Optics for my new AR
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stubbicatt
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IOR Valdada manufacture the best value in rifle scopes right now. Give it a look and "see".
Guitargod1985
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Got my Eotech today
Check out this baby.
I still need to take it out and sight it in. Should I sight it for like 25 or 50 yards or the same as my irons at 100? Right now I have it close to 100 yards. What I did was flip up my irons and got the dot to cowitness.
Anyone have a preference for their red dot zero? I=The more I think about it, the more I think it would make sense to have the Eotech zeroed at a different distance than the irons.
Check out this baby.
I still need to take it out and sight it in. Should I sight it for like 25 or 50 yards or the same as my irons at 100? Right now I have it close to 100 yards. What I did was flip up my irons and got the dot to cowitness.
Anyone have a preference for their red dot zero? I=The more I think about it, the more I think it would make sense to have the Eotech zeroed at a different distance than the irons.
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Cesiumsponge
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I co-witness with collapsible BUIS so they aren't in my field of view. I use both the EOTech (552) and an Aimpoint M2.
I prefer the EOTech, you get less of that claustrophobic "tunnel vision" effect with the EOTech. With a fixed front, it isn't noticeable since you aren't focusing on the front post, but the target with both eyes. The front sight will be a slightly blurry dark spot near the bottom.
These are the EOTech reticle dimensions I squeezed out of tech support a while back.
I use the "Improved Battle Sight Zero".
article here: http://groups.msn.com/TheMarylandAR15ShootersSite/improvedbattlesightzero.msnw
old THR thread here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=87483
I prefer the EOTech, you get less of that claustrophobic "tunnel vision" effect with the EOTech. With a fixed front, it isn't noticeable since you aren't focusing on the front post, but the target with both eyes. The front sight will be a slightly blurry dark spot near the bottom.
These are the EOTech reticle dimensions I squeezed out of tech support a while back.
I use the "Improved Battle Sight Zero".
article here: http://groups.msn.com/TheMarylandAR15ShootersSite/improvedbattlesightzero.msnw
old THR thread here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=87483
beemerphile
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I have found that the best way to be happy with an Eotech is to not try an ACOG. My Eotech ended up atop my heavily modded Ruger 10/22. The Carbine (Stag 2TL) wears the ACOG and the varmit rifle (Stag M6L) has a SuperSniper ordered for it. The Nikon ProStaff that originally adorned the 10/22 is now doing box duty in the closet.
The Deer Hunter
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To the original poster:
So you paid about $80 a piece for two stand alone sights and now you want to put an optic on it?
So you paid about $80 a piece for two stand alone sights and now you want to put an optic on it?
Guitargod1985
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No, I bought the rifle this week (used w/ 60 rounds through it) and it came that way.
Don't Tread On Me
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On my 20" AR I have an ACOG. On my carbine (lightweight, short range blaster, SHTF) I have a tritium front sight post. Works great, no real possibility of failure like on optics. I don't plan on making any shots past 100, and at 100 - it's a piece of cake to make rapid fire hits over and over on a torso sized target.
Did the reddot thing. I'd rather trust my life to the good old irons. They work for the real-world threats I might encounter. No nonsense, no worries.
Did the reddot thing. I'd rather trust my life to the good old irons. They work for the real-world threats I might encounter. No nonsense, no worries.
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