06-07-2020, 07:12 PM
Update again:
I'm sold on this optic being pretty darn good for Grendel (or the new Hornady hotness the 6.5ARC or - insert long range AR15 build/caliber here) or any other purpose a sub 2k 5-25 would find itself. I find it hard to find fault with it, even when I'm looking for a reason to drop the extra magnification and save the weight. It has made itself a permanent home on my LaRue, and is absolutely worthy of that spot.
A couple features I'm really growing to love:
First the tool-less zero. Both windage and elevation are easily reset with simple on the bench. The elevation is truly tool-free with a simple unscrew of a threaded cap over the knob with your fingers. pull the cap up and off, and replace with the knob on the zero. The index marks align perfectly. I've now swapped this onto 4 different platforms, and it's been really easy to zero the turret cap to each. You can go into the internals and reset the physical turret stop permanently with an allen, should you so desire, or if you need to with some kind of drastic POI change, but so far, I've found that the 7/10 under zero is about perfect. The windage reset requires a coin, or case-base used in a "coin slot" to loosen enough to turn with your fingers to reset, but I don't consider that a tool as you can do it in the field easily with whatever you find that would fit the slot. Replacing the cap snug locks the turret from changing without coming loose, and since the windage turret is capped, I'm not going to fuss about that as a negative. Set it and forget it, hold for windage.
Second is the absolute beast this optic has been manufactured to be. I'm aware this isn't really a feature: but until you're rough - really rough - on your optical system and have it perform again and again; When you find out you can trust it (despite the bumps, knocks, tip overs, dirt dives, and accidental drops :mad
and after an at-home rough and dirty dry fire session step right back up to the barricade and send first round impacts, you don't know what you're missing. This thing is a beast. Like that sentence...
Overall, I'd whole-heartedly recommend this optic to anyone that doesn't mind spending $1500-2k on an absolutely great optic.
The fact that this optic looks equally at home on my short framed pistol as it does on my more precision purposed LaRue is icing on the cake that isn't by itself important. But it helps - to quote a mechanic I heard of.
I'm sold on this optic being pretty darn good for Grendel (or the new Hornady hotness the 6.5ARC or - insert long range AR15 build/caliber here) or any other purpose a sub 2k 5-25 would find itself. I find it hard to find fault with it, even when I'm looking for a reason to drop the extra magnification and save the weight. It has made itself a permanent home on my LaRue, and is absolutely worthy of that spot.
A couple features I'm really growing to love:
First the tool-less zero. Both windage and elevation are easily reset with simple on the bench. The elevation is truly tool-free with a simple unscrew of a threaded cap over the knob with your fingers. pull the cap up and off, and replace with the knob on the zero. The index marks align perfectly. I've now swapped this onto 4 different platforms, and it's been really easy to zero the turret cap to each. You can go into the internals and reset the physical turret stop permanently with an allen, should you so desire, or if you need to with some kind of drastic POI change, but so far, I've found that the 7/10 under zero is about perfect. The windage reset requires a coin, or case-base used in a "coin slot" to loosen enough to turn with your fingers to reset, but I don't consider that a tool as you can do it in the field easily with whatever you find that would fit the slot. Replacing the cap snug locks the turret from changing without coming loose, and since the windage turret is capped, I'm not going to fuss about that as a negative. Set it and forget it, hold for windage.
Second is the absolute beast this optic has been manufactured to be. I'm aware this isn't really a feature: but until you're rough - really rough - on your optical system and have it perform again and again; When you find out you can trust it (despite the bumps, knocks, tip overs, dirt dives, and accidental drops :mad
and after an at-home rough and dirty dry fire session step right back up to the barricade and send first round impacts, you don't know what you're missing. This thing is a beast. Like that sentence...Overall, I'd whole-heartedly recommend this optic to anyone that doesn't mind spending $1500-2k on an absolutely great optic.
The fact that this optic looks equally at home on my short framed pistol as it does on my more precision purposed LaRue is icing on the cake that isn't by itself important. But it helps - to quote a mechanic I heard of.
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