Optics quandary - LPVO or red dot with magnifier

IrishCannon said:
I dealt with this quandary myself. Tried LPVOs and dot/mags. I was set to purchase a baby ACOG until I realized they didn't have diopters and the reticle was fuzzy to me.

I ended up trying the PA GLx 2x prism in a Bobro high mount. Love it. Eye relief is insanely good and it's just the right amount of magnification for my purposes. - I'm a little hesitant to have a PA optic on one of my primary rifles, but it does the job better than anything else I've tried.
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Exactly my experience with the same problems and solutions. The GLx 2x ain't fancy or made in a friendly nation factory, but it's exactly the right solution for an all purpose AR.
 
Frack N Cylons said:
I want to try one of those on my PCC.

I was getting 200 yard hits with it last time I had it out but the holdover was a hope and a prayer. It'd be cool to see what it can really do.
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It's really only on there because I haven't SBRed my 9mm AR pistol yet lol. Since that's a 5" I won't be pushing out to 200 yards so the range dots I can barely see are fine lol
 
I put a Burris RT6 on a gun I built for my daughter. Shoots really well for an 11 in barrel. I thought about putting a red dot and magnifier but chose the Burris instead. I thought would be more awkward and unbalanced flipping the magnifier out of the way
 
Crankbait said:
I put a Burris RT6 on a gun I built for my daughter. Shoots really well for an 11 in barrel. I thought about putting a red dot and magnifier but chose the Burris instead. I thought would be more awkward and unbalanced flipping the magnifier out of the way
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Yeah I agree with you there. Grab the lever, quick swoosh and nothing sticks out sideways after. Now I need to shoot it lol
 
C-doodle said:
I always thought a dot + magnifier would be the coolest thing until I tried it. Tried it a few times and a few different ways. Every time I came to the same conclusion. The eye box/relief on magnifiers sucks and the combo weights as much as better setups.

I sold my magnifiers and run a dot by itself on guns I consider to be short range.

The only thing I still like about magnifiers is I think they are kind of nice for zeroing. My eyes aren't great either and having a magnifier to get dialed in is nice.
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Having gone through Holosun+Magnifier, ACOG(ish) 4x, 1-(4/6/8) LPVO, I am now on the 3x Prism that Primary Arms has and can't see moving off it. Light, magnified, works without battery (and for those who need it, no astigmatism issues)
 
A high end LPVO is really nice if you have a need, but when you run it on 1x 95% of the time, you're just lugging around dead weight and decreasing speed with no apparent benefit...just my opinion based on experience. Most training I do is inside 25m, and for the occasion I go beyond that, I haven't seen any great benefit as we are still only talking 50-100m.

I'm sure it would be a totally different situation if I was in the mountains, rural environment, with vast distance between me and my target.
 
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IrishCannon said:
A high end LPVO is really nice if you have a need, but when you run it on 1x 95% of the time, you're just lugging around dead weight and decreasing speed with no apparent benefit...just my opinion based on experience. Most training I do is inside 25m, and for the occasion I go beyond that, I haven't seen any great benefit as we are still only talking 50-100m.

I'm sure it would be a totally different situation if I was in the mountains, rural environment, with vast distance between me and my target.
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Mine ain't high end lol. 6x will be nice for target identification for my blind old eyes. Or just finding a target.
 
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I have a 1-6 strike eagle on one of mine. It ain't that great but it's all I can afford.

I got to look thru a razor recently and it made me really wish I could get something better.

I would also like the try the 3x PA micro prism. I have one of their 1x models and really like it.
 
If you wanna get crazy I am thinking about a PA 3x microprism with offset holosun 507 with the ring. I have the PA 1x in 9mm in green and currently have it on my PS90 and love it out to the redundant zero of around 175-200 yards depending on ammo.
 
DocBrown said:
If you wanna get crazy I am thinking about a PA 3x microprism with offset holosun 507 with the ring. I have the PA 1x in 9mm in green and currently have it on my PS90 and love it out to the redundant zero of around 175-200 yards depending on ammo.
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I have the 3X with their integrated offset mount and Riton RMSC dot and it’s a nice setup.
 
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