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Posted: 5/19/2008 12:42:46 PM EDT
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I've sighted my eotech with my iron sights at 50 yards. Ive never owned an eotech does the recticle stay on target even if your not looking directly into the Hud? When Im slightly off the cheekweld or a little over it looks like im completely off target is this the case or is the whole point of the eotech it stays on target no matter how you look through it? |
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+1 on previous posts. The true holographic sights (first commercial unit was Bushnell holoscope, L3/EOTech uses basic Bushnell and "ruggedizes" the commercial unit for LE and military use) basically act like a laser sight (they ARE laser sights). Unlike the usual laser sight, which projects its laser beam outside the gun and directly projects it on the target, the laser holoscope projects a "virtual" 3D laser beam onto the target, but the HOLOGRAM is contained entirely inside the body of the bushnell or EOTech unit. Think of it as virtual laser beam. As long as you can see the laser hologram "dot" inside the scope, it SHOULD be where the gun is sighted... This is a basic difference between the Bushnell/EOTech and the red dots such as the AimPoint. Some red dots advertise themselves as being "holographic" but are, in fact, red dots. BTW a tactical advantage of an EOTech over a real laser beam, is that in dusty or foggy conditions, a laser beam will show as a thin red line pointing back to the shooter. This is, of course, as undesirable as muzzle flash since it invites counter-fire. L3 claims that threats using GenIII NVS cannot detect the EOTechs from the front. That's a nice characteristic. I hope this was helpful. 
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IM still in the air on this too. I dont understand how it will fire where the dot is if you can keep the gun perfectly still and move your head a little and the dot ends up somewhere else? I havent shot with mine yet, but im still trying to logically think about this. |
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