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Posted: 8/10/2009 8:51:24 AM EDT
| I was considering getting Trijicon Reflex sight for my LE6920 because of its lower pricing (compared to aimpoint and eotech) and the fact that it does not require batteries. Has anyone here have experience with the trijicon reflex? |
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This sight was standard issue in the SOPMOD first contract. It is now considered obsolete.
Advantages: It is more rugged than the M68 or eotech it doesnt use batteries it had better wear and tear than other red dot sights it is more resistant to various problems after salt water emersion than other systems the lack of circuitry and overall ruggedness makes them an excellent choise for automatic weapons like a M240 or SAW Disadvantages: small lens it uses ambient light, so in low-light ie, inside of a building in the dark it can be difficult to see the dot you cant turn or dim off the dot to use the iron sights the haze filter often rotates accdentaly so when you go to use it, you may not be able to see the target. Most guys that used them removed the filter the protective cover that comes with it isnt that good- bikini type I know of one person in my entire unit that still uses this on a M4- a very senior NCO who is very set in his ways. Otherwise, they are mostly used on the LMGs or just kept as back-ups (along with the M68s)on deployment in the event a eotech goes down and a replacement isnt immediately available. |
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This sight was standard issue in the SOPMOD first contract. It is now considered obsolete. Advantages: It is more rugged than the M68 or eotech it doesnt use batteries it had better wear and tear than other red dot sights it is more resistant to various problems after salt water emersion than other systems the lack of circuitry and overall ruggedness makes them an excellent choise for automatic weapons like a M240 or SAW Disadvantages: small lens it uses ambient light, so in low-light ie, inside of a building in the dark it can be difficult to see the dot you cant turn or dim off the dot to use the iron sights the haze filter often rotates accdentaly so when you go to use it, you may not be able to see the target. Most guys that used them removed the filter the protective cover that comes with it isnt that good- bikini type I know of one person in my entire unit that still uses this on a M4- a very senior NCO who is very set in his ways. Otherwise, they are mostly used on the LMGs or just kept as back-ups (along with the M68s)on deployment in the event a eotech goes down and a replacement isnt immediately available. You guys keep Aimpoints as backups to EOTechs??? 
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This sight was standard issue in the SOPMOD first contract. It is now considered obsolete. Advantages: It is more rugged than the M68 or eotech it doesnt use batteries it had better wear and tear than other red dot sights it is more resistant to various problems after salt water emersion than other systems the lack of circuitry and overall ruggedness makes them an excellent choise for automatic weapons like a M240 or SAW Disadvantages: small lens it uses ambient light, so in low-light ie, inside of a building in the dark it can be difficult to see the dot you cant turn or dim off the dot to use the iron sights the haze filter often rotates accdentaly so when you go to use it, you may not be able to see the target. Most guys that used them removed the filter the protective cover that comes with it isnt that good- bikini type I know of one person in my entire unit that still uses this on a M4- a very senior NCO who is very set in his ways. Otherwise, they are mostly used on the LMGs or just kept as back-ups (along with the M68s)on deployment in the event a eotech goes down and a replacement isnt immediately available. You guys keep Aimpoints as backups to EOTechs??? seems to me like they should skip the middle man and go strait to the Aimpoints  (or Reflex's if they like them)
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This sight was standard issue in the SOPMOD first contract. It is now considered obsolete. Advantages: It is more rugged than the M68 or eotech it doesnt use batteries it had better wear and tear than other red dot sights it is more resistant to various problems after salt water emersion than other systems the lack of circuitry and overall ruggedness makes them an excellent choise for automatic weapons like a M240 or SAW Disadvantages: small lens it uses ambient light, so in low-light ie, inside of a building in the dark it can be difficult to see the dot you cant turn or dim off the dot to use the iron sights the haze filter often rotates accdentaly so when you go to use it, you may not be able to see the target. Most guys that used them removed the filter the protective cover that comes with it isnt that good- bikini type I know of one person in my entire unit that still uses this on a M4- a very senior NCO who is very set in his ways. Otherwise, they are mostly used on the LMGs or just kept as back-ups (along with the M68s)on deployment in the event a eotech goes down and a replacement isnt immediately available. You guys keep Aimpoints as backups to EOTechs??? Yes, absolutely. The eotech (either the AA version or the newer one that uses 123 batteries )are almost the universal choice for ops that will likely require shooting at close (less than 100 meters) distances. When it comes down to it, it is the choice of the shooter, and most shooters choose the eotech for this application. Here is a list of optics available for each individual where I work: eo tech (several versions) acog DOS trij reflex elcan DR aimpoint M68 trij tri-power (generally in short supply) I have personaly seen every optic above fail at some point, but in my experience the most failure prone is the aimpoint. We use our equipment in a variety of different places and put it all to some very hard use under very extreme conditions. |
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