SWAT Officer with Backward Sights

[Defender]

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-officers-rifle-mistake-2013-3?fbclid=IwAR08r79K2V_m5L5-1sMH6X1fiNMK7snQjP12nXHSkwXmi2poGypD9rQODRk

[Grayfox54]

Well, he does have the rear sight flipped up. So he does have usable sights. No idea why that EOTech is backwards, but I won't be calling him an idiot just yet. 

[Chucktshoes]

That article is from 2013. It makes the rounds every now and again, but is always good for a laugh. 

[E4 No More]

39 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:

That article is from 2013. It makes the rounds every now and again, but is always good for a laugh. 

Probably NOT the claim to fame that he wished to have.

[Chucktshoes]

Just now, E4 No More said:

Probably NOT the claim to fame that he wished to have.

I would imagine not. 

[TomInMN]

11 minutes ago, E4 No More said:

Probably NOT the claim to fame that he wished to have.

And how many other people looked at that and said nothing? I think the whole team should be famous, not just the one guy. (And I'm hoping it was just on backwards that day, what with the quick-detatch and all...)

[DaveTN]

1 hour ago, Chucktshoes said:

That article is from 2013. It makes the rounds every now and again, but is always good for a laugh. 

Here is another one that makes the rounds....

[Trekbike]

For those of you that have an EOTech, what exactly do/can you see looking through it backwards?

[Johnny Rotten]

There's a whole lot of WTF going on there.

The rear hatch on that Humvee is opened and both cops are pointing their guns at the windshield.

That laser is a joke and at least he has the grip pod installed correctly 

[Defender]

3 hours ago, Chucktshoes said:

That article is from 2013. It makes the rounds every now and again, but is always good for a laugh. 

Sorry, guys, I missed that this wasnt new...it showed up as a new post today in a newsletter I get...

[Johnny Rotten]

WTF_JPG-1165445 by Johnny Rotten, on Flickr

[Grayfox54]

20 hours ago, Trekbike said:

For those of you that have an EOTech, what exactly do/can you see looking through it backwards?

You don't see anything. Just a clear glass window. Maybe that's the point. Use the iron sights, but keep the EOTech mounted so you don't lose it? 

Edited November 19, 2019 by Grayfox54

[DaveTN]

12 minutes ago, Grayfox54 said:

but keep the EOTech mounted so you don't lose it? 

 That’s the story I would stick with.

I put a red dot on a firearm backward once to take pictures for a sale. I didn’t pay any attention or even look through it. Someone emailed me “your sight is on backwards” might have been on here. 

[GlockSpock]

I don't know.

My guess is that since it seems cold in the photo...the EOTech stopped working. That prompted...him to reverse and it use BUIS?

[Guest]

On 11/19/2019 at 8:21 AM, GlockSpock said:

I don't know.

My guess is that since it seems cold in the photo...the EOTech stopped working. That prompted...him to reverse and it use BUIS?

Why would cold be an issue for the laser beams inside?

[GlockSpock]

1 hour ago, BlessTheUSA said:

Why would cold be an issue for the laser beams inside?

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/21/eotech-breaks-silence-over-defective-sights.html