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Quoted: no comments at all? just crickets? David some of us took a break from dry firing and fast roping down the side of the garage to eat our turkeys  87gn posted a review of the Strikefire and also said it was a bit dim. I have had one sitting on my desk to test for a year or more now  |
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I have a couple hundred rounds downrange with mine. I agree that the green dot is easier to see in bright sunlight. My range faces east and shooting this afternoon at sunset and shooting at white plates, I wish the dot was brighter by 2 or 3 clicks. Otherwise, it has been great so far.
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I had the opportunity to test one out over a few days and concluded that I wouldn't put one on a duty/defensive weapon. It would be a good choice for a dedicated .22 or other range blaster and is a good value. what a tard... why dont you expound as to why? because it didnt cost $400?
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I'll have to agree that the Strikefire is one of the (if not the) best "budget" red dot out there. I recently bought an Eotech for my AR-15 because I play entirely too much Call of Duty MW2 and wanted an HWS, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with the Strikefire. Now it's sitting on my AK, and it can take all the punishment an AK has to offer and then some. I'd have no qualms about having it on a defensive rifle.
If my friend can take town a deer with a Wal-mart 30$ red dot mounted on a 12-guage slug gun (and trust me, I'm NOT advocating 30$ Wal-mart red dots), then I feel the the Strikefire is more than reliable enough. Not to mention Vortex's unbeatable customer service... |
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I had the opportunity to test one out over a few days and concluded that I wouldn't put one on a duty/defensive weapon. It would be a good choice for a dedicated .22 or other range blaster and is a good value. what a tard... why dont you expound as to why? because it didnt cost $400? I'm not going to turn this into a lengthy review, as this is not my thread. However, since you asked so nice... I'm a firearms instructor for a fairly large agency and I've been around for a bit. Cops are often rather cheap and there was interest among the troops as to the SF RDS priced at about $150. I didn't have any hands on experience with the unit, but one was obtained and put through a three day patrol rifle class that I ran. It was mounted on a carbine that I had set up as a loaner. It didn't see constant use during the three days, since it was being passed around between myself, another instructor and some students. The controls were usable, but I prefer the simple single knob operation of the Aimpoint. At one point I inadvertently hit the NV button and lost the dot. During use in direct bright sunlight, the dot was more difficult to pick up, since the optic lacks the brightness of an Aimpoint. The included mount actually stayed put and the optic appeared to maintain zero. The batteries used are not as common and not carried in my bag of work goodies. The battery life is nowhere near that of an Aimpoint. As I said before, the SF is not something that I would use on a duty/defensive weapon. What you put on yours is up to you, but I stand by my statement. I'm not a gear snob. However, my patrol rifle gets deployed fairly often and I need to know what I'm relying on is going to work for what I do. Not to be overly dramatic, but my life, the lives of those I work with and the the lives of the public may depend on my gear working. So yes, I don't skimp on some things. I guess I'm just funny that way. YMMV and FWIW, Tard |
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I had the opportunity to test one out over a few days and concluded that I wouldn't put one on a duty/defensive weapon. It would be a good choice for a dedicated .22 or other range blaster and is a good value. what a tard... why dont you expound as to why? because it didnt cost $400? The controls were usable, but I prefer the simple single knob operation of the Aimpoint. At one point I inadvertently hit the NV button and lost the dot. During use in direct bright sunlight, the dot was more difficult to pick up, since the optic lacks the brightness of an Aimpoint. The included mount actually stayed put and the optic appeared to maintain zero. The batteries used are not as common and not carried in my bag of work goodies. The battery life is nowhere near that of an Aimpoint. you see what you did right there? you added one to two more sentences of text and told us how and why you said what you did originally...with out the drama from me or the guy above me. wasnt to hard now was it? 
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