I was looking for a tiny magnified optic for a project and grabbed one of the Burris RT-3 3x prism scopes (off amazon, was cheaper than anywhere else).
The reviews talking about minimal eye relief are correct, I couldn't use this for any application other than an AR. If you mount it right on the rear of the upper it works very well, easy to acquire and all that. Anywhere else... nope. Looks odd back there, like someone mounting a red dot in the wrong place, but that's how it goes.
It does that ACOG thing, when you look at the target for a moment it somehow flips from a fuzzy red dot to the 3x magnified view. I still don't know how that works.
The etched reticle has ranging capabilities but I don't think my eyes are good enough to use them anymore. It does show up nicely in daylight, and there are illumination settings that are daylight bright. There is a big jump between dim enough for inside and bright enough for outside, it's like there are some missing settings in the middle there. We'll see how that works out in various light conditions over time.
Next up will be getting it zeroed.
I actually had it mounted up on my poverty pony rifle since that's the one I use more than anything but it's so small and light I moved it to the 'good' lightweight AR that I never actually shoot. This gives me an excuse to get it to the range.
The reviews talking about minimal eye relief are correct, I couldn't use this for any application other than an AR. If you mount it right on the rear of the upper it works very well, easy to acquire and all that. Anywhere else... nope. Looks odd back there, like someone mounting a red dot in the wrong place, but that's how it goes.
It does that ACOG thing, when you look at the target for a moment it somehow flips from a fuzzy red dot to the 3x magnified view. I still don't know how that works.
The etched reticle has ranging capabilities but I don't think my eyes are good enough to use them anymore. It does show up nicely in daylight, and there are illumination settings that are daylight bright. There is a big jump between dim enough for inside and bright enough for outside, it's like there are some missing settings in the middle there. We'll see how that works out in various light conditions over time.
Next up will be getting it zeroed.
I actually had it mounted up on my poverty pony rifle since that's the one I use more than anything but it's so small and light I moved it to the 'good' lightweight AR that I never actually shoot. This gives me an excuse to get it to the range.
