Help me choose my new optic! My BCM 16" middy is lonely now that my trusty EOTech EXPS3-4 has suffered from what I suspect to be delamination around the corners! (one corner more-so than the others) This has kind of killed my trust in the optic. This rifle is not a duty rifle, but it is my shtf piece so it must be as reliable and tough as possible. Choices are in the poll.
If you’re using Tapatalk, just reply. The choices are Aimpoint Comp M4 (M68CCO), Aimpoint T-1 Micro, Trijicon TA-31F (green chevron), or EOTech EXPS3-0.
PS: DO NOT WORRY. I still have my Troy BUIS. I knew that was a good investment :dirol:
I voted for the T-1, as it has the highest utility, lowest weight, and smallest footprint of what you listed. It is what I use on my defensive carbine, but it is not my overall preferred optic solution.
Frankly, while I am not a proponent of the EoTech line, I would recommend sending the sight back to the manufacturer and letting them make it right. Your issue is not common, leading me to believe it to be an aberration.
Since you only had one magnified optic listed, I also chose the T-1. If you wanted to add a magnifier it still would be the lightest option. My 16" middy is quite heavy with the Vltor VIS 3 upper so anything other than a T-1 would bring it over the top.
Thanks for all the responses guys, keep them coming. My previous set up was the EOTech EXPS3-4 with a Vortex VMX3 magnifier in an ADM swing to side mount. This set up was heavier than I would like, and the BDC seemed kind of useless to me after a while because engaging a target at 400-600 meters seems unrealistic with the 5.56 NATO round. If I am wrong, please correct me, but this led me to the decision to drop the separate magnifier.
Another vote for the H-1. Two more brightness setting on the rheostat, cheaper, and fits the same quality mounts. Magnifier if required down the road.
I thought I’d miss my L3 Holosights a lot, but I just don’t. The reticle IS nicer, but not so much I’d rather give up 5 year battery life and the compactness of the AP Micros
Voted from your list, the T1, but unless you have night vision or plan on doing water borne ops from a sub, go for the H1 you can pick them up pretty frequently with a Larue- ADM-DD mount for 500-550.
I’m part of the few that prefer EO Techs sights mainly due to the reticle. I used to run an aimpoint H1, but my eyes don’t see a nice circle in aimpoints so precision was hard.
Curious that you list the Comp M4, but not the PRO. For the money, the PRO represents a “best of both worlds” proposition in many ways; especially if you’re one of those guys that finds the tube diameter of the H-1/T-1 to be just a bit on the small side.
The other issue I see is that you don’t seem to have committed to a particular distance or magnification. I’m assuming 0-100m and 1x, based upon most of what you’ve listed, but you can’t really narrow down your choices until you’ve decided how you want to use the gun, where, and for what sorts of targets. It’s hard to beat a 1x Aimpoint, of course, but as my eyes have aged, I have to admit that I have come to appreciate some magnification in the mix, too.
The default answer here for most will likely be H-1/T-1, and whether or not that proves to be the right answer for your situation or not, it will never be the wrong answer.
I had a TR-24 and a T-1. Got rid of the TR-24. I regret it. I have an astigmatism creeping back in to the picture, and the T-1 is getting a little harder to use.
If this is your SHTF gun, the variable zoom will increase your utility. No shame in a little zoom to help with less than perfect eyes.
I just went and held the comp m4 for the first time… liked it a lot. Then I held an SR-15 with a T1 mounted on it and now I can’t make a decision lol.
They are both amazing, but I can’t get over the feeling that I could take my comp m4 off the rifle and use it as a hammer lol. It feels indestructible. However, the T1 is deceiving. When holding it in your hand and trying to look through it the lens seems too small, but mounted on a rifle it seems great.
I think one of those two will be the one. I have not called EOTech yet, but I am going to today.
I had zero interest in the SR-15 until I happened to pick one up by pure coincidence. Have hardly picked up any other rifle since. The SR is a very lightweight gun, so finding one with a T-1 pretty much represents the best of all possible packages where fast-handling carbines are concerned. Another rifle might not feel quite the same, but the T-1 still brings many of those same qualities to the table, simply because it is so small and light.
Again, I’m not sure that you are doing yourself much of a service by overlooking the PRO (vice the M4), but at least you’re shopping in the Men’s Department now, where you would be hard-pressed to make a bad choice. My eyes still find the T-1 a bit on the small side, but for most, there is no better selection.
