AR-15 Rifle Basics: Understanding Iron Sights

There is literally no end to the number of items that can be mounted on an AR-15 rifle in some fashion, whether it’s a high-end $4,000 scope designed for extreme range shooting or a rail-mounted bottle opener for extreme range drinking. Of all the things that you’re able to stick on an AR, though, the … Read more

Things That Don’t Suck: Defender Tactical CoSight for Mossberg Shotguns

I don’t work for Defender Tactical, and I have never received any compensation from Defender Tactical. However, I did have a hand in designing their new CoSight system you see here. I don’t want to overstate how much work I did. If we broke it down, it was probably about two percent while the father … Read more

What Makes Ultradyne’s C4 Sights the Best Iron Sights for the AR-15 Market?

Amid all the hype about optics, is anyone still refining and perfecting iron sights? The answer is a resounding yes: Ultradyne USA has re-envisioned traditional iron sights and released a product that’s near revolutionary for AR-15 shooters. Their C4 Precision Folding Sights are a dual-aperture system, designed similarly to the highly intuitive concentric sighting setup used by Olympic … Read more

The Best Iron Sights On The Market? Jeremy and Chris Go Hands-On With Ultradyne

This is not a review. That’s coming after further use and reliability testing. But Chris and I were so impressed with Ultradyne‘s new flip-up iron sights that I wanted to show them to y’all right away . . . Spoiler alert: the front post is an aperture sight. That’s right, Ultradyne’s C4 Folding Sights are a … Read more

Gear Review: ZeroBravo REOS (Rapid Engagement Offset Sights)

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A lot of us have iron sights set up to co-witness with a primary optic, mainly as a backup in the event the optic fails, but co-witnessing like this doesn’t work if that optic is magnified. Traditionally, the product solution offered has either been a quick release on the optic mount or a set of offset sights — an otherwise-normal set of irons that hangs off a rail section at a 45° or other angle. ZeroBravo has taken quite the departure from tradition with its REOS — Rapid Engagement Offset Sights [not to be confused with ROUS, which definitely exist] — in order to provide simple, rugged sights that act both as backups and as a faster option for short ranges that can be difficult to engage with a magnified optic. . .

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Gear Review: See All Open Sight

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Oversight Shooting Technologies in Blackfoot, Idaho — yes, the town boasts more than just the Idaho Potato Museum — is making a new gun sight. More than that, actually; it’s a new kind of sight. The See All Open Sight looks and feels like an advanced optic but it’s really more of a unique lovechild between a red dot-like optic and traditional iron sights. You can’t actually see through it and it doesn’t modify your vision in any way, but it’s much easier to see and to “align” than irons. A little explanation is needed here, so make the jump to learn more about the See All . . .

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Ask Foghorn: Competition Iron Sights

A reader writes:

A commenter on Foghorn’s $500 1000 yd rifle linked to a rifleman’s journal post, which in turn linked to a couple sight manufacturers. I’ve seen giant, weird-looking sights on competition rifles before, but don’t konw how they work. They’re unmagnified, no? Anyway, “Dear Foghorn, tell me  bout these neat sights!”

In my opinion, if something looks goofy or ugly on a gun then there are only two reasons that the shooter hasn’t realized his faux pas and removed it: either it was ridiculously cheap (like Tapco stuff) or it works really, really well. Competition iron sights are most definitely in the latter category. Here’s how they work.

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