I was wondering how the Trijicon Acupoint scope compare in optical quality and toughness to a VXIII? Anyone have any experience with them on a brush or dangerous game rifle. Also, which reticle style would you recommend?
I picked up a VXIII (1.5 to 5 illuminated reticle) a month ago, but was not impressed with the illumination module design. The illumination is not visable during the day, it has a way of turning on and killing the battery if something brushes against the dial. Also, the illumition flickers from on to off if the dial is not perfectly centered in the detent. The scope hasn't seen any serious use yet so I was thinking of exchanging it for a Trijicon Acupoint.
The primairy purpose is for quick target aquisition for brush hunting. Just got back from Alaska and stumbled on two grizzles in the brush around dusk (was hunting for black bears unfortunately). Luckily they bolted the other way pretty quick. The problem I had with the VXIII was that although the image was pretty bright and it was easy to aquire the target in the scope, finding the crosshairs was difficult as we were in a shaded area at dusk. After the two bears faded into the brush we spent a minute or so searching with our scopes in the direction they traveled to make sure that they weren't still hanging out just out of our unaided sight (because of lighting conditions it wasn't far). Although the image was good, the crosshairs were almost impossible to see, so I quickly switched on the reticle's illumination. Unfortunately, I didn't see any light so I didn't bother to mess with it further. later it turned out that I had the dial set between detents.
As I see it there are a few flaws with the design, one I mentinod above, the other is that if you ever need to shoot in a hurrey, it will probably be in poor lighting conditions and you won't have time to mess with the dial. I thought about this when I purchased the scope, but I've been pretty loyal to Leupold in the past and they've never let me down.
I picked up a VXIII (1.5 to 5 illuminated reticle) a month ago, but was not impressed with the illumination module design. The illumination is not visable during the day, it has a way of turning on and killing the battery if something brushes against the dial. Also, the illumition flickers from on to off if the dial is not perfectly centered in the detent. The scope hasn't seen any serious use yet so I was thinking of exchanging it for a Trijicon Acupoint.
The primairy purpose is for quick target aquisition for brush hunting. Just got back from Alaska and stumbled on two grizzles in the brush around dusk (was hunting for black bears unfortunately). Luckily they bolted the other way pretty quick. The problem I had with the VXIII was that although the image was pretty bright and it was easy to aquire the target in the scope, finding the crosshairs was difficult as we were in a shaded area at dusk. After the two bears faded into the brush we spent a minute or so searching with our scopes in the direction they traveled to make sure that they weren't still hanging out just out of our unaided sight (because of lighting conditions it wasn't far). Although the image was good, the crosshairs were almost impossible to see, so I quickly switched on the reticle's illumination. Unfortunately, I didn't see any light so I didn't bother to mess with it further. later it turned out that I had the dial set between detents.
As I see it there are a few flaws with the design, one I mentinod above, the other is that if you ever need to shoot in a hurrey, it will probably be in poor lighting conditions and you won't have time to mess with the dial. I thought about this when I purchased the scope, but I've been pretty loyal to Leupold in the past and they've never let me down.