Aimpoint Sights
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I would say the 3moa - at long distances the 10 would get in the way. Also, you'd have a hard time getting the 10 anyway - most people stocking them have the 3 moa (although the popularity may also tell you something).
I love it on a FAL - I don't have the best vision in my right eye (esp. through tilted down glasses) but with the red dot it's amazingly easy to just rapid-fire at the target, with both eyes open.
It's also a lot less work - while you may strain to get accurate hits with irons, you just relax both eyes and look dead ahead with the aimpoint - and let the trigger break when the dot covers the target. Also, it's easier to reacquire target quickly.
Battler.
I love it on a FAL - I don't have the best vision in my right eye (esp. through tilted down glasses) but with the red dot it's amazingly easy to just rapid-fire at the target, with both eyes open.
It's also a lot less work - while you may strain to get accurate hits with irons, you just relax both eyes and look dead ahead with the aimpoint - and let the trigger break when the dot covers the target. Also, it's easier to reacquire target quickly.
Battler.
I highly recommend that all shooters at least try red dot sights. I have them on two of my main rifles. The Aimpoint is a very good model.
Being able to aim with both eyes open is a nice advantage - you have twice the perephrial vision under stress when the adrenaline is pumping and the tunnel vision sets in.
However, you still have to turn it on, which you may not have time to do in a time of urgency. I've been wondering if anyone makes a model with a pressure switch that fits on the grip, as many lasers do. I've thought about rigging something up like that on mine.
Battery life is very good, but keep extras on hand in case you forget to turn it off!
Being able to aim with both eyes open is a nice advantage - you have twice the perephrial vision under stress when the adrenaline is pumping and the tunnel vision sets in.
However, you still have to turn it on, which you may not have time to do in a time of urgency. I've been wondering if anyone makes a model with a pressure switch that fits on the grip, as many lasers do. I've thought about rigging something up like that on mine.
Battery life is very good, but keep extras on hand in case you forget to turn it off!
Jeff White
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I first tried an Aimpoint 15 years ago, when the old MKIII was their top of the line. They are very fast and accurate.
I currently have both a Comp M XD and a Comp ML XD. I have them both mounted on AR15s. The Comp ML XD is a 3 MOA and I really like it. The Comp M XD has the 7 MOA dot and I find it a little big for shooting much past 100 yards.
I remove the batteries from mine when I put them up. Somehow they seem to get bumped "on" when I move things around in the safe.
The older Aimpoint I had, had a circuit in it that shut the power off when the lens cover was closed. I wish they had this feature on the Comp series.
One advantage of using them on an AR is that you still can have use of the iron sights thru the scope if you need to. I'm not sure you could do that on a Mini 14.
HTH
Jeff
I currently have both a Comp M XD and a Comp ML XD. I have them both mounted on AR15s. The Comp ML XD is a 3 MOA and I really like it. The Comp M XD has the 7 MOA dot and I find it a little big for shooting much past 100 yards.
I remove the batteries from mine when I put them up. Somehow they seem to get bumped "on" when I move things around in the safe.
The older Aimpoint I had, had a circuit in it that shut the power off when the lens cover was closed. I wish they had this feature on the Comp series.
One advantage of using them on an AR is that you still can have use of the iron sights thru the scope if you need to. I'm not sure you could do that on a Mini 14.
HTH
Jeff
I understand that there is an advantage to using the Aimpoint on the AR-15 in that you can use the irons if the sight breaks down for any reason however, I live in the wonderful People's Republic of California where our legislature as recently seen fit to criminalize the ownership of rifles such as the AR-15. Thus, I'm left with fewer options, the best of which I think is the Mini-14. With the Ranch model, I think I could use the 3000 or 5000 with the standard rings that come with the rifle without resorting to using the weaver adapter mounts.
There is a replacement handguard available from Brownells that has a rail on the top that you can mount optical sights on. This would give you a scout-type forward position that works very well with the Aimpoint Comp and probably allows you to keep whichever factory iron sights you have (RR or std).
pocat: Been thinking the same thing.
Is there any way to guess the threads/build a replacement threaded thingy for the battery case? If so, you could run a wire down to the buttstock or pistol grip where you can put 2 AA batteries.
I don't remember exactly; but according to the storage capacities of a AA vs. the tiny lithium, they would last something like 100 times longer. They would last years turned on permanently; but if you hooked up a grip switch the batteries would probably outlast the muscles in your hand.
Battler.
Is there any way to guess the threads/build a replacement threaded thingy for the battery case? If so, you could run a wire down to the buttstock or pistol grip where you can put 2 AA batteries.
I don't remember exactly; but according to the storage capacities of a AA vs. the tiny lithium, they would last something like 100 times longer. They would last years turned on permanently; but if you hooked up a grip switch the batteries would probably outlast the muscles in your hand.
Battler.