P.B.Walsh
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Same here my Highroader friend, same here.....umm, mabey Uncle Sam will let me have one in a few years.....
The Trijicon ACOG, is it worth it?
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Same here my Highroader friend, same here.....umm, mabey Uncle Sam will let me have one in a few years.....
Double Naught Spy
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Ah, but they are larger than the TA** models, which the TA01NSN seems to be the one about which so many people are familiar.
Your point is well taken. It is all a matter of your point of reference. I wasn't clear on mine which was the smaller TA series.
Zak Smith
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By some sort of regular expression syntax, the TA11 would be a "TA**" model. Anyway, the TA01 and TA31 series are shorter and have 4x magnification, but have only 1.5 inches of eye relief. That is the tradeoff of the shorter length.
DougW
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I am running a TA31F on one of my 20" AR's for 3 gun match work. Seams to be fine for me. My son has a TA01NSN on one of his L1A1 right now, but it may go back to one of his M4'gery's. (We both run ML2 Aimpoints on an M4'gery for close in stuff.)
I do like the ACOG. Helps me find the target with my slightly aged eyes. I am reduced to using all optics pretty much, except for the AR15A2, which is stock open sighted.
I do like the ACOG. Helps me find the target with my slightly aged eyes. I am reduced to using all optics pretty much, except for the AR15A2, which is stock open sighted.
Double Naught Spy
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While the TA11s may be bigger and longer and have more eye relief than the TA01s, note that there are other small TA** models that have longer eye relief. Size (especially of the objective) and length aren't the only determining factors to eye relief. So is magnification.
Zak Smith
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Certainly. I found some of the smaller ACOG models (the mini ACOGs) with longish eye relief to have very narrow fields of view.
Put a 1.5 x 24 Compact on my M4gery about 3 years ago as irons and senior citizen status don't go together well anymore. Magic. Would have loved it on my M16 in 1966...I consider the M4gery a 200 yd weapon so the 1.5 is adequate and plenty quick. If this optic would have been around in 1990 I would have kept the personal CAR-15 I had as an LEO. I can think of a lot of guns I would cheerfully sell to finance this unit.
Also have a 3x30 Compact on an M1A (Smith dedicated mount) which is good but the whole package gets heavy and bulky. They are definitely worth the $ though.
Also have a 3x30 Compact on an M1A (Smith dedicated mount) which is good but the whole package gets heavy and bulky. They are definitely worth the $ though.
Until I looked thru a Trijicon ACOG I thought I knew the difference between poor, good and excellent optics.
MAN! Was I wrong. 35 years of what I thought I knew down the drain. The trijicons are the clearest, cleanest, sharpest optics I've ever seen and that includes Leupolds. If I had a spare $1000 plus to spend I'd buy one for my M-4 without hesitation.
So I'd say - YEAH! They're worth it.
MAN! Was I wrong. 35 years of what I thought I knew down the drain. The trijicons are the clearest, cleanest, sharpest optics I've ever seen and that includes Leupolds. If I had a spare $1000 plus to spend I'd buy one for my M-4 without hesitation.
So I'd say - YEAH! They're worth it.
delta53
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Yes
I have a TA-33-8 and it is better than all the mid priced and lower priced optics I have bought over the years. I have found it is better to buy the best you can afford .Don't waste your money on 2-3 cheap optics when you could have waited and bought 1 good scope that you will be happy with for 10+ years. thats why the Marines use them.
I have a TA-33-8 and it is better than all the mid priced and lower priced optics I have bought over the years. I have found it is better to buy the best you can afford .Don't waste your money on 2-3 cheap optics when you could have waited and bought 1 good scope that you will be happy with for 10+ years. thats why the Marines use them.
uvausmc
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been using one on my issued M4 over here in the sandbox. I like it a lot. me and my guys got a chance to stretch it out one day and were making hits on 6'x4' targets out to 900 yds (mind you it took a few rounds "walk the rounds on" but not very many). the reticle is great but too bright in the sunlight over here, which is easy to fix with some electrical tape. As great as it is I dont know if i would drop $1k on one. I have one of the new accupoint TR24 scopes at home that will be going on a AR-10 im working on. It's a great scope too, very clear optics and very robust.
In my opinion they are great
I borrowed my buddies issued M4 with an acog on it, It was my first time using an acog, i was taking a CQM/SRM course and i was shocked at how easy it was to use as long as it it sighted in properly, it was almost cheating from 25-300 meters using the chevron properly. Extremely clear and having bad eyes and forced to wear glasses I was sold. Luckily, my unit got some and I got one, then when and bought my own for my ar at home. It is a really good optic after transitioning from a simple eotech, to and eotech and a 3x magnifier, to an acog, to an acog with doc optic, back to just an the acog after getting use to using it at closer distance, I love my acog a ta31F it is a great optic and thinking of adding a TA11 for my fal.
I borrowed my buddies issued M4 with an acog on it, It was my first time using an acog, i was taking a CQM/SRM course and i was shocked at how easy it was to use as long as it it sighted in properly, it was almost cheating from 25-300 meters using the chevron properly. Extremely clear and having bad eyes and forced to wear glasses I was sold. Luckily, my unit got some and I got one, then when and bought my own for my ar at home. It is a really good optic after transitioning from a simple eotech, to and eotech and a 3x magnifier, to an acog, to an acog with doc optic, back to just an the acog after getting use to using it at closer distance, I love my acog a ta31F it is a great optic and thinking of adding a TA11 for my fal.
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