Scope cap + illuminated retical = instant “red dot” to full zoom quick adjust???

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i was playing around with my FAL today, and had a thought. One of the benefits of a red dot is that you can occlude the forward lens and still get a sight picture due to the Binden aiming concept. I’ve got a vortex strike Eagle, and tried cranking up the magnification all the way, turning on the lum, and keeping the front lens cover on. It seemed to work well in the simulated pirate fortress (aka dry fire in my apartment) and then I can just flip my front cap up, to go 6x. I’ve been toying with the idea of putting a fixed 3 or 5 power prism scope on a rifle, but I’m not crazy about losing the benefits of 1x at closer ranges. Seems like lum + front scope cover could give me a macquivered red dot with extra parallax ;)

The whole reason why I’m posting this is, I’ve never heard of anyone doing this before, and I’m pretty sure if it was as awesome as I think it could be, someone somewhere would have mentioned it to me. What am I missing here?
 
My FAL with 1-4X Vortex PST:

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My PST is a FFP scope, so I just run it at 1X and the reticle is like a giant dot. I've been running a 1-6X for a while (on an AR) for 3GUN and I wouldn't want to give up the flexibility by going to a 3-5 prism. IMHO a LPV is hard to beat.
 
Don’t have to close the front cap to use the collimation technique. That’s the whole “magic trick” to shooting close range movers with high magnification scopes - use both eyes, and let your brain do what it does best.
 
Wish i could do it. Have tried. Does not work for me. Maybe due to an eye condition...brain training due to it.....or maybe something else. I dunno. Just cant
 
Don’t have to close the front cap to use the collimation technique. That’s the whole “magic trick” to shooting close range movers with high magnification scopes - use both eyes, and let your brain do what it does best.

Wish i could do it. Have tried. Does not work for me. Maybe due to an eye condition...brain training due to it.....or maybe something else. I dunno. Just cant

I have to keep the magnification on my scope high enough to blur the imsge my right eye sees, otherwise soon as the gun comes up my right eye takes over completely.

I used to shoot my Armson topped Phantom left handed better because of that issue.
 
I have Dwaynes syndrome. Left eye barely turns left. Tracks perfectly in all other directions. Most folks dont. Docs kinda laughed about it. Lenses degraded to 20/15 in my 40s. Right eye is super dominant. Have always shot everything both eyes open. Didnt know there was a different way lol. I can be on the stock...behind the scope and look a bit left. Brain doesnt like messed up image so turns left eye dominant
Used to click back and forth all the time when young and on range or shooting chucks. Now it gives me a headache after a couple times. Sucks getting old
 
One of my FAL's, the Para, has a bit unusual 2x Aimpoint "CompC2x " on it and it works very well out to 300 yards. Other one an Austrian with wood stock has a 1-8x Strike Eagle Vortex , that works to 600 yards. The original Bindon OEG sight I have from the 70s has not been used since a couple years in late 70s HOPING it would work on my little Colt CAR of the period, it didn't , it was like shooting from hip, SOMETIMES you got lucky, mostly NOT. :)
 
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