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Posted: 6/6/2009 3:34:04 PM EDT
| I think this will be the first year i will take a AR15 out for deer hunting. Just wondering what type of optics you guys are running on your hunting rifles. |
| Well, I'm takin' mine out with a Trijicon Compact ACOG TA33hg...if I can take delivery on the darn thing before deer season opens. Forever on backorder. Good for 200 yds at least, adjusted for .223, both eyes open. If I don't use it for deer...definately for pig hunting. Good luck! |
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I've used a TA01 for years and taken 6 deer with it. Got sorta tricky on a big buck trailing a doe past me at 20' in thick brush. Litte too much x for that. But it got done.
This year it's looking like my amber chevroned TA33. Should be ideal for the heavy cover I hunt. |
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I've always thought that a TR24 would be a fantastic hunting optic for an AR15. Depending on what your shooting....most 223 "slayings" will happen within 200 yards. To that end, a 1-4X variable with a fiber optic reticule would be awesome.
A BAC'd ACOG would be great option too - such as the TA33 or another 3X version. Eye relief on a hunting-inspired ACOG set up would be important....at least to me. |
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Deer, hogs and coyote AR, I use a Burris Fullfield II 2-7x 35mm w/ Bal Plex. I can't really find in faults other than the rear eye piece turns w/ power adjustments, which prohibits a rear Butler Creek lens cover. Works for me out to 500 yards. RRA15 Deer at 500y with a 5.56 is substantially dicey IMHO. YMMV |
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Deer, hogs and coyote AR, I use a Burris Fullfield II 2-7x 35mm w/ Bal Plex. I can't really find in faults other than the rear eye piece turns w/ power adjustments, which prohibits a rear Butler Creek lens cover. Works for me out to 500 yards. RRA15 Deer at 500y with a 5.56 is substantially dicey IMHO. YMMV Heck I wouldn't shoot a Maine whitetail with a 223 past 100. YMMV. |
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Burris 2-7x35 Fullfield II 2x is low enough for close shots and 7x works w/ Bal Plex to get hits at 500 yards. I do not shoot deer, hogs or really coyotes at 500 yards. I might try a coyote at 500 yards with the right conditions though. I have the same scope on my ar mounted with burris XTR rings. This scope works great and i like the reticle. The lens coating is pretty nice as well. |
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