Newbie question about AR optics.
- Thread starter Cerendrad
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Even with irons or just with optics? Also, who sells ACOGs in Canada?
And what about the ACOG/Doctor optic combo, is it any good?
Check with Wolverine Supplies, sometimes they have some in stock.
Problem with the ACOG/Dr Optic - is that it requires to different cheekwelds to use -- thus your muscle memory is being split in two. The primary "normal" cheekweld being the 4x optic - not the CCO -- now which do you think is more likley to be used under immediate stress?
Granted you can point shoot it at contact threats.
Any shooting should be done both eyes open - irons or optics or red dots whatever. By closing one eye - your pupil dialates in the other eye - which reduces precision -- and the lose of the other eyes both reduces depth preception, balance and situational awareness.
Granted you can point shoot it at contact threats.
Any shooting should be done both eyes open - irons or optics or red dots whatever. By closing one eye - your pupil dialates in the other eye - which reduces precision -- and the lose of the other eyes both reduces depth preception, balance and situational awareness.
Please keep in mind Cerendrad, that if this is your first AR, then consider becoming comfortable with the iron sights before delving off into optics. Optics are a blast, tons of fun to talk about, buy, shoot with, but there is no substitute for training. You can, and should be able to make the shot that you are talking about at 300m with only the iron sights. The optics are a great tool, but hitting your target at that range and much, much further has been done for a century using only skill and iron; something to think about at any rate.
As for my vote on a good optic for the AR; it would be a Trajicon Reflex sight. It can be dialed down fine enough to makes target acquisition, and follow-up faster, and at a 300m, the .223 don't need no stinking magnification, IMHO. It also doesn't break the bank.
As for my vote on a good optic for the AR; it would be a Trajicon Reflex sight. It can be dialed down fine enough to makes target acquisition, and follow-up faster, and at a 300m, the .223 don't need no stinking magnification, IMHO. It also doesn't break the bank.
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Of course it does! It would have to be some sort of magic for the magnifier to be able to magnify everything in the universe EXCEPT the dot!
You might want to look through an Eotech magnifier at an Eotech site. The dot does not magnify - it remains 1MOA.
It's the magic of optics and / or holography.
This post is an example of why people who don;t have experience with things should not post...
2. Beleive it or not -- yes you can -- it does take time to get used too though.
The Trijicon Reflex is a poor example of a CCO -- if you want the Trijicon name - try the tri-power - they are not bad, but dont get a very good rep.
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I can answer that one.
The reticle is easily washed out when looking at anything light/brightly colored, shinny or during strong sun period. It simply does not have the contrast or the definition other sights have.
The reticle is easily washed out when looking at anything light/brightly colored, shinny or during strong sun period. It simply does not have the contrast or the definition other sights have.
We must mean different things when we say "magnify". I'm not saying that a X times magnifier will make the dot X x 1MOA larger. Of course it stays at 1MOA. Everything being viewed through a magnifier would be X times bigger, so there is no relative difference. What I meant was that a magnifier will not magnify the entire world through the optic X times, EXCEPT for the dot. Such exclusionary treatment would be a miracle in optical physics.
