AR10T Backup Sight Questions

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11 years 6 months ago #24178 by Coner
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OleCowboy wrote: I have the plastic sights by MagPull, neat, good, lightweight inexpensive and they do the job well...


I'm weary of the poly sights but I never actually heard anything bad about them. I see Magpul just came out with an all steel version BUIS

store.magpul.com/category/44

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11 years 6 months ago #24190 by mrraley
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One downside to the "plastic" front sight is that if it is mounted on the gas block, the gas block will heat up after prolonged shooting and melt the sight base.

I do know that Midwest Industries GG&G make sights specifically for the AR-10 gas block.

The GG&G sights work rather well too.

GG&G AR-10 accessories.

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11 years 6 months ago #24193 by OleCowboy
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mrraley wrote: One downside to the "plastic" front sight is that if it is mounted on the gas block, the gas block will heat up after prolonged shooting and melt the sight base.

I do know that Midwest Industries GG&G make sights specifically for the AR-10 gas block.

The GG&G sights work rather well too.

GG&G AR-10 accessories.

Good point, wonder what kind of heat the MagPull can handle? Not sure of what melting point a high quality plastic would have...I would think at least about 350 F. Not sure how hot a gas block gets under casual fire...

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11 years 6 months ago #24194 by faawrenchbndr
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A friend of mine heated one up to the point it "distorted"
However, he did work at it. Doubt any harm would be done unless you tried.

My personal preference, I'll stick with Troy or KAC

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11 years 6 months ago #24199 by OleCowboy
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I use the MP plastic as my rear the front is metal folding...

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11 years 6 months ago #24303 by Macky
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I picked up some Troy DiOptics. Thanks everyone for all the feedback and help. I had a little bit of a credit, so I was able to bring the price down some.

Lost the bid on that ebay folding sight! That would of been a good pickup just to have.

Oh Darn..Looks like I have to go to the range now. :twothumbs:

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11 years 5 months ago #26659 by pookybear308
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Other than the heat issue on the high-grade plastic sights (mine will be on the handguard), has anyone had any bad durability experiences?

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11 years 5 months ago - 11 years 5 months ago #26660 by faawrenchbndr
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The MBUS set is great for a back up set on a budget.
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11 years 5 months ago #26662 by LebbenB
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pookybear308 wrote: Other than the heat issue on the high-grade plastic sights (mine will be on the handguard), has anyone had any bad durability experiences?

None here. I've got a set on my Armalite and another on one of my ARs. Nothing negative to report. I'm not fond of the 1/2 MOA per click adjustment, but they're back ups sights, not primaries.
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11 years 5 months ago #26685 by pookybear308
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Two more relevant questions: is a matched set of magpul sights sold for an ar15 usable on my ar10 clone? ...and, what would you use as your primary iron sight if you were going use iron sights primarily?

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