shoobe01
Member
People who think irons don't ever fail need to go out in the woods more, in bad weather, etc.
It's well known for design of such sights, for training esp as you get to armies in more cold climates, etc. but I have had to clear out irons more than once from dirt, snow and ice, and even once an aperture kept being deeply obscured by simply rain; drops filled it in.
Irons can break off, get dented, etc. They can get mis-adjusted, and it is hard to tell that until you fire and miss, etc. Plenty of quality red dots are very much military in the arctic rugged, are around as rugged as irons such that entire armies have been moving (sometimes since the 1990s) to red dots only, no backup sights at all.
It's well known for design of such sights, for training esp as you get to armies in more cold climates, etc. but I have had to clear out irons more than once from dirt, snow and ice, and even once an aperture kept being deeply obscured by simply rain; drops filled it in.
Irons can break off, get dented, etc. They can get mis-adjusted, and it is hard to tell that until you fire and miss, etc. Plenty of quality red dots are very much military in the arctic rugged, are around as rugged as irons such that entire armies have been moving (sometimes since the 1990s) to red dots only, no backup sights at all.
