200 yards with a PCC and a 3 power magnifier? The 9mm drops something like 32 inches at 200 yards. Not saying one can not hit things at that range but many consider a PCC a 50 to 75 yard firearm. For those ranges and given the real world accuracy of the pistol round I find a good red dot works out fine for my use of this carbine. Iron sights are OK too but my old eyes prefer an optic or red dot for faster target pickup.
My eyes suck also, . That x3 helps put things into perspective for me! There are YouTube videos with this rifle going as far as 300 yards with a nice scope. I'm not looking for anything past 100-150 yards for what I do, but 200 is pretty easy for me with my current configuration. I want to get the 10mm and deck it out for hunting!
I only have factory sights so far. A neighbor let me shoot at his place but the longest range I can shoot from is only 30 yards. I was hitting bullseye after the first few rounds. I would love to take it to a real range but the nearest is Fort Polk, a hour and a half drive away. That's a day trip, lol.
I put a Sight Mark red dot on mine. At my age the eyes couldn't acquire the target well, even with a touch of white paint on the tip of the front sight. The red dot makes it easier to acquire the target when I go over to the gravel pit (our local range) and squeeze a few off. I'm sure if the eyes were good the factory sight would work. The factory peep reminds me of the M-16 with the smaller aperture flipped up.
I just got my 995ts on Friday and have only shot it once. The iron sights were spot on but my father in law gave me an Overlord Tactical Mogadishu Mile optic so I am exited to see how that does.
Red dots on all mine.
HP irons are fine but I can’t argue with the results when a $25-$50 red dot or reflex sight makes tighter groups. My eyes have astigmatism but even a blurry/smeared dot or reticle produces better results and is easier to see in low light.
when my 9mm was in the factory stock, i just ran the irons. had no problems with them, but did get much better groups when i put a red dot on it.
Now the rifle has been transferred into a HTA stock and i will be testing 3 different sites on it. . .
Primarily, i will only be shooting out to 50 yards as it will mostly be a range toy.
first one is a cheap 35.00 Feyachi RS28 Reflex sight. This is really the one im leaning toward since it has a small footprint, adds virtually no weight, and should help with fast target acquisitions.
second one is my trusty Vortex Strikefire. If i like it, i may buy a cheaper but similar 1x30 red dot like the Pinty or something and go that route. Id prefer to keep the Vortex on my Armalite.
3rd option is a UTG 3-9x32 1" CQB scope. I personally think it looks awesome sitting on top of the HTA stock... but its a bit on the heavy side and probably more then i need for the range i will be firing this thing from.
Unfortunately, I have less then 2k rounds left of 9mm ammo and with the current ammo shortages and prices, im sitting on the ammo i have and waiting to see if things ever get back to normal. If that does happen, then ill be able to get back out, test, and report back the pros and cons of each
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