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Originally Posted by Raellus
Shnikeys! The Aimpoint PRO costs over half what the rifle did! I'll be lucky if I can squeeze out another $100 for this gun. There's no way I'm getting another cat!
For the moment, I think I'm going with a decent pair of flip up BUIS and a cheap-o open reflex sight. In a couple of years, I'll lobby for a good optic.
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Don't.
Buy quality and you only pay once.
I'd imagine you can find any number of people who have gone the cheap route when it comes to anything firearm related, only to later turn around and pay for the quality item they should have bought in the first place. Whether it's magazines, optics, ammo, or the firearms themselves. I can't tell you how many people I've known who bought an SKS as their "Just in case shit gets real" rifle, because they couldn't afford an AR and the SKS was 'good enough'....until they took part in a simulation shoot we put together, and realized that pretty much the only thing the SKS has going for it is its low price. Ergonomics aren't good, accuracy isn't very good (though better than the el-cheapo AK's that were flooding the market 8 or so year ago, and gave AK's a bad name accuracy-wise), it holds less rounds and is slower to reload than the AR or AK.
In the end, they ALL bought AR's or AK's. But they'd spent anywhere from $300 to $800 on the SKS, depending on how much ammo, magazines or optics (always a bad choice, dressing up an SKS), and other assorted junk they'd bought for it. $800 could get 6 MagPul P-Mags (I've found them for as little as $11-$12 before online) and a case of 5.56mm ammo, and if you shopped wisely still have enough for you and a friend to have lunch at Five Guys, and the gas to get there.
Search the Interwebs and find a good optic for a decent price. Check out Lewis Machine & Tool. I can't remember if they made flip up sights, but their regular BUIS is excellent. Once I can afford to build again I may try MagPul's offering, but right now LMT is the only place I look for BUIS's.
And do what I do: scour the Marketplace at AR15.com and AR15Adviser, especially the former. If you're not a member, join. AR15.com is where I got my EOTech, years back.
Sorry for the rant. I've seen so many mistakes made when it comes to firearms, I try to keep people from making them over again. And yes, I've made a few myself.