henschman
Member
I used to love the regular peep sights back when my experience was limited to nice black on white paper targets and steel silhouettes at the range in broad daylight. After having to use them in some low light situations, and shooting at targets that move and blend with the surroundings, I stopped liking them.
I think notch sights like the AK's are preferable for a fighting rifle, if you must use irons... but optics are far and away better than any sort of irons. Red dots are fantastic for speed up close, like where most field shooting is done, and the good ones are parallax-free and very forgiving of awkward, less-than-perfect positions that are frequently required.
For more precision/longer range applications, magnified optics provide much greater target detection capability than irons. They are also faster, due to not having to worry about sight alignment.
Of course no optic makes you or your rifle any more accurate... but they can help you detect your target and get a hit quicker.
If you like irons for nostalgic reasons or for the challenge, that is fine. I enjoy shooting irons frequently myself. But don't pretend that there isn't a performance advantage to optics. Some actual field shooting, or some work with a shot timer, will disabuse you of those notions quickly.
I think notch sights like the AK's are preferable for a fighting rifle, if you must use irons... but optics are far and away better than any sort of irons. Red dots are fantastic for speed up close, like where most field shooting is done, and the good ones are parallax-free and very forgiving of awkward, less-than-perfect positions that are frequently required.
For more precision/longer range applications, magnified optics provide much greater target detection capability than irons. They are also faster, due to not having to worry about sight alignment.
Of course no optic makes you or your rifle any more accurate... but they can help you detect your target and get a hit quicker.
If you like irons for nostalgic reasons or for the challenge, that is fine. I enjoy shooting irons frequently myself. But don't pretend that there isn't a performance advantage to optics. Some actual field shooting, or some work with a shot timer, will disabuse you of those notions quickly.