MK6 vs VCOG

[Singlestack Wonder]

Leupold uses a fiber optic cable to bring the illumination to the reticle, thus the reason only the dot (end of fiber cable) is illuminated.

[Zane1844]

I never use the illumination on the MK6 in the day, and with the CMR-W reticle it works fine. I have to have it at around 1.5x though.

[PatrioticDisorder]

USO got around the problem by having an aimpoint style dot in the SFP, and thus has high battery life AND a daylight visible dot. I think Leupold does that too with their firedot, right?

I vaguely remember the USO advertising like 10,000 hour life, but then reading somewhere else it's not a 10,000 hour life on one battery, that's the expected life of the illumination overall before it burns out, battery life was 100 hours and who knows on what setting. I may be wrong about the battery life, but I lacked the ambition to look further as the USO's had too many other negatives for me to consider (small eye box, tiny field of view, distorted glass). I have no idea about the firedot's battery life but I really do doubt it's much better. Best bet with any LPV is to bulk buy CR2032 and carry an extra battery or two and change batteries often.

[apg0601]

I have a MK6 and have handled a VCOG. As stated MK6 battery life is not great, but with the CMR-W reticle it is usable 25 yards and closer. I'm not as fast with it compared to an Aimpoint but that was a trade off I was willing to accept. The VCOG I handled was a let down. It was a demo model and I didn't get to shoot it but didn't do anything better then the MK6 other then using an AA battery. As others have identified the eye box is poor and its heavy.

[cop1211]

Thanks to all for the info, I just went for a good deal on the MK6, hopefully it will be good to go.

[cbx]

On the subject of fire dot illumination, it works really well. I'm about a year and a half on the same battery. I run the rifle 2-5 hours a month usually. Sometimes a bit more on shoot days with friends. If it's dimmer than new I can't tell. It's still daylight bright. It's been pretty impressive that way.

[cbx]

Thanks to all for the info, I just went for a good deal on the MK6, hopefully it will be good to go.

Let us know what you think of it.