AR-15 hooded rear sight apeture....

[SSN Vet]

any body out there ever try one of these....

maybe my poor man's national match rear sight.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=5570&title=AR-15%20HOODED%20APERTURE%20SIGHT

 

[ArmedBear]

I'm looking at that, and I'm confused about how it's supposed to work. How does the ghost ring aperture remain fully functional?

 

[ocabj]

Armedbear: I'm not sure what you don't understand about it. It replaces the rear sight aperture. I'm not sure how big the 'long-range' aperture is on the standard A2 sight, but .040 will be smaller.

SSN Vet: Are you just using this for general use? If that's the case, I don't see why this wouldn't work for you. You'll still have the same MOA per click adjustments with the old sight, but at least you get a finer aperture. If you want to shoot High Power Service Rifle, you may want to invest in a full on NM rear sight so you have the option of interchangeable apertures (can pick sizes) and get finer adjustments (either 1/4 or 1/2 MOA per click). Going rate is about $130 give or take on the make (White Oak, Compass Lake, Northern Comp, etc).

 

[ArmedBear]

Armedbear: I'm not sure what you don't understand about it. It replaces the rear sight aperture. I'm not sure how big the 'long-range' aperture is on the standard A2 sight, but .040 will be smaller.

If it replaces the rear sight aperture, how does the close-range aperture "remain fully functional" as it says in the description? I don't see any close-range aperture on that thing, nor does it appear that two apertures of any kind remain fully functional.

Do they just mean you can remove the existing A2 rear sight and stick it in your tool box, where it remains "fully functional" if you want to put it back on the rifle? That would be a pretty dubious way for them to use those words, IMO.

 

[ocabj]

From what I can tell, there's a hole drilled through the hood that allows you to see through it if it's flipped forward to use the short range.

 

[ArmedBear]

Ah. Didn't see the hole.

That's sure not an A2 short-range aperture I see in the bottom of the picture, though.