Iron Sights, Scopes, or Dots?

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What targetting method do you prefer?

Iron Sites
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Scopes
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Red Dots
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Postby Diddy » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:44 am

Scopes are useful for recon when you don't have time to fumble around with your tac vest to find your monocular (so you don't have to put down your weapon in particular), but of course for actual shooting with airsoft weapons they are quite pointless. However the zoom on hand has saved me several times from sharpshooters.
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Postby CommieHunter » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:45 am

You co-witness the red dot and the iron sights so that when your red dot fails, you can still use your iron sights, and you're used to seeing them.

I know that this is a good idea, because I ended up running a 'glass room' at TTC1, and my iron sights were off, and I hit the hostage. :D

With a red-dot, you get precision shooting, without having to line up your sights (which can take time, even if it's a split second) and you keep all your peripheral vision, which you can't do with irons.
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Postby KilLZonE » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:02 pm

I use a redot/iron but mostly i fail cuse i never use them lol I just point and shoot :shock:
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Postby incubus » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:24 pm

Who the hell aims? I just spray + pray!

Kidding.

I'm looking into red dots for my mp5k. Will all of them co-witness, or just certain types?
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Postby CyruS_PT » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:56 am

incubus: since you don't use some cantilever to raise your dot, i think that it will match.
Anyways, i use a 3-9x50 Strike System Scope on my VSR-10 GSPEC and i don't complain about it. Even at night games i can get my shots hiting on the right place. Only condition is that there is some moon shinning on the sky.
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Postby Livengood » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:56 pm

On my AK I used a compact 2-6x zoom scope. It was really nice.
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Postby Wickers » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:19 pm

Dottage FTW.
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Postby TheFatGoose » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:17 pm

I prefer iron sights because they just seem a little bit more natural to me.
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Postby monkman33 » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:50 pm

I too use co-witnessed red-dot over the front iron sight.
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Postby Pulsipher » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:07 pm

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Postby Mrpuppy » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:29 pm

I have an MP5, and prefer the high profile rail mount so I can have my iron sites and a rod dot or a scope.
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Postby Novoselic » Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:51 pm

iron sights have never failed me..... except for that one time....
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Postby Novoselic » Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:51 pm

Double post laggyness :(
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Postby Bass Masta » Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:27 pm

co-witnessed m4, red dot over front sight. depending on the gun and scope it can make for better eye relief than iron sights alone.
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Postby The Duke » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:58 pm

CommieHunter wrote:I know that this is a good idea, because I ended up running a 'glass room' at TTC1, and my iron sights were off, and I hit the hostage. :D



Didn't you hit the hostage more than once :lol:
Good thing the iron sights on my M3 can't be adjusted :D
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