M4 Carbine setup for murphy’s law
I’m sure you’ve done plenty of research into combat optics, which is the toughest and which reticle is best for you, but are you setup for a backup plan if your sighting system goes down? Using loctite on all of the places that need to be locked down does wonders for reliability, but in combat, sometimes your optics can get smashed or even shot. There have been several advertisements showing up about ACOGs getting hit by bullets and even surefire flashlights that took bullets and still worked, but sometimes a broken scope that is loctited to your gun will become a nightmare in a combat situation if it is broken.
I personally do not like the idea of fold down front sights because I never thought the permanent front sight obscured my targets if I hed the gun right, but some people really don’t like the front sights there when using red dots or Eotech gun sights. Quick detach rifle scope and rifle sights are becoming more common because this is a reality of combat. I think this is being a little too anal, but if it works for them, that’s their decision. I do see some people operate Eotech gun sights with no backup sights and I think it’ll be a matter of time before they show up a range with dead batteries and realise that their gun is going to be as accurate as a blunderbuss. If you set your cowitness sights up, you can use them as primaries or backups at any point. Using fold down front sights is an extra step to getting your Carbine backup if the primary optic goes down, but that’s just my opinion.