up and wanted to look through my red dot after putting in my new contacts to see if it was crisper. Battery had died!

I always put BUIS on any "serious" rifle. Agreed with others you should use a QD mount on your optic!

 

[Boboclown]

I dropped my rifle and snapped my rear BUIS. I figured WTF I am running an aimpoint, I don't need no stinking BUIS.

The next morning, I woke up and wanted to look through my red dot after putting in my new contacts to see if it was crisper. Battery had died!

I always put BUIS on any "serious" rifle. Agreed with others you should use a QD mount on your optic!

If a buis snaps it doesn't seem to be doing a good job at being a buis.

 

[Geardo]

If a buis snaps it doesn't seem to be doing a good job at being a buis.

Agreed. Cheap plastic. Since been replaced by magpul pros.

 

[American123]

I dropped my rifle and snapped my rear BUIS. I figured WTF I am running an aimpoint, I don't need no stinking BUIS.

The next morning, I woke up and wanted to look through my red dot after putting in my new contacts to see if it was crisper. Battery had died!

I always put BUIS on any "serious" rifle. Agreed with others you should use a QD mount on your optic!

Plastic or steel that snapped?

 

[spost]

Offset for LPVO, because batteries die.

BUIS for red dots because batteries die.

 

[Geardo]

Plastic or steel that snapped?

Fab defense plastic. I only bought them because they were Tritinum.

 

[Boboclown]

Agreed. Cheap plastic. Since been replaced by magpul pros.

That's why I have steel back up sights.

 

[ARFrog]

Let's see...the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to...yada, yada...

Yeah. 46.5 degrees on the BUIS seems about the right level of Tacti-coolness or so says my AR-9

 

[Tony617]

I have pinned front sight and have a Troy flip-up battle sights for rear sight. For HD I use iron sights, a light , small veritical grip, a sling, and a LimbSaver pad on my buttstock.

 

[Diamondback]

On a Serious Work gun, I prefer unmagnified optic and fixed co-witness irons. Same sight picture, same muscle positions, no little red light then FIDO.

 

[Jonnyuma]

I think what you are looking at are mostly range toys

^^^This^^^
My 223 Wylde is destined to be a range toy. If my scope breaks, I'll put it away and shoot something else... no BUIS.

My other ones have stubbornly retained their A2 FSPs until recently (okay.... I may have had something to do with that decision) because
A) they don't interfere with the FOV with magnification.
B) still useful through an electronic RDS, even if it's dead or gutted... kind of like a broken escalator will become stairs.
C) it's the toughest front sight you can put on an AR, IMO...almost indestructible and they ONLY went away when I free floated the handguards... one now has a MaTech rear sight and the other an MBUIS Pro flip up rear. I guess I'll have to put ridiculous-looking flip up front sights on em now.

Since I'm now in hoarding mode and don't want to expend the ammo to get all that crap re-zeroed, Ill probably just close my eyes and hope for the best... like I do when I'm driving.

Beyond indoor SD range, irons are a good thing either as primary or backup sights. In the field (combat, hunting) an inop optic can really ruin your fun.

 

[HA556]

Since I'm now in hoarding mode and don't want to expend the ammo to get all that crap re-zeroed, Ill probably just close my eyes and hope for the best... like I do when I'm driving.