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Old 08-23-2011, 05:42 PM
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Flame me if you need to. I'm sure this has been addressed sometime, but....

I went out shooting my 15/22 for only the second time. Using the small aperture on the rear sight, I can do pretty well at 25 yds. When I try the large aperture, I SUCK!!!!!!!! Is there a "proper", "preferred" way to use the rear sight?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Old 08-23-2011, 06:20 PM
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From what I understand large hole for closer targets and small hole for more pinpoint shots at a distance. Kinda like a fine adjustment.
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Old 08-23-2011, 06:32 PM
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The small hole is for normal daylight shooting and the larger hole is for limited visibility/night shooting.
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Old 08-23-2011, 06:43 PM
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Get a scope!
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Old 08-23-2011, 08:02 PM
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^^^^^^^^Kind of thinking about a red-dot, now. My initial intention was to keep it super simple.
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Old 08-23-2011, 11:24 PM
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^^^^^^^^Kind of thinking about a red-dot, now. My initial intention was to keep it super simple.
my intention was to keep mine stock--lasted 3 days...

I despise the iron sights on AR platforms...
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Old 08-23-2011, 11:37 PM
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New soldiers who have never fired a gun in their life qualify to 300 meters with those iron sights, and new Marines to 500 meters.

The large aperture is for shooting when you have your Pro Mask on in an NBC environment.

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Old 08-24-2011, 02:44 AM
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So I must ask, can I get the Pro Mask with Bifocal lenses, and will it qualify as eye protection at my local range?

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Old 08-24-2011, 07:30 AM
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Yes on both counts. Pro masks make for good eye protection, and they make prescription inserts for them.
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Old 08-24-2011, 09:30 AM
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New soldiers who have never fired a gun in their life qualify to 300 meters with those iron sights, and new Marines to 500 meters.

The large aperture is for shooting when you have your Pro Mask on in an NBC environment.

Man, that brings back some memories.
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Man, that brings back some memories.
Talk about memories, when we went through the chamber one soldier managed to fill his promask up to the eyes with puke before the DS let him out hehe.
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Old 08-25-2011, 01:34 PM
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Talk about memories, when we went through the chamber one soldier managed to fill his promask up to the eyes with puke before the DS let him out hehe.
Coming from a guy who was never in the military: that's foul, and yet funny all at the same time. Wow.
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Old 09-02-2011, 04:48 PM
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Ugh...shooting with that Dang thing on is still one of my few times I didn't enjoy range time...
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Old 09-02-2011, 06:39 PM
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The gas chamber sucked, but it was also a gift I didn't appreciate until later. I had been sick for all of basic training up to that point, along with everyone else in the barracks. Thanks to the gas, the sickness apparently flowed out with all that mucus from my nose and throat, and I woke up feeling like a million bucks the next morning.

btw, the Drill Sergeants made it a special point to get us milk, all the milk we could drink, for chow right before the chamber. Some guys didn't understand and drank two, three...four boxes of milk. Yeahhhh....it all came back up about an hour later.
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^^^^^^^^Kind of thinking about a red-dot, now. My initial intention was to keep it super simple.
good luck in keeping things simple with the 15-22.

Addictive Obsessive disorder is what we all have with the M&P
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Kind of thinking about a red-dot, now. My initial intention was to keep it super simple.


The two great lies to wives.

Lie #2. Honey, I'll keep my 15-22 just like it comes in the box. I don't need all that stuff hanging on it like you see in the forums.
That was preceded by lie #1.

Lie #1. Honey, I only need one gun.
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My wallet and I wish we could keep it at one gun. Stupid variety of calibers and actions =/
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Proper shooting position is vital. Nose to charging handle.



The large aperture is marked 0-2 because it's designed for 200 meters and under. the unmarked is for 300 meters or whatever is on the range wheel of the rear sight. This is all for the M16A2/M4, of course, so the ranges are of little application shooting the M&P15-22.

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