Acog Recticle preference?
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Indiana Jones
Wolverine
TA01NSN, back up irons on top, crosshair reticle with bullet drop compensator, and amber glowing reticle. hell YEAUH
JeepDriver
Self confessed gun snob
TA33 with the Horseshoe
Of my 3 ACOG's (TA31F, TA01-NSN & TA33G-H) the TA33 is the fastest up close and still works well at distance.
Of my 3 ACOG's (TA31F, TA01-NSN & TA33G-H) the TA33 is the fastest up close and still works well at distance.
Indiana Jones
Wolverine
theyre COMBAT optics. but whatever works in combat will work at the range.
PapiBarcelona
Ultimate Member
- Jan 1, 2011
- 7,374
TA11J
Daytime and Low Light illuminated color crosshair with 1000 meter bullet drop. 3.5 power
Daytime and Low Light illuminated color crosshair with 1000 meter bullet drop. 3.5 power
Name Taken
Ultimate Member
TA33GH.
I'm not putting 5 shots touching each other at 100 yards with my optic/rifle/ability.
However....I wouldnt want to be on the other end of my weapon system.
Accurate for what they were desgiend to be.
I'm not putting 5 shots touching each other at 100 yards with my optic/rifle/ability.
However....I wouldnt want to be on the other end of my weapon system.
Accurate for what they were desgiend to be.
Tconfo
Ultimate Member
I want one sooooo bad. After I find the right upper, I will have the same dillema. But it always happens with these high end optics. Ill go in to the store browsing with the intent to buy one and then WHAM! Oh theres the gun I had my eye on for a couple of years in stock and on sale or a great deal on ammo I just cant pass up. FML, the optic will have to wait again. Is there a group for people with these types of sickness I have? Sort of like AA but with spontaneous buys?
Had one on my service rifle. Not sure which model exactly but it had the red chevron and I LOVED it. If/when I get an ACOG I will definitely be getting one of the ones with the red chevron. Never tried the horseshoe model but I personally would recommend the red chevron after using that one for a year. A few guys had the model with the crosshairs but I didn't really like it - way to much clutter on a scope like that. It looks cool, yeah, but it obscures a lot of the target area.
How can you say the crosshairs are more clutter than the chevron? I have looked at both of these online and the traditional crosshair appears far simpler.
I am looking at this scope. What gun do you have it on? I am perplexed by all the comments on this thread and no one is saying what platforms they have these optics on.
Semper Noctem
Desk Rabbit
Well, we all know that if you looked at it online you have a great first hand experience with it. Just kidding, sort of.
Fair enough; but care to elaborate? I wouldn't think online you see cross hairs, but in practice it's circus clowns.
Onua
Ultimate Member
actually I have liked the look of the reticles on several of the ACOGS when viewed online (with the pretty white uncluttered background) and after actually handling a rifle with the same scope/reticle in a "real world" background have decided I didn't really like it as much. YMMV
Dogabutila
Ultimate Member
- Dec 21, 2010
- 2,362
I'm not good at crosshairs so take it fwiw. Crosshairs get lost more easily in backgrounds then RDS or holo type optics do. They are fine for hunting or range time imo. Hunting you generally have time to make the shot you want and the backgrounds are such that the crosshairs don't get lost or blend in as well. If you're running a mout or industrial park or something though, the background colors are such that the crosshair color is more likely to blend in, as well as there being "natural" straight lines in the AO. Makes it harder to pick up crosshairs. Which, if you think about it makes perfect sense because this is the exact reason that people came up with the idea of RDS.
Then, there's different applications. Are you into precision shooting / hunting? Crosshairs are probably better because they give you the fine accuracy you need. The "clutter" for windage and drop compensators are fine for these applications because you just want to make the hit on target, everything else is secondary really. In a combat optic you just want to be able to match the dot on the target and have the rest of it be a clear field of view so you can see other things happening.
Then, there's different applications. Are you into precision shooting / hunting? Crosshairs are probably better because they give you the fine accuracy you need. The "clutter" for windage and drop compensators are fine for these applications because you just want to make the hit on target, everything else is secondary really. In a combat optic you just want to be able to match the dot on the target and have the rest of it be a clear field of view so you can see other things happening.
sailskidrive
Legalize the Constitution
I have a TA31 w/ the Red Chevron and really like it. However, if I was to buy another one I would go with the 3.5x TA011 instead as the eye relief is significantly better.
A friend of mine has the green chevron and at times it can be really difficult to locate on the target.
A friend of mine has the green chevron and at times it can be really difficult to locate on the target.
303_enfield
Ultimate Member
Donut of death, horseshoe, chevron, and crosshair in that order. My 2¢.
Look here:
http://www.trijicon.com/na_en/products/product2.php?id=ACOG&mid=3.5 x 35
Look here:
http://www.trijicon.com/na_en/products/product2.php?id=ACOG&mid=3.5 x 35
Based on?
