12-15-2022, 01:36 PM
Klem Wrote:+1 on Aimpoint.
The low power usage on the newer models are fantastic with battery life, especially when compared to EOTechs. I have four Aimpoints going back the the original 7MOA-dot 'Comp'. Also have a PRO, which if I remember rightly was priced for smaller disciplined bodies like Police, who do not have the budgets national militaries do.
Great for less than 50M, but I would not recommend them if there's any chance your quarry will be greater than 100.
Klem:
I saw hundreds of Joes taking down the 300 meter target with the M-68 sights. I have pushed mine to 500 yards without a lot of problems but that was smoke and mirrors to a large extent. I knew the target size, put it at 500 yards plus or minus a couple of yards, painted the target black and the background was snow. Gave a little white off the top of the head and blasted. I could do OK in winds up to using a full hold but after that things got dodgy.
I would not hesitate to hunt with one out to 200 yards. 300? Probably, but a bunch of factors have to be in my favor. One thing shooting stationary targets in somewhat ideal conditions. Another to go after something like a bunch of feral hogs in dense foliage and nasty terrain.
Aimpoint has been around longer than any other dot sight company I know of. Occluded eye sights used in Son Tay raid. Real test for me was using them in high desert covered with snow and in bright sunlight. Dot did not wash out, held zero, easy to manipulate wearing gloves. Rain / snow mix many times. Only time I thought having flip up covers was of value. Another test was taking them into a warm room after hours in sleet. Never had one fog up internally.
Use C Mores and Razors on my competition handguns and my PCC though. Just different demands and conditions.
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