Halo sights with magnification

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Rock Knocker

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Im puting together a new upper for my AR, I got tired of lugging around a 6-18x with a 24" bull barrel AND a shotgun.

The new upper will have a 20" medium contour barrel. I plan on geting a EOTech 512. The magnifiers seem pretty neet for this things(seem outragously spendy though)but with the magnifier in front of the site is the uhhh... reticle or little site magnified with it?

So the dot is originaly 1 MOA. If with a 4x magnifier is the uhhh... reticle then 4MOA?

I have used the halo sites but never with a magnifier. 1MOA dot is perfect but at 100 yards with a 4x magnification a 4 inch dot seems a little much.
 
I have one on my AR now. I'm using a EoTech XPS2(much cheaper and smaller!)Which is around $415, and a Vortex Optics VMX3-SM-01 Scope Magnifier with Swing Mount which can be had for $200.

I do like my setup and I tend to use it if we go calling in the thicker stuff or in close quarters calling situation. It's fast, it's tough and its fun.

However, a 20" bull barrel....I'd keep my scope on. Even at 3x mag they just don't have the precision IMO.

I shoot decent groups at 100 and decent 200 but I'm not comfortable shooting further then a 100 at a coyote. Human are a much bigger target which is what these were designed for.

Besides, a eotech(esp a 512) plus magnifier is almost just as heavy as your scope.
 
Originally Posted By: Rock KnockerSo the dot is originaly 1 MOA. If with a 4x magnifier is the uhhh... reticle then 4MOA?

I have used the halo sites but never with a magnifier. 1MOA dot is perfect but at 100 yards with a 4x magnification a 4 inch dot seems a little much.

Yes the reticle is larger but so is your target. The reticle doesn't cover up any more of the target because the target is equally magnified. The advantage to adding a magnifier with a flip mount to an Eotech turns your short range weapon into a short range/medium range weapon. This is the setup I mostly use for the areas I coyote hunt, but I still use a rifle with a 4.5x-14x scope for wide open areas with longer shot oppertunities. The Advantage of having a flip mount vs a swivel mount is you don't have to move your head to deploy the magnifier thus not loosing your sight picture and less movement so you don't compromise your position. They are expensive, but you wont have to lug a shotgun around.
 
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