So I have a vortex strike eagle 1-6 power on order, and I bought a troy fixed front sight because it was a steal of a deal. I know with a 3 power and higher, it doesn’t much matter but I don’t have much experience with the low power scopes so hopefully someone can help me out to know if I need to put the sight on a different rifle due to the true 1 power or if it will work. Thanks!
I can certainly see the FSP, but for me it’s a non-factor.
Is it a big blob on low the power, or a slight mist? I figured I would see it I’m not sure how it will look though.
Depends on how close to 1x it really is. My weaver tactical 1x5 made for a slightly blurred front sight. My swfa 1x4 is more blurred. I read a review of the burris mtac that it was low enough you could co witness the sights, not completely clear but close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades.
Vortex claims to have a true 1 power so I guess it’s a guessing game until they decide to actually release it to distributors. That would be awesome if I could cowitness the irons.
It is as simple as taking your sight off and seeing for yourself. Why even ask the question?? Offset sights are the way to go on a scoped rifle.
I ask because off set irons don’t appeal to me, especially when all my scope have QD mounts and I’ve never had a low powered optic on any of my rifles.
I wouldn’t worry about it. My accupower is probably going to have a big blob, but nothing worse than a red dot right now anyways.
I use a Leupold 1.5-5X with a FSP and it doesn’t bother anything.
I can see a blurry little line of the FSP.
There’s nothing to see down there anyway, what does it matter if you can see the FSP in the reticle??
It doesn’t bother or matter to me, I just wanted to know what to expect from it.
Here’s the view through my 1-4 (actually 1.4x) Leupold VX-HOG with a fixed base. It’s definitely there, but it doesn’t bother me at all.
Thanks for the picture, that helps out alot! Have you tried to co-witness with the irons at all?
Nope. I could cowitness exactly with lower rings, but it would only block more of the view through the scope so I didn’t think it was worth it.
Good point. Thanks again, the picture was very helpful. I figured it wouldn’t be a huge issue but since I only have 3 and higher powered scopes on my other rifles and no low power I thought I would ask around and see.
That would bother me. If I was stuck with a FSP I’d have to get used to it but the OP isn’t.
Yeah that is very noticeable. I was going to post that it barely bothers me on my 4X32 ACOG with the factory mount, but whats going on in your picture would definitely bug me
Yep - 4x makes a difference. Here’s the exact same setup at 4x:
I guess in the end it’s just user preferences. Like I said in the beginning, I bought the front sight due to the deal and thinking I can run it with a low power optic and wanted people’s opinions.
This is my TR24G set at 1x behind a rifle length FSP. At first, I really did not like this sight picture. I especially had problems with the way the FSP could drift in and out of alignment with the reticle as my head position changed. However, I got over it after a few range trips to where it is now a non-issue.
Thanks for the pic. Seeing it on a rifle length definitely helps. I got the front sight on tonight, hopefully the scope comes in soon so I can try it out for myself and see the outcome.