Re: Help me choose an Optic (Poll)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TonyAngel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Jay,
I think that you're taking the wrong approach to this optics thing. I really don't think that you're going to find one optic to cover all bases. First I want to say that I HATE magnifier setups. They are bulky and heavy, not to mention that the optical quality of magnifiers leaves much to be desired. The eye relief on them also sucks. That may not be such a big deal for stand up shooting, but shooting from weird positions can make using a magnifier almost impossible.
I also don't worry myself too much about getting a "true" 1X on the low end. In reality (unless you have perfect vision), when you adjust the focus on the reticle, you are adding some magnification and you aren't seeing the same thing out of both eyes anyway. I always shoot with both eye open, regardless of the amount of magnification on the scope.
To get right down to it, I think that you probably need at least two optics if you want to cover all bases. Personally, I shoot a mini ACOG for short range. I believe it is the TA44S-10. It has 1.5X magnification and for me, this has turned out to be a replacement for the red dot. It has a very generous and forgiving eye relief. I haven't had any sort of problem shooting from awkward positions with it and have been successful in consistently hitting golf balls at 100 yards with it in accuracy practice. If you have good eyes and really don't need the little bit of edge that the ACOG gives you in magnification, the T1 is one hell of a little red dot.
Now, for the longer range stuff. I've gotta tell you, I LOVE the Nightforce stuff. For value price upper end equipment, it's hard to beat. I bought one of the little 1-4Xs from you guys and like it, but really don't use it much (although I can't bring myself to get rid of it). It really doesn't have quite enough magnification for me. I really like the 2.5-10X. It isn't overly heavy or bulkly, it has an ample bottom end and more than adequate top end.
Still, for gaming the little 1-4X Trijicon is pretty popular. That triangle reticle just reaches out and grabs your attention. I'm really not crazy about Trijicon's tube scopes. Like I said, I'm a Nightforce fan, but for gaming, the Accupoint is a nice piece of equipment.
I'm just trying to throw some food for thought out there. Truth is that you could probably "make do" with any of the options that you've listed. I've found that when dealing with the caliber of optics that you are talking about here, it is possible to make a less than ideal choice, but almost impossible to make a wrong choice. </div></div>
your in Louisiana, we need to grab a beer sometime. you nailed what i'm planning to do on the head (two optics(maybe more) depending on the situation/ what i'm doing)thats why i set it up so that yall could select a few choices.
