La Rue Iron Dot

[Steve_Feist 1]

Today I checked the status on my Iron Dot that I had ordered back at the beginning of June for my MAK 90 922r conversion. These jokers told me not to expect anything until mid-winter 2010. Hell, it has already been on back order for 4 months! They claim that Burris discontinued the Fast Fire Micro dot sight that they had supplied and had replaced it with a watertight version (like duh!.)The new Micro Dot has a different mounting base and they claim that they have to re-engineer the mount.

 

Frankly I really find it hard to believe that it takes 9 months to re-engineer a new mount for this. I had heard rumors that LaRue is diverting as many of these as they can over to Afganistan for Special Forces, which would explain why they are starving the civilian population.

 

It's either that, or they are just not committed to bring this product to market!

 

Anybody else have similar experiences with the Iron Dot?

 

 

Zonie

[fxhart 14]

Wow that sucks! Of course if they are going over to our guys I'm OK with that part. You could always get the one with the Docter Optic...?

[thehopping1 105]

That sucks, I was going to buy one of these for an AK pistol I am going to buy. I don't really want to spend $500 + on the Doctor version that will be going on a $350 gun. Oh well, it's worth waiting if they are being sent to our troop like was said.

[aresv 49]

LaRue makes what they make. They're not hurting for business, and anybody who's read arfcom in the last 5 years or so can tell you that LaRue makes top quality parts and refuses to take shit from anybody.

 

It's a bummer that iron dots are hard to come by. I like the concept, but in an ideal world I'd rather they replaced the traditional AK notch and post with something a little nicer. For instance, something like an XS express rear with a tritium post or big dot front sight. You know, something nice on the "iron" side to match the red dot half of the system.

[Steve_Feist 1]

It's a bummer that iron dots are hard to come by. I like the concept, but in an ideal world I'd rather they replaced the traditional AK notch and post with something a little nicer. For instance, something like an XS express rear with a tritium post or big dot front sight. You know, something nice on the "iron" side to match the red dot half of the system.

 

 

Actually, I'm doing both. I got an XS Express tritium from sight to compliment the LaRue Iron dot. There isn't much that you can do with the

LaRue rear notch sight except to paint it with some night glow paint and charge it with a black light flashlight. Given the fact that I only paid $215 for the MAK90 when I bought it new years ago, I really didn't want to shell out $600 for an Ultimak rail & Aimpoint Micro T-1

optical set-up that would co-witness. The LaRue Iron Dot seemed like the best compromise of both at the time.

 

Zonie