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The Four Ounce Carbine Sight

Carbines came about as a means of giving a soldier who had to ride a horse or for whom fighting with a shoulder weapon was a secondary role, something more effective than a pistol to retaliate  with. The classic example is the World War Two M1 carbine and its variants the M1A1 and M2. The M1 gave engineers, signallers and corpsmen the capability to lay down a high volume of effecive fire on enemies up to 300 meters distant. It’s only limitations were its lack of penetration and killing power. Like most militaries, the US Army concluded that future wars would be fought at much closer ranges and eventually adopted a carbine as its standard weapon. Afghan operations in particular have driven up average engagement ranges renewing interest in longer barrels and the .308 cartridge, but most of the time the issue M4 still suffices. Civilian shooters have very much jumped on the band wagon and, although the military 14.5″ barrel is awkward and in some cases illegal to possess in the US, 16″ barrels are becoming very popular, the AR15 making an great choice in this barrel lenght.

Civilian shooters purchase AR15 carbines for a variety of reasons including defence, informal or formal action shooting, predator control, hunting or interest in military firearms. There are a huge variety of things you can bolt on to an AR15 carbine, but therein lies the problem. An AR15s sleek lines don’t lend themselves to having a heap of ugly, angular gizmos hung from it. You can soon end up with something that is ugly, unhandy and very, very heavy.

There is an undeniable appeal in the AR’s sheer modularity. A flashlight handgrip in particular adds a lot to the functionality and ergonomics of a carbine. A tactical sling can make the weapon much less onerous to carry and keep it ready for action. Now you come to mount a sight on your carbine. Does a sighting system have to be bulky and cumbersome to be effective?  Fortunately the answer is no.

Aimpoint’s Micro H-1 and T-1 weigh 3.7 ounces inclusive of Picatinny mount and take up all of 2.4 inches of rail. To reduce cost the Micro H-1 red dot sight does away with the night vision compatible settings of the Micro T-1. The Micro T-1 and Micro H-1 both feature a 4 MOA red dot for rapid target acquisition. Both models are barely larger than a flip up rearsight. Unbelievably, Aimpoint’s ACET technology means a single CR2032 battery can last 5 years with the unit operating continuously. The sights will survive continuous immersion under 25 meters of sea water. They can be used in conjuction with an Eotech G23.FTS flip to side magnifier for those occasions when you need to be able to ID targets that much further out – some units in Afghanistan are already utilising this capability. A whole range of mounts are available from Aimpoint and third parties that add height, quick release and cantilever design to mount these ultra compact sights.

Eotech recently added a range of small holographic weapon sights that employ a single transversely mounted CR123 battery to reduce length and eliminate the chance of recoil induced connection issues. This is sealed in by a simple tethered cap and O-ring which will not spring off. To clear AR15 delta rings all these units have a cantilevered battery housing. They start with the non night capable, thumb screw attached XPS2 models and gradually increase in specification, the XPS3 adding night vision compatibility and, in the EXPS3 series, a 7mm higher quick release mount to enable co-witnessing of iron sights in the lower 1:3 of the field of view and side mounted NV buttons to enable very close mounting of NV or 3X magnifiers. All XPS and EXPS sights take up 2.75″ of rail space, boasting battery lives of 600 hours – a vast increase on the old N battery units. In this series -0 models have a 1 MoA reticlered dot in a 65 MoA circle, -1 models have one 1 MoA red dot and -2 models have a 65 MoA circle with two 1 MoA red dots to enable aiming off for range. They weigh 8 to 11.2 ounces and are waterproof to 10 meters or 33 feet.

How do the sights compare? The Aimpoint is somewhat more expensive and offers slightly less flexibility in head/eye placement but it is tiny, utterly rugged and has vastly longer battery life. On the other hand the sheer user friendliness of the completely parallax free Eotech HWS make them a superb choice – especially when longer range engagements are a consideration and the smaller 1 MoA dot comes into play. Whichever you opt for, you will have the state of the art in sighting technology in a unit that will give you many years of reliable service.

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