giggitygiggity
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I truly believe that we are in the golden age of ARs. Just about everyone is making ARs or AR parts and it has driven the price down such that we can have reliable $500 ARs. I've also observed a similar trend regarding AR optics. 10 years ago, if you wanted a tough and reliable optics for your AR, you pretty much had to go with an Aimpoint, EoTech, or Trijicon (I am talking mainly about red dots and low-magnification optics). And yes, before someone posts how their $30 red dot has been utterly reliable, that might be true, but that is the exception and not the rule. Now days, it seems like we have more manufacturers making AR optics that are reliable for half the price of the Aimpoints, EoTechs, and Trijicons.
I don't want this to get into a "your $200 optic is inferior to my $1000 optic" or "you wasted your money by buying a $1000 optic that my $200 optic can do" type of thread. I own an Aimpoint M4 as well as less expensive (but still reputable branded) red dot/low-magnification optics and the functional differences are very subtle. Unlike everyone else on the internet, I am not fighting through war-torn streets with my ARs or firing tens of thousands of rounds a day through them so those true warriors on this site who battle zombies daily or swim with their optics 150m under the ocean, or fight enemy forces on the battlefields of Antarctica can tell me how I am wrong and how everyone of my ARs must have a $500+ optic on it. I'd venture to guess that the internet warriors who say that optic X is necessary because it can be submerged 150m below the ocean's surface probably don't have the physique to tackle perform such a task in the first place.
Do I think my Aimpoint M4 (paid $500 used, retails closer to $700 new) is tougher and better than a Vortex SPARC or Holosun or another ~$200 optic? Yes and anyone who debates that is probably biased or looking to justify their optic choice However, I believe that the $200 optics will do just about everything that the AR enthusiast requires of them and will do so remarkably well. And I appreciate that lower prices have enabled more people to throw optics on their ARs and join the black rifles matter movement.
Anyways, I just write this because I think that the AR culture has been blessed by an abundance of options and good options at that with regards to optics and accessories. In closing, spend your money how you'd like. My point is that we have so many great options and the competition is driving prices down... capitalism and a free market econoy at its finest!
I don't want this to get into a "your $200 optic is inferior to my $1000 optic" or "you wasted your money by buying a $1000 optic that my $200 optic can do" type of thread. I own an Aimpoint M4 as well as less expensive (but still reputable branded) red dot/low-magnification optics and the functional differences are very subtle. Unlike everyone else on the internet, I am not fighting through war-torn streets with my ARs or firing tens of thousands of rounds a day through them so those true warriors on this site who battle zombies daily or swim with their optics 150m under the ocean, or fight enemy forces on the battlefields of Antarctica can tell me how I am wrong and how everyone of my ARs must have a $500+ optic on it. I'd venture to guess that the internet warriors who say that optic X is necessary because it can be submerged 150m below the ocean's surface probably don't have the physique to tackle perform such a task in the first place.
Do I think my Aimpoint M4 (paid $500 used, retails closer to $700 new) is tougher and better than a Vortex SPARC or Holosun or another ~$200 optic? Yes and anyone who debates that is probably biased or looking to justify their optic choice However, I believe that the $200 optics will do just about everything that the AR enthusiast requires of them and will do so remarkably well. And I appreciate that lower prices have enabled more people to throw optics on their ARs and join the black rifles matter movement.
Anyways, I just write this because I think that the AR culture has been blessed by an abundance of options and good options at that with regards to optics and accessories. In closing, spend your money how you'd like. My point is that we have so many great options and the competition is driving prices down... capitalism and a free market econoy at its finest!
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