If you just have to have an optic you can't go wrong with an Eotech/Aimpoint. I was amazed at the 100yrd. groups I shot at silhouetts off-hand. An improvement over irons and much faster without the need for a consistant cheek weld. You will hit more x rings with an ACOG but for close up work you can't beat the holographic sights.

Cobra,

I've never used an aimpoint, I always wanted their battery life in an Eotech because of the "open field of view" as you put it. I would love to try an Aimpoint to see if the field of view would open up. I've been told ,by people who own them, that this happens. I just can't get by the initial feel of looking through a tube, which is the only reason I prefer an Eotech. In time though I've learned to rangefind and adjust for holdover with the Eotech's outer ring. Hopefully Mem will chime in about the "field of view" issue. The wifes B-day is coming up and she needs a sight.

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Trilaria​​n,

Yes, resale is high on both the EoTech and Aimpoint. You should be able to get 90-95% of your money back without a haggle and upwards of that with a little patience for the right guy to come along. They are hot items, rock solid and anybody who's anybody knows that they are made for the long haul, if they've been taken care of like I'm sure you will.

A note on the ACOG. Being an ACOG owner, I can tell you that there is a transiti​​on period which could cause you to lose the reticle. That period is not the optic's fault, but the operator/users. It's because we, as men, can't adapt to sudden light changes quickly. In other words our nightvision sucks. Rods bleach out in our optical system and it takes a transition period before it restores. During that transition period, the ACOG's tritium chevron/circle/dot, etc. is extremely dim, if not invisible altogether (dependent on the user...smoker, non-smoker, diet, etc.). It only lasts for a few minutes, but it happens. Marines in the sandbox are sometimes putting cyalume sticks (the small ones, smaller in diameter than a pencil) on their ACOGs. They use black electrical tape, taping the stick to the fiber-optic light gatherer atop the ACOG. The light from the stick, augments the tritium. Hey, it works for that transition period. Other than that, the ACOG performs well at night, I've even stayed on the deer-stand past dark using one. The main problem with hunting past sunset is that you lose the reticle in a typical scope, but you won't with the ACOG. Since I am on the stand and sunlight is gradually fading, my eyes are adjusting and I can see the chevron perfectly with no cyalume needed. Again, the transition period is caused by going from a well lit room to a dark alley in a moment's time.

As for CQB with an ACOG, I have a 4power x 32mm objective, fixed power. I can shoot inside of 25 yards with it, but it would take some getting used to by the "average Joe" shooter. As someone mentioned, I think it was Mempilot, you must use the Bindon Aiming Concept (both eyes open). Using that concept, there's not a problem and mine is 4power. Trijicon makes 1.5 powered ACOGs as well as reflex, docter and red-dot optics for really close in work. Speaking of which...

For people using an Aimpoint for CQB, you are limited to short ranges until you add a magnifier. For people using EoTech, pretty much the same limitation. If you use an ACOG and don't like it's CBQ qualities, put a Docter on top of it and bam, you have the best of both worlds. I mean, you have to buy something else with an Aimpoint of EoTech to get both worlds right?

Yeah, you could probably read the envy in my post. I think everyone here lives "vicariously" through that Mempilot guy.

It's all good, diversity in optics (quality ones that is) is the spice of life. Hell, I couldn't buy one right now for pnuts. If it took a quarter to go around the world, I couldn't buy enough gasoline to power a piss-ant's moped around a BB!

One day, hopefully soon, I'll be back on the Mem kick buying what I want, when I want and not worrying too much about the price. Until then, I'm just a casual observer of the site with a roadside turnip stand to make ends meet.

Tril, I am just saying price wise the eotech and magnifier came to about 750 total with some serious watching out for great deals at gun shows and on the net. I could sell my eotech and magnifier for more than I paid. I thought it was the best course of action for my needs. My eotech has a bdc reticle out to 600 yards and the magnifier is very clear. I would also like an ACOG but that will go on the AR10 I am planning on. I have seen the acog and am VERY impressed but I like my cqb setup with some intermediate range. JMHO, here is a pic of my setup.

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Mem, it is a flip to side magnifier. I was concerned it would be fragile when flipped to the side. I was afraid it would break in a cqb situation but the damn thing is solid even when flipped to the side. The three year old knocked it off my workbench when I was putting on the timney trigger, not a single issue!! You are correct about the eotech with the buttons on the side also..... much easier!!

Mem,

Yes, the magnifier has the quick detach throw lever and the flip to side capabilities. the also changed it to where you can adjust the dope and windage on the magnifier. I absolutetly love it.