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Plan9 · 06-11-2007, 02:31 PM

Reflex sights (Meprolight, Trijicon)

vs.

Red dot (Aimpoint, EOTech)

Any comments?

debaser · 06-11-2007, 02:55 PM

I have used Trijicon reflex sights, Trijicon Acogs, M-68s (Aimpoints), and EOTechs.

My favorite by far is the EOTech. It is idiot proof, user transparent (ie you forget that it is there), robust, and impossible to lose (your sight picture that is).

Other sights fail to some degree or another in one or more of these fields.

I bought one the day I got back from the sandbox.

Plan9 · 06-11-2007, 04:18 PM

Yeah, I used the EOTech and the M68 CCO (cough-gag) as well as the ACOG for DM work. I was just wondering if the Trijicon tritium reflex was any good.

debaser · 06-11-2007, 05:30 PM

It's not, it's actually the worst of the sights mentioned. It suffers the same problem as the ACOG, in that it "washes out" if you are firing from a dark or shaded area at a brightly lit target.

Our first real scuff-up I was in the shade of our truck and couldn't find my reticle to save my life. I ended up firing irons. Traded my optic as soon as I was able to after that.

longbough · 06-11-2007, 05:59 PM

Well, I own both the EOTech 553 and the Aimpoint Comp M3 and I like them for different reasons. The EOTech has a lower profile and you don't have to buy separate mounts, but I acquire my shot a little faster with the Aimpoint - there's just something about that simple red dot in a round field just draws the eye I suppose. The EOTech's double reticle, on the other hand, is relatively busy but not too distracting. Aimpoint has the edge with battery life of course but the EOTech 553 isn't too bad. The Aimpoint is easier to operate with gloves.

Both are fine sights but I'm going to give my edge to the Aimpoint only for the fact that I shoot better with it.

The washout of the ACOG reflex sights in daylight is awful! But I do like the chevron reticle ... still, it ain't enough for me to get an ACOG.

Plan9 · 06-11-2007, 06:22 PM

Well, SHEEIIITTT... we all have the same conclusions.

Nothing learned.

longbough · 06-11-2007, 06:24 PM

the lesson being ... get a red dot - either the Aimpoint or the EOTech.

Red dot - good.
Reflex - bad.

06-11-2007, 02:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Reflex Sights Reflex sights (Meprolight, Trijicon) vs. Red dot (Aimpoint, EOTech) Any comments? __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

06-11-2007, 02:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
debaser Sir, I have a plan... Location: 38S NC20943324	I have used Trijicon reflex sights, Trijicon Acogs, M-68s (Aimpoints), and EOTechs. My favorite by far is the EOTech. It is idiot proof, user transparent (ie you forget that it is there), robust, and impossible to lose (your sight picture that is). Other sights fail to some degree or another in one or more of these fields. I bought one the day I got back from the sandbox. __________________ Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.

06-11-2007, 04:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Yeah, I used the EOTech and the M68 CCO (cough-gag) as well as the ACOG for DM work. I was just wondering if the Trijicon tritium reflex was any good. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

06-11-2007, 05:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
debaser Sir, I have a plan... Location: 38S NC20943324	It's not, it's actually the worst of the sights mentioned. It suffers the same problem as the ACOG, in that it "washes out" if you are firing from a dark or shaded area at a brightly lit target. Our first real scuff-up I was in the shade of our truck and couldn't find my reticle to save my life. I ended up firing irons. Traded my optic as soon as I was able to after that. __________________ Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.

06-11-2007, 05:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	Well, I own both the EOTech 553 and the Aimpoint Comp M3 and I like them for different reasons. The EOTech has a lower profile and you don't have to buy separate mounts, but I acquire my shot a little faster with the Aimpoint - there's just something about that simple red dot in a round field just draws the eye I suppose. The EOTech's double reticle, on the other hand, is relatively busy but not too distracting. Aimpoint has the edge with battery life of course but the EOTech 553 isn't too bad. The Aimpoint is easier to operate with gloves. Both are fine sights but I'm going to give my edge to the Aimpoint only for the fact that I shoot better with it. The washout of the ACOG reflex sights in daylight is awful! But I do like the chevron reticle ... still, it ain't enough for me to get an ACOG. __________________ "I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi Last edited by longbough; 06-11-2007 at 06:03 PM..

06-11-2007, 06:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Well, SHEEIIITTT... we all have the same conclusions. Nothing learned. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

06-11-2007, 06:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	the lesson being ... get a red dot - either the Aimpoint or the EOTech. Red dot - good. Reflex - bad. __________________ "I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi Last edited by longbough; 06-11-2007 at 06:36 PM..