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BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:47 am
by Dangermouse
A few of us here have a BR99 and I am sure none of us are using the factory plastic sights. Just wondering what others are using.
I initially put on a set of knock off magpul flip ups which worked great until the
rear sight broke. The system was so well suited that I was still able to carry on with just the front post with no loss of accuracy.

DM

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:32 am
by Thorney
Eotech red dot.

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:24 pm
by techguy
Vortex strikefire...will be interesting to see how it holds up to the recoil!

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:13 am
by Thorney
I managed to rattle my one loose at Shield but other than that it's held up well.

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:52 am
by Blackstuff
I intially put PTS Magul MBUS on mine too, and the back sight broke! (mine sheered through the bolt side of the picatinnty cut - same?) And just like you i just left the front sight on and it worked as a back up just fine (had to use it in anger twice)

Then put a Sightmark Ultrafire QD on it and have been using that for the last few months and its worked fine (once i'd tightned up the QD lever :oops: ).

Just replaced that with an Eotech last week and some proper Magpul MBUS sights. Going to be using it/them for the first time properly on Saturday bangbang

EDIT: The Sightmark is a brilliant sight and i'd have happily left that on there but i got a deal on the Eotech that i couldn't ignore

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:38 am
by ovenpaa
I have just built a simple ghost ring rear sight with protective ears for a Picatinny rail on a gallery rifle and given the total lack of fragile parts I reckon it will work on the BR99 quite nicely as well with a possible change of aperture.

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:40 am
by Dangermouse
That would be interesting to see, no pun intended!

DM

Re: BR99 - What sights?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:48 am
by ovenpaa
It is out for Cerakote at the moment as I machined it from aluminium (7075T6)