Quote Originally Posted by usmctarzan View Post
Just doesn't make sense to flip the aperture away from you on the other side of the sight... Does it? I could be wrong. But I have a feeling the MBUS/ any other buis are designed off the a2 carry handle dual aperture. Not trying to be a smartass, just explaining my thinking.
No it doesn't make sense...

Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
Shortens the sight radius as well. Why not give yourself every advantage and put it on correctly?
No argument here, although the loss of ~1" of sight radius probably isn't going to make or break it. I concur with taking every advantage no matter how slight however.

But both of those issues are a long way from suggesting a major issue in my opinion. I stated that I have never heard a good reason why you "can't" do this, which from my reading of the original statement, is what was implied.

Again, I can't think of any reason to mount the sights backwards, but it's also not something that I feel the need to go out of my way to correct. There's been at least 5-6 times where I've encountered folks who felt that mounting the sights backwards would cause everything from a fire out of battery to spontaneous explosion of ammo within the mag to the barrel melting. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but regardless, I guess I just don't see it as a big deal so long as the consequences are understood.

And no, my backup irons aren't mounted backwards.