Hello Everyone,
I love iron sights and black rifles, and I have a problem.
Awhile back when everyone was buying black rifles as fast as they could I expanded my collection with the purchase of the standard DSA SA58 model with a 21" barrel, standard gas system, extended length scope mount, and picatinny rail blocks for mounting both the front and rear iron sights. My reasoning was that I viewed the standard FAL sights as a real step down from the AR-15 and M1A sights I am used to. It has never been fired. In talking with a DSA representative yesterday, I was directed to purchase a set of YHM folding front (YHM9584) and rear (YHM9860) sights that the company usually sets up their FAL rifles with.
In talking with YHM they strongly suggested NOT using this set up as it was designed for the AR-15 in 5.56mm NATO (.223 Remington) and the trajectory would not line up with the 7.62mm NATO (.308 Winchester).
So I called DSA back and asked for one of their experts. After going through two people I got the right guy. He explained that people who purchase the picatinny rail block set up for mounting their own sights are working to co-witness the iron sights with an EO-Tech. So they almost always set the customer up with the YHM iron sights described above. He said the set up works out to about 150 to 200 yards and then the trajectory of the 7.62mm round departs from the sighting range of the 5.56mm iron sights. For more precision he suggested mounting fixed A2 sights to the rear of the scope mount and the front picatinny gas block to avoid the imprecision created by the front and rear sights on the upper and lower receivers of the FAL as well as the folding aspect of most of the available sights.
The 7.62mm NATO is a caliber capable of battle accuracy out to at least 500 yards in skilled hands and I love iron sights. So the idea of a 150 yards FAL is a very unpleasant one.
I NEED the advice of the iron sight loving, black rifle toting long range shooters on this board.
Questions:
What high quality sight set up would you suggest for this rifle?
Can a set of detachable A2 sight be modified to work with the trajectory of the 7.62mm NATO caliber? Different height of post for the front sight?
Can the suggested sight set up work in concert with a low power scope?
Thank you for your assistance.
I love iron sights and black rifles, and I have a problem.
Awhile back when everyone was buying black rifles as fast as they could I expanded my collection with the purchase of the standard DSA SA58 model with a 21" barrel, standard gas system, extended length scope mount, and picatinny rail blocks for mounting both the front and rear iron sights. My reasoning was that I viewed the standard FAL sights as a real step down from the AR-15 and M1A sights I am used to. It has never been fired. In talking with a DSA representative yesterday, I was directed to purchase a set of YHM folding front (YHM9584) and rear (YHM9860) sights that the company usually sets up their FAL rifles with.
In talking with YHM they strongly suggested NOT using this set up as it was designed for the AR-15 in 5.56mm NATO (.223 Remington) and the trajectory would not line up with the 7.62mm NATO (.308 Winchester).
So I called DSA back and asked for one of their experts. After going through two people I got the right guy. He explained that people who purchase the picatinny rail block set up for mounting their own sights are working to co-witness the iron sights with an EO-Tech. So they almost always set the customer up with the YHM iron sights described above. He said the set up works out to about 150 to 200 yards and then the trajectory of the 7.62mm round departs from the sighting range of the 5.56mm iron sights. For more precision he suggested mounting fixed A2 sights to the rear of the scope mount and the front picatinny gas block to avoid the imprecision created by the front and rear sights on the upper and lower receivers of the FAL as well as the folding aspect of most of the available sights.
The 7.62mm NATO is a caliber capable of battle accuracy out to at least 500 yards in skilled hands and I love iron sights. So the idea of a 150 yards FAL is a very unpleasant one.
I NEED the advice of the iron sight loving, black rifle toting long range shooters on this board.
Questions:
What high quality sight set up would you suggest for this rifle?
Can a set of detachable A2 sight be modified to work with the trajectory of the 7.62mm NATO caliber? Different height of post for the front sight?
Can the suggested sight set up work in concert with a low power scope?
Thank you for your assistance.
