Here is my post from
this Elcan thread:
Quoted: What kind of batteries does it use? I think someone mentioned the coin type, just wanted to make sure.
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CR123, and it only uses 1.
He said about 3 months continuous on the highest setting. Very frugal on the power.
Is the illumination adjustable?
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Yes, and what is cool is that you can have a bright dot, or rotate the power knob back and it removes the dot and illuminates the staida crosshairs, very similar in look to the ACOG TAO1NSN.
So it's a fixed 1x & 4x, not variable between 1-4x?
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Correct, but thats the best thing about it, there is a simple lever, with a very positive cammed feel to it, that you just flip and poof, instant zoom or instant wide field of view.
Does the reticle change somehow when you throw the magnification lever?
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It doesn't change, as there is always a crosshair and staida reticle in view, but the power button controls how the illumination affects the sight, so that you can have an aimpoint style dot, in either 1 or 4 power, or you can have an illuminated crosshair in 1 or 4 power. Think of it this way; with this one sight, you have both an Aimpoint, and an ACOG TA01, and you can switch from one to the other in less than two seconds.
So it's a fixed reticle, like the CQ/T that you can see when it's not illuminated? That's pretty nice.
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Yep. With no illumination it looks like the ACOG.
Not that it's a turn-on for me but can you co witness iron sights with it?
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I should've checked this better, but the front sight post on the dummy gun they had the scope mounted on was dead center of the reticle as a blue blur, so I'm pretty sure they'll cowitness.
Why wouldn't it hold a zero?
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I think some people have had issues with elcan's windage and elevation adjustments being built into the mounts, but I dunno.
What's wrong with the ARMS mount? I have one on my CQ/T and it's sweet.
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ARMS is no longer the flavor of the week to some. I think their mounts are good, and apparently so does elcan.
Is the ARMS mount built into the sight or could you remove/replace it?
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Didn't ask, but if people really don't like the ARMS mount then someone will come up with an alternative. LaRue comes to mind.
$1250? I'd buy it for that price... after I sell some shit. Looks like a sweetheart of a scope.
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It really, really is. He quoted me $1250 as dealer price, MSRP being like $1400 or so. I think it's absolutely worth it. This, more than anything else I saw at the show, made my jaw drop, and I told the guy (after fondling it for 15 minutes) that they were going to sell an assload of them.