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Omegon25

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Shot in the dark here.. Any LEO in here that would be able to point me in the right direction to find established verbage in Memo form for approval of a Lower powered variable optic for departmental approval?
 
Shot in the dark here.. Any LEO in here that would be able to point me in the right direction to find established verbage in Memo form for approval of a Lower powered variable optic for departmental approval?
I would check with your state’s credentialing agency as well. Here in Texas any optic greater than 5x on a patrol rifle is considered a sniper or precision rifle so that means depts wanting to use a 1-6/8/10x will have to have “specialized training” for it to be allowed. That is dumb as hell but rules are rules for the state and depts to abide by. 🙄
 
I would check with your state’s credentialing agency as well. Here in Texas any optic greater than 5x on a patrol rifle is considered a sniper or precision rifle so that means depts wanting to use a 1-6/8/10x will have to have “specialized training” for it to be allowed. That is dumb as hell but rules are rules for the state and depts to abide by. 🙄
Typical bureaucracy.. the selling point is to have our qualified snipers roll with variable optics on swat rifles for certain ops where it’s deemed not necessary or practical to deploy a 20lb sniper rifle. We’re approved for dots with magnifiers but we’re trying to open up our options for personal choice
 
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I would check with your state’s credentialing agency as well. Here in Texas any optic greater than 5x on a patrol rifle is considered a sniper or precision rifle so that means depts wanting to use a 1-6/8/10x will have to have “specialized training” for it to be allowed. That is dumb as hell but rules are rules for the state and depts to abide by. 🙄
It's a suggestion. Not a hard rule and up to the department.
 

its such an issue in texas that a primary arms (a texas company) made this optic for law enforcement only...