Travis McGee
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Okay, here's the deal. I've got a new Bushmaster AR carbine, with a flat top pic rail. I have decided to put an EOTech or HOLOsight on top. Here's where it gets confusing. I want to put on an EOTech standard shape profile, because the height of the reticle will cowitness on the front sight of the AR. I also want a version that uses AA or AAA batteries, not the "N" batteries.
My understanding is that the Bushnell HOLOsight model 51-0021 has the same "guts" as an EOTech. It basically just lacks the govt. version's protective "roll cage." I don't plan to run obstacle courses with my AR, so I can live without the protective cover.
Now, to confuse matters, Bushnell seems to be switching over to the XLP or eXtra Low Profile model, which seems to have a narrower/lower viewing screen. I think that the reticle red dot is a half inch lower than the EOTech sized HOLOsight. This means that it won't cowitness the front sight on my AR, unless I add a riser block between the pic rail and the sight. I'd rather avoid this situation. (In its favor, at least the XLP uses AAA batteries.) This XLP version sells for about $250.
According to the catalogs and internet sources I can find, the EOTech and the EOTech-sized HOLOsight are now mainly available in the "N" battery version. I can't recharge these batteries, and would prefer to avoid having to use them.
(To make it even MORE confusing, Sportsman's Guide, in their 2007 Fall Shooting Supplies catalog, shows the wrong picture of the XLP. The ad for the XLP shows an EOTech-sized model 51-0021. I called them, and they were pretty shocked, and said they were putting out a flash message around the building. I wonder how many returns will result from showing one model's picture, while selling another? I'll bet a lot of folks expecting to get the pictured EOTech-shaped model won't be happy with the funky looking and lower XLP.)
Cheaper Than Dirt's catalog does show an EOTech model 512, in an AA battery version, for $390. They also sell an EOTech 552 that is night vision compatible for $460. Interestingly, some catalogs (Brigade QM) consider this to be "restricted availability and won't sell it to mere civilians, while Cheaper Than Dirt will.)
Anybody have any advice? Are there Bushnell HOLOsights now available in the EOTech profile and reticle height, that run on AA or AAA batteries, for under $300? Or should I just bite the bullet and order an EOTech 512 for $390 from Cheaper Than Dirt? Or just get a new HOLOsight XLP for $250, accept its funky look, and put a half inch spacer under it to lift the reticle to AR cowitness height?
Any advice will be gladly taken. Sorry this took so long to put into the form of a question.
My understanding is that the Bushnell HOLOsight model 51-0021 has the same "guts" as an EOTech. It basically just lacks the govt. version's protective "roll cage." I don't plan to run obstacle courses with my AR, so I can live without the protective cover.
Now, to confuse matters, Bushnell seems to be switching over to the XLP or eXtra Low Profile model, which seems to have a narrower/lower viewing screen. I think that the reticle red dot is a half inch lower than the EOTech sized HOLOsight. This means that it won't cowitness the front sight on my AR, unless I add a riser block between the pic rail and the sight. I'd rather avoid this situation. (In its favor, at least the XLP uses AAA batteries.) This XLP version sells for about $250.
According to the catalogs and internet sources I can find, the EOTech and the EOTech-sized HOLOsight are now mainly available in the "N" battery version. I can't recharge these batteries, and would prefer to avoid having to use them.
(To make it even MORE confusing, Sportsman's Guide, in their 2007 Fall Shooting Supplies catalog, shows the wrong picture of the XLP. The ad for the XLP shows an EOTech-sized model 51-0021. I called them, and they were pretty shocked, and said they were putting out a flash message around the building. I wonder how many returns will result from showing one model's picture, while selling another? I'll bet a lot of folks expecting to get the pictured EOTech-shaped model won't be happy with the funky looking and lower XLP.)
Cheaper Than Dirt's catalog does show an EOTech model 512, in an AA battery version, for $390. They also sell an EOTech 552 that is night vision compatible for $460. Interestingly, some catalogs (Brigade QM) consider this to be "restricted availability and won't sell it to mere civilians, while Cheaper Than Dirt will.)
Anybody have any advice? Are there Bushnell HOLOsights now available in the EOTech profile and reticle height, that run on AA or AAA batteries, for under $300? Or should I just bite the bullet and order an EOTech 512 for $390 from Cheaper Than Dirt? Or just get a new HOLOsight XLP for $250, accept its funky look, and put a half inch spacer under it to lift the reticle to AR cowitness height?
Any advice will be gladly taken. Sorry this took so long to put into the form of a question.
