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Posted: 11/28/2006 7:39:14 PM EDT
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Can you/do you use a nose-to-charging-handle weld?? Or would that put your eye too far forward?? How do you like your scope overall? How much did you pay and where? Nobody seems to talk about them much, nor are there many on the EE. I've got a TA11D on my 20" Bushy, and I love it. I'm just thinking about the compact (TA44-2) for my new superlight. Thanks! |
| I have a TA50-4 that I paid less than $400.00 NIB. I mounted it on the carry handle and drilled new mounting hole so I could use the nose to charging handle hold. Works great. I use irons but have the 3.5X scope by just lifting my head. It is mounted on a A4 configuration Colt that has an M16A4 upper on a semiauto Colt lower. |
Point taken. It's the 1.5X I'm looking at, but even then you do have 2.4" eye relief. |
Which means that if you mount it on a carry handle or use a mount that puts it about the same spot it will be perfect for nose to charging handle. |
  This is what I wanted to hear! Now all I have to do is sell off an AK to pay for one.  |
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I have had both the TA44 and the TA50 mounted in carry handles. The TA44 is doable in the stock carry handle hole with nose to charge handle (NTCH) but I would venture to say it is not perfect. TA50...nope. I drilled a hole as far back as I could that would obviously still allow proper mounting and I found that to be better then the stock hole for both. It was in this placement that I fell in love with the TA50, and that is the one I kept. 1.5X was OK, but I think one would be better getting a little more magnification, at minimum to justify the added expense over an Aimpoint or EOtech. 3X is my favorite mag so far (I also have had/have full size ACOGs). I will post pics when I get a chance. ETA: PIC 
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Yes, please do!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks. |
Well, I hope that doesn't happen with me ... I want my superlight to be the evil little twin to this rifle:  What was it about the optic that bothered you on a flattop? Nice rifle, BTW! |
I have always had a difficult time getting clean reticle shots, (my skills and my camera suck) but I will try to post some wen I get the chance. For now, go the the Tijicon website and look under...hmmm....Compact ACOGs for some ideas! 
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| I have a TA44R-4 on my DPMS with the La Rue Compact ACOG mount. With that mount using the nose to charging handle you would have no problem with eye relief. I have mine mounted a bit farther back, but the noise to charging handle just does not work well for me. |
Screw the gunstore. You can find deals on new ACOGs and Compact ACOGs from our industry parteners here. The best bet is to search the EE, this is where I got a TA44 for $500. |
Here is the best shot I could do but it does not do the ACOG justice. The glass is VERY clear and the reticle is VERY bright and it is larger relatively than it apperas in this pic. This one you can obviously see that I am not focused on the reticle nor at the proper feild of view, but what I wanted to illustrate is how the irons are RIGHT THERE for use only by moving your head a fraction of an inch. The sight over set is not too bad either, you can see how low the ACOG really sets in the carry handle. 
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 Damn! Thanks for the pictures too. |
No problem, I know optic purchases are a big decision because of the cost involved. The 500 TA44 was used, that is where you find bitchin deals. Trijicon has a no BS lifetime warrantly so don't hesitate to buy a used one because you can always send it to them for any upkeep/repair. |
Nice looking rig there!!!!!!!! |
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Hey Chewbacca, or you other Acog guys, Do they make that whole so it lines up with the ghost ring??? That's one of the beefs about my little scope. It's rectangle and the whole is smaller than the ghost ring, and it probably changes the poi when you use the irons. If I use the smaller ap, it's ok because it's smaller than that channel, but I like having the big one in use for reall close shots. |
The hole itself is large enough and lined up okay but the bottom of the objective lens extends into the field of view a little and can change POI a little. A small price for having a magnified scope and back up irons available that are close enough to the same height that cheek weld isn't too much of an issue. |
| For a while I ran a C7 type setup like 62ndAssassin, except I used the 3x ACOG (TA50-R2). I wouldn't say it's unusable with the standard hole, but it takes some getting used to. When I build another setup like that and start using the Compact again I'll drill a new hole, just to make it a little easier. |
By any chance, do you have more photos of that rifle (perhaps before the paint job)? Thank you. Justin |
That AR looks pretty sweet. Tell me about it. |
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Uhmmm let's see if I remember everything.... LMT Upper Receiver Denny's 16" Mid Length Recon Barrell w/ matched bolt LMT Bolt Carrier Daniel Defense 12.0 FF rail Pri Gas Block Troy front and rear BUIS Trijicon TA-50 on Larue mount PRI gas buster Tangodown front and rear grip Larue Battlelight Superior Arms FDCC editon lower Vltor Stock on Vltor tube LMT 2 Stage Trigger with KNI antirotation pins CMT lower parts kit for everything else I'm waiting on a TangoDown bipod to finish it off My first self build.... Runs great on the range, I need to take it to a class to get it nice and hot, then we'll see... -dave |
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For you guys mounting them on the detachable carry handles, any issues with the handle coming loose? Hows the cheeck weld with it mounted that high. I had one in a Larue mount and did not care for the result, to get proper eyew relief I wound up mounting the BUIS in front of the ACOG. This just didn't provided good eye relief I had to go nose over charging handle.  This worked OK but the BUIS wasn't nearly as usefull  |
Was thinking of going with a 10" FF rail on a 16 mid barrel but that 12" looks good. Why did you choose the 12"? |
No the carry handle does not come loose. I tighten it as tight as I can by hand, then use a quarter to then tighten it as hard as I can again. Detachable carry handles are used prolificly in the military so I would not worry about it. The cheek weld is fine, I have zero issues with it. So you were saying you could not get proper eye relief even with nose to charge handle when you had in set up in the conventional way? |
Did you ever actually try to use the BUIS like this? |
Yes I did have a hard time getting proper eye relief with the convetional set up. I had to have my nose hangin over the charging handle for proper eye relief, the Larue mount and ARms 40 sight combined just put the sight to far forward.
Yes I did. It wasn't the most accurate set up in the world since the sight radius was so short. But it did work just fine to get hits out to 100 yards. |
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