Elite Defense/Elcan @ SHOT 2016 by SMGLee

[SMGLee]

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[THEOZZ]

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Is that a redot on top of the Specter?

[NongShim]

Presumably so; since fielding with SOPMOD block 2 there has been a provision to mount a 1x MRDS on top of a scope that contains...a 1x red dot. Not only did Elcan make such a poorly executed 1x red dot capable scope that they had to include a way to mount a supplementary MRDS on top of it, but now they've created the largest MRDS ever. Brilliant!

[mkmckinley]

Yep, and what's more the 1X on top sits well above the already tall, already heavy 1-4X which makes cheeck weld pretty weird and further throws off balance. In contrast a RDS mounted above the eyepiece of an ACOG is able to sit a little lower because the eyepiece is so much smaller. The Elcan SpectreDR is a great optic at 4X. It's too bad the weird internal 1X didn't work better.

[BrigandTwoFour]

Yep, and what's more the 1X on top sits well above the already tall, already heavy 1-4X which makes cheeck weld pretty weird and further throws off balance. In contrast a RDS mounted above the eyepiece of an ACOG is able to sit a little lower because the eyepiece is so much smaller. The Elcan SpectreDR is a great optic at 4X. It's too bad the weird internal 1X didn't work better.

it surprises me that the fixed 4x model isn't more popular, since it is a great optic. Probably just not the motivation in the market to try something other than an ACOG in that market segment.