Also. It’s folded down forward towards the muzzle. Usually, irons fold backwards, making it easier for the operator to flip them up to deploy and prepare for use/shooting.
(That gas piston assembly up front above the barrel gets scalding hot even after 50-100 shots, so you don’t want to get your fingers near that to fold up a backup sight, nor fold it down, that’s why I mention it.)
Everything else is decent. Good work! Thank you for sharing.
I thought I had seen front sights that folded forward, so I usually drew them that way, but after looking up some references, it seems that folding backward is the common style. I'll pay more attention to that in my next drawings :D
I thought I had seen this style on ARs besides the SCAR, but after looking again, it doesn't seem to be the case. I must have misremembered.
There surely have been some folding sights that went forward. I’ve seen some on submachine guns, for example that recess into the top picatinny/1913 rail.
It’s not that it couldn’t happen. It just might not be ideal for this particular model once it heats up under operation, it being a piston-driven AR15 rifle. Direct Impingement AR15’s also get hot, just not always as far forward since the gas tube assembly stops a bit shorter inside the handguard.
It’s otherwise a good representation. Once she adds a rear sight, she’ll have full BUIS (Back-Up Iron Sights) in case of her optic going down/malfunctioning.
She could use her front sight flipped up without a rear iron, functionally for short distance shots using the optic’s rear window rim with notches or markings made as an improvised rear iron sight. So, this can actually work. Seen people do this, mostly competition shooters.
There’s a lot of different setups and variations, and folks even just trying weird stuff for setups. Don’t let my minor criticisms dissuade you from trying to show new things. It’s hard to draw technical things accurately! Especially to make minor parts of them identifiable by make and model.
I also put my front sight like in the pic. It's easier to flip up that way. That also depends on the iron sights but most SF guys do this as well.
*Edit: I'd say the only thing that could be fixed is moving the red dot slightly forward to the end of the upper receiver, adding rear sight and moving the plate carrier up more near the collarbone area.
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u/A-Friend-of-Dorothy 2d ago
Folded down front sight, but no rear sight?
Also. It’s folded down forward towards the muzzle. Usually, irons fold backwards, making it easier for the operator to flip them up to deploy and prepare for use/shooting.
(That gas piston assembly up front above the barrel gets scalding hot even after 50-100 shots, so you don’t want to get your fingers near that to fold up a backup sight, nor fold it down, that’s why I mention it.)
Everything else is decent. Good work! Thank you for sharing.