I do have a basic A2. Actually a Colt Sporter SP1 slick lower with A2 upper, barrel, furniture. It was my first AR.
I hated it in 97 when Sqd ldrs and above got issued m4,s in the 101.
Short sight radius.
higher maximum ordinate at midrange per its battle sight zero due the short sight radius and short barrel.
Walking like a trex forearms road marching with one.
Muzzle heavy as heck when you put a Peq 2 and light on the forearm, balance was strange.
Were my main gripes.
Humped an A2 for 11 yrs.
Got real good with the deer rifle.
Wpn sqd ldr and line dog sqd ldr.
Knew my holdovers with it.
Desiginating tgts for my 249,s m60,s and 240,s thru out that time
Didnt have ta fugg with the dail like a known distance target shooter.
I got used to the M4.
Didnt take but a 4 or 5 good range sessions to learn hold overs and hold unders with it.
Then a couple of live fire manuver ranges with it over a period of 5 or 6 months.
But for awhile I had ta mentally unlearn A2 holds in my head while shooting the M4.
Eventually the A2 muscle and mental memory went by the wayside.
But the M4 was a 600m rifle at best.
Lost some stand off with it.
Kinda missed those known extra 200 yds with an A2.
But once ya slap all the stuff on it.
Probably weigh 1 pd to 1.5 pds less than an A2/A3 with the same stuff.
Went to war my 1st time with an A2
2nd time with a m4
M4 is way better in mout .
Really all ya need is a M68 on one and a Peq2 properly zeroed for night.
They can keep the eye relief is critical acog pos optic.....
Worthlesss.......
Learn how to range with a crisp setting 4 or 5 2 moa red dot in a 68.
You can hit out to 500 easy.
Some think you cant use a red dot for precision fire.
PFFFFT on that........
Zero a crisp reddot at the 12 oclock edge dead on at 50 yds
That 2 moa dot can hit out to 300 easy using the 12.
Use the 6 oclock out to five holding over.
Use that 2 moa dot to estimate range per the distance and width , height of a man
36 inch torso neck to belly 20 inch outer arm to arm width.
You dont even think about ranging.
It just come from range practice.
In mout...
Blot the dot on the spot or just dump rounds when ya have to.
As distance increase,s so does the 2 moa reddot correspondingly.
Hence the fine edge of the 12 and the 6 will never steer ya wrong
The 3 and 9 edges can be used as your wind hold also.
Alot of dudes dont fully understand the use of a red dot.
And they slam its accuracy potential.
That which is unfamilar and outside of someone,s comfort zone.
Must be wrong and bad.
It has too be.....
That is a mentality you will run into alot.
In the military and the civilian world alike.
LOL!!!
If your red dot looks like starburst super nova
Turn the fugging rheostat setting down......
JFC....
Then ya might get some accuracy outta it if ya practice with it and your BUIS sight.
Another thing is to dail in your reddot in conjunction with your front sight post top cutting it in half to be cowitnessed with it.
And look thru your BUIS sight in conjunction with your reddot also gives ya a little more accuracy with it also.
Beleive it or not.....
A2 has the reach out and touch someone factor in the right hands.
And with a 4 to 1 or pure tracer mag .
You can get your gunners on a tgt out to 700 800 easy with a A2 especially if you know the wpn.
Stag makes a pretty good one that has a detachable handle with a 8 twist. Got a lifetime transferable warranty and lifetime replacement on the CL barrel if you manage to shoot it out.
Windham has good one also with 7 twist.
But the warranty aint that great.
Blah blah blah blah blah blah
Ect ect ect.
AR,s still bore me.....
for now.....
LOL!!!
