adding front iron site to orc Bushmaster AR15

[geauxbubba]

A friend of mine bought a Bushmaster Optics Ready Carbine AR15. He added a red dot site to it. It has no front or rear iron sites. I know he can add a rear flip up iron site to his top rail but what can be done about adding a front one? thanks

 

[SpeedRacer]

Lots of people make sights specifically to mount on the front picatinny rail.

Here is just one example from YHM:

 

[Storm52]

+1 ...and there are flip up front sights too from Magpul, BCM, MI etc.

 

[spanky]

does the front have a regular gas block or a pic rail gas block?

if he has a railed forend he can get one of the shorter rail front sights to put on his handguard or if he has a pic rail gas block he can put the taller ones there.

he can also have that gas block removed and put on a pic rail gas block or a clamp on flip front sight.

 

[SpeedRacer]

Wow...it looks like Bushmaster also makes one with NO way to mount a front sight. Is this what your buddy has?

If so, he has to change out the gas block entirely and replace it with the front sight/gas block of his choice. Pretty lame on Bushy's part.

 

[Richard in LA]

+1 ...and there are flip up front sights too from Magpul, BCM, MI etc.

I don't think that the Magpul's are intended to be mounted on a gas block, but rather on a rail.

 

[scooterj]

he can also have that gas block removed and put on a pic rail gas block .

This

 

[yamatitan]

heres my solution so far, kinda a expensive one but yea I like it and got the rail because I planned on attaching other stuff to it later.

Went from this:

To this:

 

[geauxbubba]

Wow...it looks like Bushmaster also makes one with NO way to mount a front sight. Is this what your buddy has?

If so, he has to change out the gas block entirely and replace it with the front sight/gas block of his choice. Pretty lame on Bushy's part.

Yes this is exactly what he has. thanks Speedracer and everyone else for the suggestions.

 

[Barney88PDC]

Buy optics and be done with it.

says he already has a red dot.

Sorry didnt see that, then mount the red dot and be done with it.

 

[yamatitan]

says he already has a red dot.

 

[topgunz1]

midlength FF rail that goes over that low profile gas block, front sight on the rail. That will give him a longer sight radius for his irons

 

[yamatitan]

midlength FF rail that goes over that low profile gas block, front sight on the rail. That will give him a longer sight radius for his irons

Just so there is no confusion I had to take a dremel to the stock gas block to get it to fit under the larue handguard.

 

[flashnyellow]

Bushmaster sells a flip up front sight that clamps around the existing gas block on the ORC. I found it on Bushmasters web site in their catalog. Part number YHM-9360K. I called Yankee Hill and they told me they make it but only sell it through Bushmaster. I ordered it from Bushmaster and have it on my ORC.

 

[beauxdog]

YHM and others make a gas block/folding front sight that will replace the orginal gas block. Take your's off, slip this one on. Easy.

Beauxdog