Optic Choice
- Thread starter Grifter
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I've got a Romeo 5 on my .300 BLK AR pistol currently. I'm going to switch out for a Vortex venom for faster target engagement. I don't like having to look through the small tube in a rapid drill.
The Holosun OEs are pretty darned good.
The Strikefire is certainly time-tested, though.
If weight is an issue, the Romeo/Holosun really ticks that box nicely. The fact that the Vortex Strikefire II's mount "cantilevers" the sight farther forward will further shift the center-of-mass forward and farther from the fulcrum point (handgrip at fire-control), which will make the gun feel even heavier than it truly is. (The cantilever mounts were the solution to the packaging problem that the older, larger-bodied RDSs incurred in terms of rail-estate, particularly in cases where between-the-eyepiece -to- shooter's-eye optical accessories were used.)
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Before you spend more money, 10mmLife, try practicing target-focus with your eyes (and be sure you're both-eyes-open.
Give the techniques I described here a try:
The Strikefire is certainly time-tested, though.
If weight is an issue, the Romeo/Holosun really ticks that box nicely. The fact that the Vortex Strikefire II's mount "cantilevers" the sight farther forward will further shift the center-of-mass forward and farther from the fulcrum point (handgrip at fire-control), which will make the gun feel even heavier than it truly is. (The cantilever mounts were the solution to the packaging problem that the older, larger-bodied RDSs incurred in terms of rail-estate, particularly in cases where between-the-eyepiece -to- shooter's-eye optical accessories were used.)
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Before you spend more money, 10mmLife, try practicing target-focus with your eyes (and be sure you're both-eyes-open.
Give the techniques I described here a try:
Will do!The Holosun OEs are pretty darned good.
The Strikefire is certainly time-tested, though.
If weight is an issue, the Romeo/Holosun really ticks that box nicely. The fact that the Vortex Strikefire II's mount "cantilevers" the sight farther forward will further shift the center-of-mass forward and farther from the fulcrum point (handgrip at fire-control), which will make the gun feel even heavier than it truly is. (The cantilever mounts were the solution to the packaging problem that the older, larger-bodied RDSs incurred in terms of rail-estate, particularly in cases where between-the-eyepiece -to- shooter's-eye optical accessories were used.)
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Before you spend more money, 10mmLife, try practicing target-focus with your eyes (and be sure you're both-eyes-open.
Give the techniques I described here a try:
Grifter
Custom
I run a strikefire 2 on another AR and keep it mounted pretty far back. Works well but I do lose some peripheral vision. I really like it though and can get a new one for 129.00 plus tax.The Holosun OEs are pretty darned good.
The Strikefire is certainly time-tested, though.
If weight is an issue, the Romeo/Holosun really ticks that box nicely. The fact that the Vortex Strikefire II's mount "cantilevers" the sight farther forward will further shift the center-of-mass forward and farther from the fulcrum point (handgrip at fire-control), which will make the gun feel even heavier than it truly is. (The cantilever mounts were the solution to the packaging problem that the older, larger-bodied RDSs incurred in terms of rail-estate, particularly in cases where between-the-eyepiece -to- shooter's-eye optical accessories were used.)
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Before you spend more money, 10mmLife, try practicing target-focus with your eyes (and be sure you're both-eyes-open.
Give the techniques I described here a try:
Nglawe
Alpha
Attachments
^ That's how I go mine from its previous owner, too. He also was like you, and preferred a straight mount.
I can't remember (I've since passed that sight along, as a long-term loan to a fellow local shooter): is that straight mount an absolute co-witness, or is it still lower-1/3 like their cantilever?
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^ Yup, a lot of it still comes down to personal preference.
Some simply like a bigger viewing window. Others like a slimmer physical profile. Some like it closer - others, farther away.
I can't remember (I've since passed that sight along, as a long-term loan to a fellow local shooter): is that straight mount an absolute co-witness, or is it still lower-1/3 like their cantilever?
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^ Yup, a lot of it still comes down to personal preference.
Some simply like a bigger viewing window. Others like a slimmer physical profile. Some like it closer - others, farther away.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
I run the smaller Sig Romeo on my AR pistols and the Vortex cantilever RDS on my standard platforms. Pure aesthetics for me. Sounds silly, but I like the smaller RDS on a smaller frame gun for the look of not having a bigger oversized optic giving a “bulky” appearance .
Nglawe
Alpha
The one I have is an absolute Co witness....^ That's how I go mine from its previous owner, too. He also was like you, and preferred a straight mount.
I can't remember (I've since passed that sight along, as a long-term loan to a fellow local shooter): is that straight mount an absolute co-witness, or is it still lower-1/3 like their cantilever?
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^ Yup, a lot of it still comes down to personal preference.
Some simply like a bigger viewing window. Others like a slimmer physical profile. Some like it closer - others, farther away.
I love it
Epeeist
Elite
It is sort of apples and oranges. The Vortex is an Aimpoint M2 clone, so it is large and kind of heavy comparatively. Since this is on a pistol I would lean towards the Romeo 5. Both are solid sights with good warranties, but your use case should drive your gear choice in this one. For me its usually a dot on cqb/sub guns and a LPVO on my actual fighting carbines.