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3/20/2008 7:57:45 AM EDT
I searched this and still have a couple of questions for those of you that have had experience with these.  I would like to use the optic on a 16 inch barrel.  My thought is that this could be used for home defense all the way to coyote hunting.  would that be a fair assesment?  this is  a bac model?  is it good for cqb?  could you track a running coyote with both eyes open?  all help appreciated.  thanks
3/20/2008 8:12:13 AM EDT
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TA31F is a BAC model.  CQB, no, not for me as I can not do the 4X BAC thing for 0-50 ft.  Open large hole A2 sight or a EOTech/Aimpoint for CQB for me.
16" barrel is fine with a 31F as long as it is zeroed properly.

Great optic, just not the best choice at 0darkthirty when things go bump in the night.

3/20/2008 8:16:15 AM EDT
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TA31F is a BAC model.  CQB, no, not for me as I can not do the 4X BAC thing for 0-50 ft.  Open large hole A2 sight or a EOTech/Aimpoint for CQB for me.
16" barrel is fine with a 31F as long as it is zeroed properly.

Great optic, just not the best choice at 0darkthirty when things go bump in the night.


thanks.  Is it the chevron or the magnification that is the problem? what if you piggy backed a red dot to it?
3/20/2008 8:24:55 AM EDT
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For me it is the 4X magnification that is the issue at 0-50 ft.  My eye wants to focus, not look through the sight.  From 50 ft to 300m it is just fine, but it is not a CQB optic.  The piggy back thing is ok if you dont mind adding more stuff to your rifle.

Had a 31F issued to me over "there" but traded it back to supply for a Aimpoint.  Most all my shooting was danger close.  I still shudder to think I need to be in a stack going into a dark room with a 31F.

If CQB is your thing, get a good weapon mounted flashlight and leave the 31F off.  Run the carry handle that came with the upper.  When you want to shoot a fuzzy brown thing add the 31F back.  You have time, you are not in Iraq you know.
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