Originally Posted by
EricCartmann
No experience here with the Shortdot, only experience I have with 1-4x optics are IOR's and Millets... and I also got to sample a Nightforce. Granted I know the Shortdot is a better quality optic compared to these, but in general they are all the same. Limited FOV in 4x mode and eye relief on a 1x mode is not infinate.
I am sure I can learn to love Shortdot, but to me nothing is easier than an Aimpoint/Eotech. For 4x mag, nothing beats the glass and FOV of an ACOG. Best of all I could own both of these and have about $600 left over.