So I’d appreciate input on using the EOTech with Magnifier Vs LPVO
here’s the backstory
Back in the 80’s in the Army, I only had iron sights. I shot right handed with my right eye which wasn’t as good as my left. I grew up right handed. I am left eye dominant as well. I always had trouble shooting at over 200 yards that way. Shooting with my left eye was always very good.
Back to today, I‘ve enjoyed adding many firearms and go to the range regularly and have taken some training courses. I may try some competitions in the future for fun. I added an aim point T1 to my CZ Evo Scorpion sbr mainly for use at close range suppressed. I find the red dot quick and easy. I never really anticipate shooting the Cz past 50 or so yards. I am right handed but shoot left eyed on my pistols and the scorpion so for the red dots, it is very easy to shoot that way.
On my bolt action rifles, I shoot a Nightforce ATACR 7-35 in mil and switched to left hand shooting only because I really can’t use my right eye very well with a traditional scope with typical eye relief. So I am used to mils on longer range targets. Love the scope. Love the mil. Love the tremor3 reticle or the milXT.
So I just found a POF 300 Blackout with 10.5” in pistol form and it should be arriving next week to my FFL. I’m excited about adding this because it’s very light weight and compact with a small folding format with the law tactical adapter. The intent on this purchase was for it to act similarly to the scorpion (with a much shorter length than traditional AR) but allow me to shoot out much further to 400 yards when needed. No real plan for subsonic shooting with it. I live out west in AZ. Wide open spaces. Not planning on CQB. Longer than 400 I have the bolt actions.
need to add an optic for this 300 blackout.
I like the concept of the ATACR 1-8. It would fit well with my other nightforce scopes with turrets, etc but I don’t think I can line up with this scope left eye, right handed Even at 1x. I’d rather not shoot the AR left handed as it really slows me down. So this is my main priority Where possible.
I really like the ability of a red dot with magnifier on this firearm. I like that the EOTech can shoot with a wider field view and no parallax issues for my left eye and right handed on this setup as well If I am off center. But I’m not likely to shoot with just the red dot out to anything over 100 Yards. So for longer distances I would likely add the magnifier (like the new 5x) if this would be a good solution.
Here are my main questions or concerns:
does the magnifier have a similar forgiving field of view as well when using it with the eotech? Or if I have to be perfectly lined up behind it like a LPVO? And does it now appear to be looking through a straw?
because the eotech has a red dot reticle, how can you estimate holdovers to hit acurrately past a zero at 100 on the dot even with the magnifier. Because the 300 BO is not as flat shooting as 5.56, I am unclear even with the 2 dot or 4 dot models, or even using the donut outer ring how to estimate what range they would represent with 300 BO
my plan is really to only shoot supersonic with the 110’s. It’s like a 6-7 mil holdover for 400 yards. How can I apply this to the eotech Reticle If that is what works easiest for me on this firearm?
if I can’t estimate somewhat accurately then I might as well go with the ATACR with mil marks and just train to go left handed... definitely not my preference.
thanks for the help.
Robb
here’s the backstory
Back in the 80’s in the Army, I only had iron sights. I shot right handed with my right eye which wasn’t as good as my left. I grew up right handed. I am left eye dominant as well. I always had trouble shooting at over 200 yards that way. Shooting with my left eye was always very good.
Back to today, I‘ve enjoyed adding many firearms and go to the range regularly and have taken some training courses. I may try some competitions in the future for fun. I added an aim point T1 to my CZ Evo Scorpion sbr mainly for use at close range suppressed. I find the red dot quick and easy. I never really anticipate shooting the Cz past 50 or so yards. I am right handed but shoot left eyed on my pistols and the scorpion so for the red dots, it is very easy to shoot that way.
On my bolt action rifles, I shoot a Nightforce ATACR 7-35 in mil and switched to left hand shooting only because I really can’t use my right eye very well with a traditional scope with typical eye relief. So I am used to mils on longer range targets. Love the scope. Love the mil. Love the tremor3 reticle or the milXT.
So I just found a POF 300 Blackout with 10.5” in pistol form and it should be arriving next week to my FFL. I’m excited about adding this because it’s very light weight and compact with a small folding format with the law tactical adapter. The intent on this purchase was for it to act similarly to the scorpion (with a much shorter length than traditional AR) but allow me to shoot out much further to 400 yards when needed. No real plan for subsonic shooting with it. I live out west in AZ. Wide open spaces. Not planning on CQB. Longer than 400 I have the bolt actions.
need to add an optic for this 300 blackout.
I like the concept of the ATACR 1-8. It would fit well with my other nightforce scopes with turrets, etc but I don’t think I can line up with this scope left eye, right handed Even at 1x. I’d rather not shoot the AR left handed as it really slows me down. So this is my main priority Where possible.
I really like the ability of a red dot with magnifier on this firearm. I like that the EOTech can shoot with a wider field view and no parallax issues for my left eye and right handed on this setup as well If I am off center. But I’m not likely to shoot with just the red dot out to anything over 100 Yards. So for longer distances I would likely add the magnifier (like the new 5x) if this would be a good solution.
Here are my main questions or concerns:
does the magnifier have a similar forgiving field of view as well when using it with the eotech? Or if I have to be perfectly lined up behind it like a LPVO? And does it now appear to be looking through a straw?
because the eotech has a red dot reticle, how can you estimate holdovers to hit acurrately past a zero at 100 on the dot even with the magnifier. Because the 300 BO is not as flat shooting as 5.56, I am unclear even with the 2 dot or 4 dot models, or even using the donut outer ring how to estimate what range they would represent with 300 BO
my plan is really to only shoot supersonic with the 110’s. It’s like a 6-7 mil holdover for 400 yards. How can I apply this to the eotech Reticle If that is what works easiest for me on this firearm?
if I can’t estimate somewhat accurately then I might as well go with the ATACR with mil marks and just train to go left handed... definitely not my preference.
thanks for the help.
Robb
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