Quote Originally Posted by srsinternets View Post
Not sure yet. I'd love to invest in an ACOG, I've used my friends and its an awesome optic. Its just that I'm not sure if I could bring myself to spend more on my optics than I did on my damn rifle. I'm pretty certain I'll at least be buy an Eotech, just not sure which model. Preferably something that uses AA's.
I had an ACOG on my M4 at my last unit. I last zeroed it in 2005, and only had to confirm the zero every time we went to the range until I left the unit last December. It was great, and I would usually shoot 37-39 out of 40 with it. I always pulled at least one shot so never qualified with a perfect 40. My lowest qualification with it came from a bad magazine. Had a double feed, cleared it, had another one, removed the magazine and stomped it into the dirt while doing a tactical reload and still hit 29. The ACOG in StrangeTimes post seems like a good idea, but for reflexive fire and MOUT I'd just look over the sight and down the barrel. Same when my squad leader had me practicing reflective fire with an M145 MGO on top of my M249 SAW. You haven't lived until you are swinging a twenty-plus pound light machine up for a quick burst at ten meters.