SHOT SHOW 2011 - New Firearms Optics (Trijicon, Insight, Eotech)

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MRDS - Insight's answer to Doc Optic and Trijiicon RMR. The intensity adjustable button is on the back. It is too small and too hard to get to IMHO
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EOTech

Rimfire sight -Eotech attempt for a lower priced version for .22 rimfire
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Viewer for looking around the corners -essentially a cube with mirrors
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Trijicon

Big-dot pistol sights. Fibre Optics s powered donut with traditional tritium inserts
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Battery powered RMR - new intensity adjustable button on the side
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Leupold

1-8x24 CQBSS - nice thin donut recticle with the Horus Recticle
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Eotech might run into some PR issues with the lower cost .22 unit. I predict the penny pinchers mounting it on larger caliber rifles and shotguns. Then the message boards will be flooded with complaints from mouth breathers about how their optic failed.
 
I had no Idea that there were 1-8X scopes in the $4000 US range.....That is why I love this site...I am always learning. I am pretty sure that I do not own a gun that is worth even $ 2000 US...so it is safe to say that I will never own one of those scopes.
 
I had the chance to play with the 1-8x S&B, which has a 2600 USD price tag; To be honest I don't see how the Leupy is 1400 USD better. But I am no door kicker, so there might be something else that I don't know about the Leupy.
 
Armedsask said:
Eotech might run into some PR issues with the lower cost .22 unit. I predict the penny pinchers mounting it on larger caliber rifles and shotguns. Then the message boards will be flooded with complaints from mouth breathers about how their optic failed.
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Users are currently #####ing about reliability and battery life with the full price Milspec models. Who wants to go to war with an optic that turns itself off for a number of reasons including being left on, shock from recoil or getting hot in the sun. The battery life also sucks. Who cares about hours when there are optics on the market with battery life measured in years.

I am not a fan.
 
Gunnerlove said:
Users are currently #####ing about reliability and battery life with the full price Milspec models. Who wants to go to war with an optic that turns itself off for a number of reasons including being left on, shock from recoil or getting hot in the sun. The battery life also sucks. Who cares about hours when there are optics on the market with battery life measured in years.

I am not a fan.
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Everyone that I know who has used them have NO complaints. Any yes, a large sample of those 'went to war' with them. And they weren't people who hid inside FOB's, OP's, and the like - with nothing better to do than ##### about their optics.

They were people who spent more time dismounted bashing their weapons and optics around as they went cross country. There were a LOT of EoTechs. No problems, including a personally owned 552 purchased in 2004 with multiple tours behind it.
 
Gunnerlove said:
Ever grab your rifle out of a vehicle rack to find the Eotech had turned itself off? or killed the battery?

Ever use an Aimpoint?
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Not a bash, just an observation. Unless this is super common, which from the people I've talked to it is not, It would not concern my purchase. I have not used either, but I will be going for the eotech simply for the 1 moa dot vs 2 moa as I plan on eventually having a flip away magnifier with it too.
 
Oh, forgot to mention, if you meant you'd rather see increased battery life vs eotech making a .22 model.. I totally agree with you on that.. but I just dont see the battery life thing being a real-life concern.
 
Gunnerlove said:
Ever grab your rifle out of a vehicle rack to find the Eotech had turned itself off? or killed the battery?
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No. I used my rifle. I left the Eotech on for hours, and hours. Also: If you use your rifle outdoors, you press the button to adjust intensity long before 8 hour auto-shutoff kicks in.

Ever use an Aimpoint?
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Yep. The Eotech works far better for me, and I haven't had a problem with any of the four models I've owned personally. No one that I know, who put their optics through the hell of seven months of dismounted operations had any of these phantom functionality problems that apparently 'plague' EoTech.
 
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