Posted March 27, 2016 1:30 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

Red Dot vs Iron Sights

By John Farnam

Red Dot vs Iron Sights, red dot and the back-up iron sights did not agree. this same error is common on modern MSR weapons.
Defense Training International, Inc
Defense Training International, Inc

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- From a friend with a big department:

“Not long ago, I supervised a standoff situation where our officers were placed in positions to engage a dangerous suspect. Several officers were armed with M4s. Bystanders were thickly mixed-in! Range to suspect was between 10 and 30m.

Happily, our situation was resolved without our officers having to shoot.

As a precaution, I asked all officers to report, with their red-dot-equipped M4s, to the range the following week. I set-up a situation with parer targets that exactly duplicated the situation with which were confronted a week earlier.

Given generous time, stable, braced firing positions, and stationary targets, not one of our officers was able to deliver required shots, even after several attempts!

When asked about sight settings and zeros, most officers were not prepared to answer definitively. Some didn’t even understand the question!

An examination of the M4s present revealed that, in most cases, the red dot and the back-up iron sights did not agree. …Read the Rest

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