Well I finally got my ACOG clone from 1337tactical.com. It comes in a plain box with no labels or description. There is no manual or instruction book with it; no warranty or registration card either.
There was some confusion as the website review stated that users of inhandle mounts needed an adapter washer and screw. I contacted Jon and he said he would have his supplier make some of these adapters up but then he emailed me later and said that it wouldn’t be happening. I had an ARMS in handle picatinny mount which Jon assured me would accept their scope but it didn’t . It does fit on the ARMS #18 though.
While waiting for a screw/washer assembly from Trijicon I adapted a machine screw/washer assembly and tried it out. I wasn’t sure about the 1.5 inch eye relief. I would have preferred something longer as if felt like I was hunching over the scope but with some practice it allows for a good cheek weld on the stock as well as a good sight picture. Images are sharp and the BDC works well. There is a small black speck in the bottom half of the scope lens which I assume got left there in the manufacturing process. Not important but a little annoying.
The settings are reversed, which messed me up a few times. If you want to move right, you dial left; if you want to move up, you dial down.
I set up an old style milpark target and after initial sighting in fired five rounds at 50 yds. at the B-zone. I was using ss109 seconds. They grouped acceptably with the forearm resting on a sandbag; no rest for the butt. The group was 1.09”
I then fired five rounds of 55 gr. fmj’s reloads at 100 yds. on a figure 11. After some sight adjustments to allow for the different bullet weight I settled in and fired five rounds from sandbags with both the forearm and the butt supported. After my first shot, I changed my hold slightly and then fired four more shots. Those four shots measured 1.138 inch”. In the pics the first shot is above the last four.
I fired 150 plus rounds that afternoon. It has held zero well so far. It was a lot of fun shooting steel plates at 100 yds standing. You felt like you couldn’t miss. Targets were very clear. With a solid rest you could hit bits of clay birds at 100 yds consistently. We’ll see how it holds up after more rounds go downrange.
I couldn’t afford the real ACOG so I felt that this was a good compromise assuming the scope holds up. I hope I don’t have to find out how good the warranty is.
This is my first attempt at posting pics so I hope I got this right.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/picsalot_2006/B-zone051.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/picsalot_2006/Target2100yds052.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/picsalot_2006/9113df51.jpg
There was some confusion as the website review stated that users of inhandle mounts needed an adapter washer and screw. I contacted Jon and he said he would have his supplier make some of these adapters up but then he emailed me later and said that it wouldn’t be happening. I had an ARMS in handle picatinny mount which Jon assured me would accept their scope but it didn’t . It does fit on the ARMS #18 though.
While waiting for a screw/washer assembly from Trijicon I adapted a machine screw/washer assembly and tried it out. I wasn’t sure about the 1.5 inch eye relief. I would have preferred something longer as if felt like I was hunching over the scope but with some practice it allows for a good cheek weld on the stock as well as a good sight picture. Images are sharp and the BDC works well. There is a small black speck in the bottom half of the scope lens which I assume got left there in the manufacturing process. Not important but a little annoying.
The settings are reversed, which messed me up a few times. If you want to move right, you dial left; if you want to move up, you dial down.
I set up an old style milpark target and after initial sighting in fired five rounds at 50 yds. at the B-zone. I was using ss109 seconds. They grouped acceptably with the forearm resting on a sandbag; no rest for the butt. The group was 1.09”
I then fired five rounds of 55 gr. fmj’s reloads at 100 yds. on a figure 11. After some sight adjustments to allow for the different bullet weight I settled in and fired five rounds from sandbags with both the forearm and the butt supported. After my first shot, I changed my hold slightly and then fired four more shots. Those four shots measured 1.138 inch”. In the pics the first shot is above the last four.
I fired 150 plus rounds that afternoon. It has held zero well so far. It was a lot of fun shooting steel plates at 100 yds standing. You felt like you couldn’t miss. Targets were very clear. With a solid rest you could hit bits of clay birds at 100 yds consistently. We’ll see how it holds up after more rounds go downrange.
I couldn’t afford the real ACOG so I felt that this was a good compromise assuming the scope holds up. I hope I don’t have to find out how good the warranty is.
This is my first attempt at posting pics so I hope I got this right.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/picsalot_2006/B-zone051.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/picsalot_2006/Target2100yds052.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i293/picsalot_2006/9113df51.jpg
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