Any news on the new 553? When are they going to start shipping?
I thought they were shipping in limited numbers???
The only person that is getting them is Uncle Sam, and it doesn’t sound like he’s gotten that many yet.
does the arms mount on that have any adjustablility for the difference in spec 's from one manufaturers rail to another’s?
mil’ spec’ is not always, mil’ spec…
No the ARMS mount does not offer adjustability and that is
the weak point of the 553 design.
Any word if they plan on offering a 553 minus the ARMS mount, and minus the NV compatibility in the near future (maybe named the model 513?) That I could mount on a LaRue mount???
I heard mention of a LaRue mount but I’m not sure if it will ever come about. There was some issue with part of the optics electronics being built into the bottom/mount.
when i spoke to eotech about release date for 553, i asked how come they did not use the la rue mount? they said a lot of people have been asking that same question and she did not know why they did not use the la rue given that seemed to be what the people wanted…
Go back and do some more research. This topic has been hashed over on many forums. The ARMS mount was used because that is what was in the spec given by the government.
I was told that the LaRue 553 mount is a NO-GO.
Then that’s one EoTech I won’t be buying.
You and me both.
Go ask a moderator to lock this topic then. Come to think of it, most topics have been hashed over on other forums. Thanks for the info’ on the gov’t spec, it was news to me at least.
Let’s simmer down now…
Plenty of good info in this thread and if we can keep it civil it will stay.
That’s what it sounded like when Grant posted that on another board a long time ago, when the specs and photos of the 553 first came out. I guess it was worth a try.
This is not going to be a forum were threads get locked. Everybody has read the rules before they signed up and is expected to follow them. I’m respectfully asking that everybody stays polite & courteous at all times. Every member of M4carbine should feel that they can post freely without being attacked for their opinion. This is one of my pet peeves with other Internet forums.
I’m sure we will be re-hashing many topics on M4carbine that have been discussed to death on other forums. I’m also sure we will have the occasional heated differences of opinion. The difference is that ours will be handled differently. How many multiple page threads have you read on “Other” forums were nobody seems to know what they are talking about? Or even been within ten miles of the product being discussed? It seems like a waste of bandwidth to me, and a good way to walk off with bad information. That is not going to happen on M4carbine.
Thank you, and let’s get back to the conversation now. 
Hopefully it’s still worth a try. Maybe they’ll eventually decide something like that would sell.
We can hope, and we can ask.
If it was do-able, LaRue would have already done it. I was told by LaRue that it is not going to happen.
I’m not doubting your comments WRT LaRue.
My earlier comments were referencing my hopes that EOTech will listen to the civilian market and give us a 553 variation (something 123-powered) without the ARMS mounts… maybe even something lower profile that will work with our LaRue EOTech risers.
I’ve been touching base with them every few weeks since SHOT and the order placed then. Unfortunately it looks like the 553 is indefinitely delayed, at least that was the info I got the last time I talked to them.
Of course I’ve read rumors everywhere…about color, availability, and such. What I’ve been told from Eotech is Coyote only at this time, no LaRue mounts, the ARMS mounts were govt. spec.
A CR123 512 or 552, (maybe the 514 and 554? 
) would be great and hopefully that is down the road, simply for battery commonality across platforms.
J