Bobarino
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finally got a chance to take out the AR and play with the new optic. overall i give it a thumbs sideways.
first, mounting is easy, just put in on your weaver or picatinny rail and tighten the screws. easy. it mounts good and solid and but its canted a bit clockwise (as viewed from the rear) maybe 2°. no biggy as there are no crosshairs, just a dot.
the dot is plenty bright. there are 11 brightness settings and it was a sunny day and i used number 8 or 9. the dot is supposed to be 2.5 MOA but seemed more like about 4 MOA. it seemed to cover avout 2.5 inches at 50m instead of 100.
light transmission is mediocre. its noticably dimmer looking through the tube that not. the optics are of so-so quality too. the edge of the sight picture through the tube is blurry and distorted.
zeroing is just like any other optic. shoot a group, adjust, shoot a group adjust. i zeroed it for 50m. at 50m i was able to keep a 3 inch group shooting offhand quickly, but not rapid fire. plenty "combat accurate".
the bad news is that paralax error is, as i suspected, terrible. if you don't have th edot exactly centered in the tube, the POI shifts all over the place. you MUST use a very consistent cheeck weld to get it to work right. its definately not the best option for speedy target aquisition and firing. like i said, if you don't hold it to the exact same spot on your cheek each time, POI shifts. the dot must be centered exactly each time making aiming a two step process. center the dot in the tube, then the dot on the target.
i think this would be a good choice for something like your favorite plinking gun like a .22 or a SKS. it would most likely be minute of clay pigeon accurate at 100 with some practice.
i didn't expect the world for $85 and for that price its a good optic for non-serious use. i would not recommend it for a gun that may see defensive use. my AR is really just for fun but of course i could use it in a defensive role should the need arise so i think i'll be saving my pennies for the EOTech 512.
Bobby
first, mounting is easy, just put in on your weaver or picatinny rail and tighten the screws. easy. it mounts good and solid and but its canted a bit clockwise (as viewed from the rear) maybe 2°. no biggy as there are no crosshairs, just a dot.
the dot is plenty bright. there are 11 brightness settings and it was a sunny day and i used number 8 or 9. the dot is supposed to be 2.5 MOA but seemed more like about 4 MOA. it seemed to cover avout 2.5 inches at 50m instead of 100.
light transmission is mediocre. its noticably dimmer looking through the tube that not. the optics are of so-so quality too. the edge of the sight picture through the tube is blurry and distorted.
zeroing is just like any other optic. shoot a group, adjust, shoot a group adjust. i zeroed it for 50m. at 50m i was able to keep a 3 inch group shooting offhand quickly, but not rapid fire. plenty "combat accurate".
the bad news is that paralax error is, as i suspected, terrible. if you don't have th edot exactly centered in the tube, the POI shifts all over the place. you MUST use a very consistent cheeck weld to get it to work right. its definately not the best option for speedy target aquisition and firing. like i said, if you don't hold it to the exact same spot on your cheek each time, POI shifts. the dot must be centered exactly each time making aiming a two step process. center the dot in the tube, then the dot on the target.
i think this would be a good choice for something like your favorite plinking gun like a .22 or a SKS. it would most likely be minute of clay pigeon accurate at 100 with some practice.
i didn't expect the world for $85 and for that price its a good optic for non-serious use. i would not recommend it for a gun that may see defensive use. my AR is really just for fun but of course i could use it in a defensive role should the need arise so i think i'll be saving my pennies for the EOTech 512.
Bobby
