My new passenger seat partner

LSOSGT1109

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RRA Factory gun. RRA midlength free float quad rail, national match trigger. Magpul FDE furniture, Larue Tactical FDE rail covers, ACOG TA31.

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I'm working on some bigger pics! Sig383, No joke? I've spent many a night in Clay County! I worked over there for 3 years! I've been in a few good tussles in down town Oneida! LOL. I like Oneida, I keep telling my wife that if London's population grows any more, I'm moving the whole family to Oneida! I'd love to have a house right up in the head of Bull Skin!
 
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Im glad you get to keep yours in the passenger seat. Mine goes in the trunk, and if I am going to a call where I may need it, it gets pulled out then. Nice set up
 
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I've never understood why so many departments mandate that long guns be kept in the trunk! That makes them useless if you need them in a hurry! I've got a rack for it that mounts to my screen but I haven't had the time to get it mounted up yet.
 
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The ACOG actually belongs to a buddy of mine. I'm just borrowing it while I decide what I want to put on it. I'm torn between a red dot optic and a 1-4 power scope. If I had the money for an IOR Pitbull I'd be all over it!
 
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LEO's are lucky. If I were able to I would ride with half my safe in the front seat... because I can...LOL.

KSP you have to decide what the rifle is for. I know I'm preaching to the gospel and please don't take offense as it's one gun buddy giving advise to another. Chances are if you ever had to use it on a call you'd probably be engaging the delinquents at 100 yards at most, which would fit the bill for a red dot. If you were engaging targets out at further ranges (300+) I would go with an Acog. Are you still going to be able to hit something out past 300 with a red dot? Sure but probably not as accurate. Are you going to be able to hit something at or inside 100 yards with the Acog. Sure...but in some cases it can take away your ability to quickly do so. I don't have to stress that every second counts with our officers who don't get enough credit for what they do (or anyone who puts their ass on the line for county and law abiding citizens (OK... preach done!)) but if it were me and my rifle I would probably put a red dot on it. Now again I haven't been to your part of KY, but in urban environments (I.E. busy cities or neighborhoods) typically there aren't very long shots. Especially for police officers because you guys are called directly to the threat. For instance in my town (St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL.) this is the case. My neighborhood has winding streets and probably the longest shot I would have is 75 yards, which something like my Saiga 12 could handle quite easily. If I put an Acog on any rifle for that distance would probably do me more harm than good, unlike the red dot. The longest street around me is a few miles long, which except in extreme cases would I ever have a rifle with me on that road. It would be pretty difficult to explain PD to the police from 4-500 yards away. Not to mention with a red dot you do have the ability to put on a removable magnifier at anytime, basically giving you the best of both worlds. With the exception of it being a little heavier (unless you went with the AP Micro) vs. the compact Acog units it really does enable someone like yourself who has to use their rifle (hopefully not) the ability to engage close/far targets quickly and accurate. I believe too if you searched around a bit you could find some used red dot/magnifiers and possibly save some coin as well vs the Acog. I know it sounds biased, but I've owned both (various aimpoints and several cogs) the Aimpoint (or Eotech) won. Anyways this is my honest opinion and I hope this helps a bit for you in your optic debate because it really is an important decision for you! Take care!
 
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KSP I have both rual area,sub-urbia and a outside shopping mall. I have an Eotech with flip sights, the few times I have ever needed my M-4 on a call it was 50 yds or less. So I am fine with my set up. I have shot with a magnifier on and it works great, but if for some reason it flips on you, it messes with your eye from going magnified to non-magnified.I dont know if Ky. makes you change post or not. I would think really hard about what type of threat you are mostly going to encounter. Being in London you are going to have a mixture I am sure. If you go Acog spend the extra money and get one of the Trijicon mini-red dot's to set ontop of it, so you can have both a red dot for up close and a scope for a little longer distance. Trijicon actually makes a combo but its pricey. Or go with a 1-4 scope use a Warne Tactical RAMP mount that has side attachment for a samll red dot like the Trijicon or Burris just for example.Rotate the weapon a little bit and there ya go.