Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles Magpul gen 3 or gen 2 flip ups.

Dunno if anybody has the gen 3 or even seen any.
LGS has the gen 2.
Have a prism on a rig and wondered if I should slap these on as backups.

I have DD rear and front nonflips I could use but wanted the prism sight " clear view ".

I'm starting to wonder if the 3s will ever be available.

They're back ups, grab the Gen 2's they've worked just fine.

I have a question which I think will fit in right here. I just bought a set of Magpul front and rear flip ups. Be gentle, I'm a blue and walnut guy, don't know much about AR's. My front sight came with a little key for elevation adjustment. It is just begging to be lost. I know I'll never keep up with it without some help. Anyone devised a way to attach it or store it on the rifle?
Thanks for any help,
Rick

Mine is in the pistol grip.

Tab for G2 is easy to push down w bullet tip and can spin post w fingers once its out of the notch.

Pros

If your prism is an etched reticle, it will work even without juice. If you knock it hard enough to change POA/POI then you may do the very same to irons.

I have a set of the original Magpul BUIS and a set of the "Gen 2". None of them look or feel very robust to me, especially the "Gen 3" which I just went and looked at.

There are more robust and "operationally" designed options out there, I can't justify any of them because of cost and sheer lack of need or training/usage demands.

Good luck with the search.

I have Daniel Defense irons on one rig. Like em fine ( non folding ).
There a reflex is clocked, which I also like.

Yeah, the prism sight has an etched reticle but its most likely going bye bye.

LPVO or RDS....not the tweener stuff

Well, an LPVO will require you to remove it to deploy the irons. The hassle of verifying zero made me eventually build a dedicated irons upper to complement the LPVO and thermal uppers. I have a set of A.R.M.S #40s on the dedicated upper, I bought them from a buddy who won them at a 3gun event, otherwise I would have never spent what they ask for them. They are overkill for my usage, I use them for killing coons, coyotes or foxes trying to get in the chicken coop.

Any A2 type adjustment tool can be substituted. So can a nail, knife, pen, bullet, etc.

To each their own but if I thought I might need irons I'd buy good ones.

The Magpuls I've been around were pieces of schit.

What made you think they were POS?

The polymer flip up section rocks ever so slightly, the Gen 2 are MIM and suffer the same issue although not to the same extent.

The A.R.M.S are rock solid and are .5 moa adjustable.

The Magpul are good for teaching kids at the range, no way I would trust them for precision or hunting where I need a precise shot.

I still think an etched reticle prism is the best option. I wish Bushnell hadn't discontinued the TAC Optics Lil P 1x, that is an astigmatism friendly option. I wish there was a replacement for it from Bushnell

The ARMS 40L that I had rocked quite a bit and if sand got in the spring it wouldn't fully engage upright.

The PRI gas block version I saw was the worse, it would almost flop side to side.

I now use Troy flip up's and Daniel Defense fixed, these are not High Power Match sights, they are decent BUIS's. I can make A zone hits out to 300 yards. I never cared for the sight picture of the Magpuls but they were useable.

I like those DD fixed sights. A friend let me try them and he said that is what he used in Afghanistan. He says they are built right and he trusted his life on them. From the looks of them, I would agree. He has a red dot set up in QD's for that rifle. No problems there that I can see? At least for his use. He doesn't have an issue qualifying with the set up.

After some experimentation my iron sights are now once again, DD fixed.

They didn’t put bullets where they were supposed to go on a regular basis.

Midway every once in a while puts the weird colors of Daniel Defense fixed irons on clearance. Last winter they had the turd brown ones on clearance for a hundred bucks. Kick myself for not grabbing a set.

That would do it.

Magpul Pros aren't bad. All steel. Not cheap, though.

I see a lot of guys putting flip ups on a flimsy handguard. Then some may say, "these damn sights aren't worth a chidt". When in actuality it is the flex in the handguard resting on the bi-pod or bags that is causing a POI shift. Even a tight sling hold can throw your POI off if you are using a cheap azzed handguard that flexes too much. That's on you, not your sights.

Excellent choice. Very solid sights. I use ultradyne flip ups, but that was not what the OP was asking about.. Those are excellent as well and steel. They don't lose their zero even after multiple times flipping them up and down..

I like them. They work as they should. Always love it when the boys come from the big city with their custom AR's, thinking they are going to put a hurt on us country boys with their olympic style AR's. They get shut down pretty fast..



Local dirt says his steel magpuls are expensive. How much are they?

bsa, I forget but I always wait and buy that kind of stuff on sale around the holidays. I can look it up, though.

I like the looks of those DD fixed, though. I think kingston has a couple sets of those and likes them, too..

They are about $170 average for the pair when I was looking, haven't looked at them since I bought a set over on ARF for $100 shipped.

They could be cheaper or more expensive, but the MIM construction makes me look the other way. Something about injection molded metal makes me think potmetal.

Yeah. Curious as to how strong they are. MIM has come a long way I believe. ?? I don't know what way I'd go, IF I were looking for a good cheap set of sights. Although, at $170.00 you'd expect them to hold up quite well??

Last set of Magpul Pros I bought on 12/19/21 from KyGunCo. They were on sale for Christmas holiday.

1 × MAGPUL MBUS Pro Rear Flip Sight AR15/M4 - Black $66.99
1 × MAGPUL MBUS Pro Flip Front Sight AR15/M4 - Black $54.99
Subtotal $121.98
Shipping and Handling $11.99
Shipping Insurance $2.00
Total $135.97

Cheapest I saw was $96ish each shipped, couldn't find a set in stock to see if they were cheaper.

I think there are way better options than the Magpul Pros, I haven't seen a set of Troy's or DD I could fondle first hand.

I want a set of the Troy Tritium Battle sites strictly for going to the chicken coop at night, that or a 1 or 2x night vision optic, preferably thermal.

Troys are the schit.

I run mostly run DD fixed and Troy folding BUIS. That said, I also use MI fixed and MATECH rears. I have one set of Dueck Defense RTS, which are really well made, but bulky.

Get a Modlite and don't worry about the Tritium.

MATECH tears are the schit.

How does that work?

Tritium sights turn black when you light up the target and if you can’t see your target then you can’t shoot so tritium sights on an AR are kinda worthless.

OK

LOL

It uses a sophisticated reflector to flood the target with a beam of light produced by exciting a light emitting diode with electricity from a rechargeable battery.

You kids have much to learn.

Laugh all you want.

Just know that we’re laughing at you, not with you.

Sure thing all star.