Red Dot Failures? BUIS really necessary?

[HK Dave]

Frankly, high quality red dot sites are built tough. Same with any high end optics...

However, just like anything else mechanical, it can break.

However with the high end stuff, the breaking is pretty rare.

If your life depends on it and you're out in the sandbox, yes I'd get some kind of BUIS... if you're a plinker here in the safety of our great nation, i think you'll be ok without em.

[bohoki]

if you have them

murphy's law will insure you never need to use them

if you don't well a bird will probably poop on you

[patriot_man]

I know this thread is about a week old but I had to add that you should have back up irons if you plan on preparing for changing weather as well. In heavy rain you will not be able to see longer distances though your 1x sight. Best to have back up sights for this situations.

[TATB]

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I'd say that the very small number of carbines out there that get hard use (Mil, LE, hard use in training courses, etc) need a BUIS, just in case.

Otherwise, the vast majority of carbines that are tricked out just look cool in for photo shoots and buddy get togethers, 100 rounds per year from the bench, and regular rubdowns with a cloth diaper... Well those don't need BUIS per se....

And by the way, the Magpul BUIS is cheap, light, and reliable. I wouldn't personally drop big bucks on a BUIS when the Magpuls do the same job cheaper and lighter and just as well.

[five.five-six]

All the really cool operators have a BUIS.

[OpticsPlanet]

I believe it to be similar to a tourniquet - you may never need one, but if you DO need one, you need it REALLY badly and in a hurry.

The weight seems negligible for the potential benefits. Many new owners need something on the rifle while saving for the first optic.

Mark H.

[krnrspd]

ever tried to find N cell batteries while you are in the middle of BLM land? While my eotech may not have failed, human error prevailed. I would have been SOL if I didn't have my irons so at least I could plink.

How does the old saying go, "If 1 is good, 2 is better?"

There are countless adages we can all come up with, bottom line, it's a ~$800+ rifle, can you spare $80 and a couple of slots on your rail in between the surefire weapon light & IR laser gun p0rn to mount a couple of CYA pieces...just in case?

[The War Wagon]

Any thoughts on this, or any experiences with failed milspec red-dots? (excluding dead batteries, of course).

Seeing as how Radio Shack is likely to be closed even BEFORE the apocalypse (Obamanomics, don'tcha know... ), dead batteries is EXACTLY why I have BUIS.

Murphy works in electronics, too.

[email]

Got mud on the rds. Had gloves on with mud on them.

Pulled off rds used irons to finish.

I think it would be foolish not to have them.

[Sumo99]

Not a red dot, but I was a little amazed how many photos there are of US troops using ACOG's with no backup rear sight.

[dieselpower]

Not a red dot, but I was a little amazed how many photos there are of US troops using ACOG's with no backup rear sight.

I was told the matech get's snagged on gear and is a PITA...so guys toss it in their sack. I think that is what you are seeing.

[MXRider]

The matech sight is a piece of junk IMO. The KAC 200-600 micro is a much nicer back up sight.

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[Quickdraw Mcgraw]

Anything man made fails and when it does I don't want to have to go home to fix it....sometimes the trip home is 5+hrs so the MBUS are always on my guns, and I always have extra batteries in my grip!

Plus like someone else said it sure makes sighting things in a lot easier!