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devilslayer · 10-13-2007, 06:36 AM

i was going do do a simple build with a cheap flip up sight when i read about some AR owners chopping their carying handles and creating a neat little attachable sight...anybody else do this is it worth cutting up a carrying handle?

**PackerfanXD** · 10-13-2007, 08:21 AM

There is a great tutorial on how to do that on AR15.com. I believe it's a sticky.

petey1 · 10-13-2007, 09:29 AM

Here's the link that Packerfan mentioned.....it's got everything you need to know.
http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=18&t=298610

**mvician** · 10-13-2007, 10:50 AM

devilslayer · 10-14-2007, 03:31 AM

i know how to do it i was more wondering how popular is it to do?? mvician is there anything about AR's you dont know or dont have??lol

Badshot · 10-14-2007, 05:53 AM

He makes more money than I do or we'd be in a race

I'm not sure I'm a fan of this mod but then again I like the low profile BUIS setups. I can see where this makes sense to a lot of folks, but the price for a good BUIS isn't too much so I'll stick with the LP series BUIS for my AR's.

Pro's:

Cool DIY project
Money already spent so no additional cost
Functional
Great for co-witnessing with a CQB optic

Con's:

Snag factor with the mounting
Takes up more rail space
Fixed positioning and hight may preclude any use of a typical optic beyond a CQB optic

Just my ever so humble thoughts

**mvician** · 10-14-2007, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devilslayer

i know how to do it i was more wondering how popular is it to do?? mvician is there anything about AR's you dont know or dont have??lol

I'm still learning

It seems to be a popular mod and has a market

LMT, DPMS, and others make a version of this.

I like this style of sight behind an Aimpoint, but I prefer a fold down behind my EoTech since it has more than a "dot".

I have 6 AR's and a 7th started, each is a carbine but different from the last.

Mike

**mvician** · 10-14-2007, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badshot

He makes more money than I do or we'd be in a race

Badshot · 10-14-2007, 01:33 PM

Why the face? You're starting #7 I'm hovering on 4 1/2

**mvician** · 10-14-2007, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badshot

Why the face? You're starting #7 I'm hovering on 4 1/2

#7 will take a little longer now...just spent the $ for the lower on this ACOG TA50-2

it should be in my hot little hands Wed/Thurs

The whole build just changed, this is the LMT upper I posted about a few weeks ago. Have a LMT buis on the way for it to go with the Aimpoint but now that buis won't work with the ACOG.

10-13-2007, 06:36 AM	#1
devilslayer XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC Posts: 2,069	chopping your carrying handle? i was going do do a simple build with a cheap flip up sight when i read about some AR owners chopping their carying handles and creating a neat little attachable sight...anybody else do this is it worth cutting up a carrying handle?

10-13-2007, 08:21 AM	#2
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,053 Blog Entries: 1	There is a great tutorial on how to do that on AR15.com. I believe it's a sticky. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html PALIN/McCAIN '08 An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

10-13-2007, 09:29 AM	#3
petey1 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 673	Here's the link that Packerfan mentioned.....it's got everything you need to know. http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=18&t=298610 __________________ "No free man shall EVER be barred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson springerprecision.com bcsportsmen.org gunfacts.info

10-13-2007, 10:50 AM	#4
mvician XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,853	__________________ AR15s...ya I've built more than a few http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/ar-talk...ar-family.html

10-14-2007, 05:53 AM	#6
Badshot XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,433	He makes more money than I do or we'd be in a race I'm not sure I'm a fan of this mod but then again I like the low profile BUIS setups. I can see where this makes sense to a lot of folks, but the price for a good BUIS isn't too much so I'll stick with the LP series BUIS for my AR's. Pro's: Cool DIY project Money already spent so no additional cost Functional Great for co-witnessing with a CQB optic Con's: Snag factor with the mounting Takes up more rail space Fixed positioning and hight may preclude any use of a typical optic beyond a CQB optic Just my ever so humble thoughts __________________ --------------------- Stupidity should should be painful! On AR15's: Learn to use your Iron Sights before you go adding all that extra crap on your gun! Last edited by Badshot; 10-14-2007 at 05:56 AM.

10-14-2007, 03:31 AM	#5
devilslayer XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC Posts: 2,069	i know how to do it i was more wondering how popular is it to do?? mvician is there anything about AR's you dont know or dont have??lol

10-14-2007, 01:33 PM	#9
Badshot XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,433	Why the face? You're starting #7 I'm hovering on 4 1/2 __________________ --------------------- Stupidity should should be painful! On AR15's: Learn to use your Iron Sights before you go adding all that extra crap on your gun!

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