My thoughts are pretty open minded regarding this at the moment as I just got my first red dot, an Eotech XPS2, and I have about five hundred rounds with the site. I favor iron/open sites on my rifles, as I have never felt completely happy with optics until I purchased this red dot. I think a large portion of the shooting population utilizes optics to compensate for poor marksmanship, and they ultimately improve very little in regards to their actual shooting.
My hunting rifle in the woods out here is a 30.30 with irons that I am capable of hitting 6inch dots at 140 yards. I ran my MP15 for the last year with irons and make very similar if not more accurate hits with this gun.
In regards to the comparison, well I am not sure. I REALLY like the Eotech right now. I'm getting hits on targets that I am more then happy about, and I could see how it may
"be faster" in regards to target acquisition. The thing I really like is that my left eye is actually naturally opening up while I fire, and this feels really comfortable for some reason, and completely counter intuitive to how I shoot EVERYTHING else.
But to quote my friend at the range the other day: "I feel like this optic is really great at getting rounds on target, within the target, but my groups don't feel as tight." I seconded the thought. My groups feel a little looser, but they are still well within what is acceptable for me.
Being competent in irons though should be everyones absolute 1st priority in owning any firearm.
Last edited by Mac5.56; 04-19-10 at 22:48.
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