Loki's looking for guidance on a powered optic for his AR.
I have no idea in this department. I've got a handful of red dot sights; I don't think I paid more than $35 for the most expensive one I have. Some, like the sight on my 10/22, are decent enough for what I need/want (in the case of the 10/22, I can reliably hit a 2.5" steel plate at 25 yards with that optic). Others, not so much. I'm woefully uneducated in the ways of the higher end powered optics.
That said, if anyone from EOTech or Aimpoint would like to send a model for evaluation, I'd be happy to review it within an inch of its life...
That is all.
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I love my EOTech! Look here for detail: http://themillermeister.blogspot.com/2011/01/eotech-512.html
I love my eotech, but it's on a .50 Beowulf.
I don't know if it's a good idea for a .223.
It's very accurate, but not very "fine" if you catch my drift.
A Beowulf is for 100 yards and less and you don't really need to hit the bullseye. It hits where I want it to hit with the eotech.
Its advantage is quick target acquisition, it's no better than iron sights for targeting.
So the next posts will be asking PC vs Mac and 45 vs 9mm right? ;)
I went with an XPS30 EOtech for my first spendy optic that runs on batteries. It mounts on an AR out of the box unlike the Aimpoints. The Aimpoints also come with a 4MOA dot and I figured if I'm forced to run that big a dot I might as well get the 65MOA donut as well. The donut with the dot reticle is fast fun.
There are downsides of course. The EO is not an always on optic. It likes its fuel. And, annoyingly, it won't remember the last brightness setting when it comes on. So a bump in the night requires hitting a button to turn it on and then finding and pressing the "down bright" button four times while trying to get your night vision back. Not optimal.
When/if Aimpoint releases a micro with a 1 or 2 MOA dot they'll be a tempting option for the other carbine.
I think for a do everything rifle it's hard to beat a 1-4x with illuminated dot. I went with the Meopta K-Dot. It's a bit spendy with retail of $800, but I found one NIB for $600. The illuminated dot is fully daylight visible and the glass is quite good.
There are similar scopes at a ton of different price points, from Primary arms around $120 to the new Leupold CQBSS 1-8x at $4000.
I'm planning to put the PA one on the 22 upper I'm getting to practice with.
Wife has an EOTech 552 on her SHTF carbine. It eats batteries with the power off sitting in the safe. I love the reticule, hate the power consumption.
My SHTF has an Aimpoint M4S. 2 MOA dot, nearly a decade of battery left in the on position.
Wife's 10/22 has an ancient Aimpoint 1000. 2 MOA dot and obscure button cells; but it doesn't draw power when off.
*sigh*. A two and half inch target at 25 yards? Jay, I wouldn't brag about shooting to 10 MOA...
Please, buddy... get thee to an Appleseed Shoot and we'll get you down to practicing on one inch targets at 25 meters... and hitting it, too. Repeatedly.
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