after going around and around with many ar’s in various calibers and configurations - i came back around to a plastic furniture/fsb/backup rear sight with a quality red dot in 5.56 (it’s a bravo company 16” factory upper) as my go-to.
i found that i like: reliability, simplicity, ease of shooting under 200 yards, and light-weight.
this weapon system is meant to be such (in my opinion) and it’s more enjoyable to shoot this way. it does not excel at cqb or long-range precision shooting but it maximizes the function of the platform (i hate that term but oh well) at distances for which the ar was purpose-built.
i found that i like: reliability, simplicity, ease of shooting under 200 yards, and light-weight.
this weapon system is meant to be such (in my opinion) and it’s more enjoyable to shoot this way. it does not excel at cqb or long-range precision shooting but it maximizes the function of the platform (i hate that term but oh well) at distances for which the ar was purpose-built.