Scope on Canadian C7`s

It's the Elcan C79.
http://www.elcan.com/ELCAN_Business_Areas/Sighting_Systems/Products/Day_Sights/SpecterOS34x.php

If you're looking to get a magnified optic for your rifle, I'd suggest an ACOG.
You'll pay about the same, though I think the ACOG's a better design and it's better made.

Agreed


People has to keep in mind that the Elcan C79 was develloped early 90's.
It was probably one of the best scope at the time, and the CF were one of the first army to issue a scope to all rifleman. However, there was a lot of improvement (ACOG and Short dots) in that field in the last 15 years.

It's easy to say that it's a POS, however, was not always the case


Just my 2 cents...
 
Funny you should mention it. I was at a display set up in my city and we were free to handle all the weapons. All the C7's I picked up had the Elcan scopes on them. I looked thrugh a couple and was amazed at the clarity and I just loved the T reticle. I was told they have 1.25 magnification if I heard correctly. I asked one trooper if they use Eotech reflex sights and he said some like them and they are available for issue.
 
The elcan c79 optical sight was designed for the C9 lmg and then adopted on the C7A1 with the flat topped upper receiver. It is adjustable for range from 200-800m with 5.56mm ballistics. It has a 3.4x magnification and the objective lens is 28mm, uses a tritium illuminated reticle and has an eye relief of 70mm.

It’s a good fighting sight. The mil marks inside allow range estimation. The ones we use are very beat up, with the battle sights on top mostly worn off. It does its purpose which is to allow the combat arms to engage targets day and night out to the maximum effective range of the rifle / lmg. There are much better optical and holographic sights for short and long range work.
 
Elcan C79.
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mpmuseum.org/securweapon.html (military police but im sure the regular forces use the same thing)
 
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The ones on the C7A2 and C8A3 have Green rubber on them (not black). They are refered to as the C79A2 (and they still suck balls). The Elcan Spectre DR is in the CF inventory btw.
 
Hehe, this thread is funny.

OP: Whats is "X" used by "Y"
you people: OMFG that its total %#$@&

Anyways, I like my Elcan, serves me well.
 
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There's some great advertizing text here: "Elcan the only sight on the market today that can suck balls AND blow dead goats. Need your balls sucked, got dead goats to blow? Elcan advanced technology has a choice that gets it done" :D
 
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I just got back from the sand box and had a EOTECH on my C8A3 and it rocked, snap shooting was easy and accurate and I could hit what I was aiming at from 300+ meters away. It's got my vote. The ElCan is a good all around scope. Just because somebody is in the army does not mean they are a sniper or SWAT member so we have a scope that works well for everybody. The ppl with the fancy jobs get the fancy sight/scopes.
 
I look upon the Elcan with affection. I was on the first tour to Yugo that carried them and found them a great tool for the time.
If you used it the way it was intended and not as a crutch it was a splendid piece of kit.
Still nowadays there are better around but don't sell them short in the hands of someone who knows how to get the most out of it.
 
Elcan, EO Tech or ACOG. It doesn't much matter because you almost never see the little bastards when they're shooting at you anyway. The CF should save the money they spend on optics and buy a couple more 777's.
 
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