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Posted: 8/5/2008 11:43:28 AM EDT
| I just got my first Holosight in the mail today. The first thing I thought when I looked through it was that the reticle was a bit blurry. After reading some forums, i would appear a lot of people think the reticle is blurry until they learn to focus on the target, not the reticle. I need to go outside and try this. The second thing I thought is how accurate is this thing? If I put the gun on a vise, and move my head around, the reticle moves around...even when the barrel stays put. So my question is... is if the reticle can change targets while the gun is stationary, how can that be accurate? Do I have to be inline because I thought that was the good thing about this sight. |
| Well Ive played around with it and the reticle does look clearer when I am focusing on a target and not it. But I still wonder why the reticle moves (slighlty) off a target when I shift my heads position and not the gun. The standard reticle pattern still looks... not fuzzy but not crisp. Maybe there is something wrong with it, it is used... or maybe my expectations are too high. I need to take a trip to the gun store and see how theres looks. I called today and they have some eotechs. Mine is a bushnell. I have read all the discussions so I will assume my reticle shouldnt look any different than theres...right? |
A red dot sight allows you the same thing, it doesn't have to be a holographic sight to do that. Also, EOTech uses laser to project the image, while Aimpoint, Docter, JPoint, etc. use LED, you got that reversed 
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Read this: How Holographic Sights Work Should help you understand how the reticle appears to move. |
| "holosight produces an image 50 yards" -or feet...one of the two. Anyways, I am nearsighted and come to find out, it really does put the image that far out there, despite it being inches from your face. I know this because I am nearsighted (i cant focus on things that are at distances) and my glasses dont improve my vision at all for anything under 10 feet...well without my glasses the crosshairs are quite distorted and fuzzy. and the paralax...well uponcloser inspection, the reticle really does move but not off the target, it only looks like it. |
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