9x45 said:
Eotech has a 1 MOA dot and a 68 MOA circle. That's a 68" diameter circle at 100 yards, What would you use that for?
The 65-MOA circle serves three purposes:
1) It helps draw the eye to the center dot withing getting in the way. Without it, the 1 MOA center dot would be more difficult to find and would need to be bigger. But because of the ring, the center dot can be made smaller for more precise shooting and yet can still be found quickly and easily.
2) It helps you shoot super-quickly at close CQB ranges. In close quarters, just put your target roughly in the center of the 65-MOA circle and you're good to go.
3) It's used for range finding. If a man fits inside the circle, you know he's 100 yards away. If he fits half inside the circle, he's 200 yards away. Etc.
So the EOTech reticle provides an excellent combination of speed and precision. For overall military use, I think it's a better reticle than the simple 2-MOA dot of an Aimpoint. However, the downside to the EOTech reticle is that it needs a lot more power than the Aimpoint does; you can't just turn it on and leave it on.
So I prefer the Aimpoint because of the vast increase in battery life; I can just turn my Aimpoint on and leave it on all the time. Besides, I'm not in the military anymore and I don't do a lot of tactical shooting these days, so the Aimpoint reticle serves me just fine.