I have no experience with ACOG. All I know is this:
Good etched glass and field of view. They are strong and dependable. Given cost, I would rather have ACOG and a red dot on top than a variable that generally remains at one power. Based on your long term experience with it, do you recommend chevron or crosshair? Thank you for your service and recommendation.
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I love the crosshair WAY more. I can shoot the chevron, but the crosshair gives me more precise aiming.
My ACOG of choice is the TA01NSN because it eliminates the light gathering thing on top that’s too much for the AZ sunshine. We often have to drape a rag over the thing so the reticle is manageable.
Thanks for input. Headed toward battery. Chevron and Horseshoe are appealing but leaning toward crosshair. Red or green crosshair? Are you using Trijicon mount?
Oh yeah. A buddy of ours got the Battery version. I’d never seen that. It’s a little bulky, but interesting. I’ve never found that I lacked anything with the model I have.
And yes. The standard mount is great for me. Nothing lacking about it. I’m running mine on an M4 Socom style carbine.
You are squared away!
I prefer ACOGs with a green crosshair.
Faster acquisition?
Right picture for the right purpose. Chevron is coarse, less precise, but fast. Still very usable with practice. Reticle is a little slower but more precise. In the end, both are only a ~3 or 4x with usual low-mag limitations. ACOGs are durable and viable when used in the right role.
ACOGs are great for the reasons already given. I prefer the crosshairs to the chevron with its increased precision, or at least the perception thereof. The eye relief may or may not count as a downside.
Mark, you should experiment with covering part of the fiber with green tape.
I really dig the autoranging BDC feature of the upside-down tree reticles. True it up at distance, and it’ll be close enough.
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If you’re looking for a precision optic, a cross hair will beat the chevron. If you want a more general purpose reticle, the chevron or horseshoe beats the cross hair. I don’t consider ACOGs to be the right optic for precision, but rather a jack of all trades that happens to be really good in some areas.
Personally, if I was buying my ACOG over again, I’d grab the horseshoe reticle.
Personally, I prefer green reticles, and try to buy them whenever they are an option. I wish they became more common, because I’m sick of having to decide between certain features or a green reticle from companies that make both.
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I totally feel a greater confidence in precision. We have these 8" plates at 200, 250, and 300 yards. When I have to hold for wind and distance, the crosshair is more psychologically pleasing.
I get effed up transitioning from the chevron to the BDC part of the reticle. This happened last weekend. I was trying to favor for 300 and after missing, realized there’s a 300 yard line on the reticle.
I saw this introduction to ACOG retitles and found it really helpful:
Whoa!!! Sitting on Geissele.
I have two AGOG’s, a 3.5X green Chevron and a 1.5X red circle dot. I sight in the 3.5 at the recommended 100yds then true up at 300.
The 1.5 is a great red dot substitute for those of us with eye issues. The magnification is low enough to not cause issues with both eyes open and the glass is really clear. I initially sighted this in at 36yrds then modified it when I got a higher mount.
The green reticle is great until the background is green… Of the two I like red the best.
The 3.5 model has really generous eye relief as does the 1.5 which is nearly red dot range.
I thought about green but went with the red horseshoe. I used to have a Browe with a red chevron and decided to try something different. I also went with the TA11 because I find the short eye relief of the 4x acogs/Browe combat optics infuriating. I highly recommend you try a 4x Acog to see if you can deal with the eye relief before plunking your money down for one.
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