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Posted: 2/9/2013 10:05:58 AM EDT
| I am new to this and need a little direction.. Can someone explain or direct me to a location which explains the different types of front and rear sights commonly found on factory AR15. I see on here where the different types are mentioned using acronymns, but it gets confusing to me. I have a colt 6721 bone stock. I know its a AR15A3. The sights are on the carry handle and are adjustable. what would they be called? |
| Those are A2 rear sights. It's also a removable carry handle, so you can take it off and replace with any number of other fixed rear sights, flip-up rear sights or optics. You'll hear people refer to "BUIS" which means Back-Up Iron Sights. BUIS are just what it says - back-up to your primary sighting system which is usually either some type of red dot optic or a rifle scope. |
| Thanks for the explanation. However, now I have another question. Why did this post get moved from the AR15 general discussion forum to the Hometown forum? I could understand it getting moved to the sight section but why the "hometown section" which is for local type discussions. I not upset. Just don't understand why this section. |
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Thanks for the explanation. However, now I have another question. Why did this post get moved from the AR15 general discussion forum to the Hometown forum? I could understand it getting moved to the sight section but why the "hometown section" which is for local type discussions. I not upset. Just don't understand why this section. I'm betting on brain cramp when they moved it. Maybe a mod can fix it for you. Not that we mind helping but you're right, you'd probably get a ton more replies in the right section. |
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