The Glock 43X and Glock 48 MOS pistols only accept RMSc-footprint optics, which makes the optic-selection problem narrower and cleaner than full-size Glock work. This isn't a 50-option category like the Glock 17 or Glock 19 lineup — there are maybe a dozen RMSc-pattern optics worth considering, and the right pick comes down to glass quality, dot crispness, battery life, a …
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Co-witness on a pistol works differently than on an AR-15, and most of the bad advice online comes from people applying AR-15 sight geometry to a Glock. On a pistol the optic is only a few millimeters above the slide, the irons are short, and there's no riser to push the optic up to a "lower 1/3" position the way an AR-15 carry-handle setup does. This guide covers absolute vs l …
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Walk into any gun shop or scroll any AR-15 parts forum and you'll find strong opinions about free-float handguards. "Free-float or bust." "The accuracy difference is negligible." "You need a torque wrench." "It's just a barrel nut swap." The noise around this topic tends to skip the most important question: do you actually need a free-float handguard for what you're doing with …
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