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    SHOT SHOW 2012: Trijicon SRS and Battery Power ACOG 4x

    We got a chance to try out the SRS and the battery ACOG at the media day.

    SRS:
    It has a bigger "window" and a 1.75MOA dot. As far as I can tell, the dot is still not perfectly round for my skewed eyes but it is a bit better than the amipoint. Never a big fan of rubberized light intensity switch myself. I don't understand why the intensity switches are put on both sides. So I am supposed to do an overhand pinch of the sight to adjust intensity? Why can't they do a side dial or just an aimpoint dial? They also need to make a 1/3 cowitness mount. They also need to demo this sight with a magnifier but if you look at the foot print of the current mounting solution, they probably need a cantilever if the rifle doens't have a continous rail.

    I like the big window - but some of the ergonmics are a bit weird and the lack of 1/3 co-witness mount needs to be fixed.


    Battery Powered ACOG :
    I think Trijicon is going ass-backwards sometimes. The ACOG should be the one that is "bi-powered" by fibre optics and a small battery such as DL1/3 or CR2032 as a backup to the fibre optic for the limited time of awkward light settings. So now we have a bulky ACOG with an AA that takes the selling point of ACOG away, namely compactness.

    The demo day is also a bit of failure. They should put the RMR on the ACOG for people to try on. Otherwise, it is just an ACOG.













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    AA batteries? Really?
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    Aimpoint keeps looking good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lone-wolf View Post
    AA batteries? Really?
    What's wrong with AA batteries? They're available in a cold weather lithium format and the battery is the secondary source.

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    Anyone know what MOA the dot on that SRS is?

    I like it, but it looks BIG.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TDC View Post
    What's wrong with AA batteries? They're available in a cold weather lithium format and the battery is the secondary source.

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    So what exactly is the deal here? Is there still tritium plus the AA power, or AA power only?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TDC View Post
    What's wrong with AA batteries? They're available in a cold weather lithium format and the battery is the secondary source.

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    GT made it sound like it's ran by a single AA only. Primary.
    Sure the lithium AAs are great, but all the ones I've seen sell for $10 per 2, when a coin battery or 123a battery is cheaper and more compact.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FPembleton View Post
    So what exactly is the deal here? Is there still tritium plus the AA power, or AA power only?
    Good question.

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    Spend 3k on a sight to save a few bucks on batteries? I guess it would be handy in a SHTF situation since AA's are far more common and rechargeable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Spectacular View Post
    Anyone know what MOA the dot on that SRS is?

    I like it, but it looks BIG.
    From the OPs' post it says 1.75moa

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