I love the design of this gun sight. In daylight the fiber optically illuminated reticle allows for quick target acquisition, while at night the tritium illumination takes over. The Trijicon Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) 4 x 32 Scope TA01-ECOS has a rugged, dependable aiming system with a Bullet Drop Compensated (BDC) reticle calibrated to the trajectory of the 5.56 or .223 cartridge and provides precision aiming for targets out to 1,000 meters, though that's somewhat beyond the effective range of the bullet, at least for most shooters. For close range battle there is a Docter Optic 7.0 MOA Red Dot Sight mounted on top. That's all the good news.
The bad news is that the BDC is very hard to focus on if you're an older shooter. I have 20:20 vision thanks to Lasik surgery a couple years ago, but still have trouble seeing the gradations in the reticle. I had a few other folks my age take a look and they had similar issues. My son, on the other hand, has no trouble focusing on it at all. Ultimately I returned this sight and purchased a Leupold Mark 4 CQ/T 1-3x14mm Close Quarter Tactical Rifle Scope instead. Yeah, it requires a batter for illumination, but for $500 less I'm willing to burn a few batteries. Nothing against Trijicon, but it just doesn't work for me.
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