How to choose an AR-15 optic? Mark Boardman, Jimmy Hamilton, and special guest Mike Griffin from Vortex Edge® tackle this nuanced question head on. From red dots, magnifiers, holographic sights, prism scopes, and LPVO’s, to higher zoom range riflescopes – they cover all these great AR-topping options. Which is right for your AR applications? Listen to find out.
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I'm glad to see someone actually bring up the most important point here. If you have a rifle that shoots terribly with hunting ammo, But great with match ammo, well I'd rather put a less than ideal bullet in the right place than the right bullet in the wrong place. Of course I'd rather use the right bullet but sometimes that isn't an option. When I got my 6.5 Grendel the only ammo available at the time was a handful of boxes of SST and plenty of eldm. It shot .5 MOA with the eldm and nearly 5 MOA with SST. At that. Moment I would 1000% choose the eldm over the SST
This 10 minute talk has a 4x magnifier behind it 😂
An airs😅fr episode would be cool! Thanks for doing what you do guys.
hahahaha "If you're late for work because you thought this was only going to take 10 minutes…" 🤣 You blokes are great – I have learned a tonne on this channel.
get an rmr or iron sight
Strictly talking sighting systems: I recently had to make this decision for my "go to" GP rifle, and what made my decision relatively simple was #1) my budget, and #2) my philosophy of use: Mostly home defense with most, likely engagements 200m and in.
And what I ended up with was an AR15 with back up irons, a Vortex Crossfire (to be upgraded in the future), and a near-future purchase of a Vortex VMX-3T magnifier (also tbu when appropriate)
Btw, in case you guys missed it, we seem to be having a little trouble with "Chi-Com balloon flyovers," lately, carrying some strange arrays beneath them. Now, if any of those were to deliver an EMP, everything "electronic" will become paperweights–Including even expensive electronic sighting systems. So, I highly recommend on not relying on them as the sole sighting systems for your firearms. Food for thought
It would be nice if you would make an enclosed red dot that'll fit on top of the 5x prism. Something in the format of the Steiner MPS, with a cr2032 battery on top and a nice big window, good nv settings, better styling.
Been all over the spectrum when it comes to optics for my AR. red dots, holos, magnifiers, prisms, lpvos. All of my rifles are set up with some sort of lpvo on it. Its just so universal and once you train for its little quirks with close range acquisition, it literally does everything.
Someone please make a sub 600$ elcan that is lighter than the elcan
For gods sake, no I don't want to hear about airsoft. Please. Just don't.
Can you do the 357 mag
When I was younger I shot many hundreds of ground squirrels offhand with a 3X9X44 dialed to 6 and a half power.
The real quote is “ Jack of All Trades Master of One “
I've been asking forever, and figure I will ask some more. How about a podcast on the 9.3×62, 9.3×64 Brenneke, 9.3×66 sako, and any other 9.3 cartridges. And one on all kind of African dg and pg cartridges and Wildcats. 404, 416, 450, 5,6,700s nitro expresses, ect.
I have astigmatism and red dots look a bit like supernovae to me. Eotech's holographic sight, while pricey, has been the best option as the 1 MOA dot doesn't really distort. I just threw on a MOE SL-S stock so I can store 6 spare CR123 batteries.
I would love to hear a talk on the 5.7×28! I have look around a little but can't find very much info this cartridge. I'm wondering, parent case and practicality
Yes talked about air rifles
No one ever uses the full jack of all trades' quotes. It's almost used in a negative context. Its original phrasing i believe goes as follows, " A jack of all trades is a master of none, but often times better than a master of one." Also, a ten minute talk idea for yah. let's hear Ryan go off on monolithics vs. bonded vs. cup and core. I know Ryan is an avid Barnes user ( as am I ), so i think the topic would be fun to hear his pros and cons and maybe what cartridges lend themself well to monos, etc. Would be quite amazing to invite a barnes Ballistic expert to join the podcast. Cheers from Alberta Canada
Red dot for CQB battle/home defense. LVPO for identifying targets at distance or a precise shot. For LVPO get an etched reticle.
Why aren’t red dot etched reticles for safety when the battery dies, you at least have a black dot.
I'm all for overtime 10-minute talks, but I can't help but wonder if there's a point that you just rename it to a regular podcast episode.
If you zero a 2moa dot out to 200 yards, the impact is never outside the dot from 40 – 240… close enough for the girls I go out with.
@ 23:51 this a misquote by most people. It’s actually “ A jack of all trades, master of none, is better than a master of one! 👊🏼😎👍🏼
I’d like if vortex came out with a 2-12x 35ish. Pair that with a red dot. I can dream, right?
Got a spitfire for my brother's duty gun he seems to pleased it.
On my ak I'm currently running a 1-4x Leopold planned on getting a slx micro for it latter.
Start with red dot
Find ya need more so get 3-9×40
Think ya need more get 5-25×50
Realize that's too much than get a 1-8 or 4-12.
Simple, and it'll only cost 1500 to find out