TR24R mini-review (long-winded with lots o' pics)

Thanks. Nice review. I've been trying to decide between the TR24, NXS1-4 and MK4 1.5-5 for months.

I have been using mine (green dot, german #4) for some time now (thanks Grant)
I love it, it's on my 6.8 16" AR

to me, the green dot is perfect for hunting, it's very visible in daylight and works great in very low light and at night

it worked great this past weekend wacking a few hogs

yes, a nice review.

what's everybodys thoughts on the green or amber triangle?

thx

I just got my TR24 with red triangle and my results have been the same. I was worried about the brightness under certain circumstances and can get it to dim with my white light in close to complete darkness, but even then I find I pick up the black triangle real quick.

With any ambient light I have been real pleased with it. I find I pick it up just as fast as a RDS in dry drills. I hope to get to the range today or tomorrow with it.

I got one (TR24R) about a month ago (Thanks Grant) and so far I've shot about 600 rounds with it on. It took a bit of getting used to compared to the EOTech, but so far, I really like it.

I did notice somewhat of an eye relief change from 1x to 4x, but it was only about half an inch.

Tracking moving targets wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be with this sight ( on 1x). I was able to pop a few Jacks at about 45-50 yards on the move in 2-3 rounds.

Precision shooting was great. I was able to put three rounds on a "shootandsee" repair sticker at 50 yards (prone), not quite that close standing, but good enough. Judging holdover is going to take some getting used to, but what doesn't when changing equipment?

Overall, I like it. It'll take a few more range sessions until I'm confident with it, but it'll sure be fun getting there.

Great review on the TR24.
I was lucky enough to locate a TR24G several weeks ago and after several trips to the range I am now planning to sell my EOTech 552's with 3x FTS Magnifiers once I am able to locate a couple more of the TR24G's.
With my 51 year old eyes, I need the magnification to shoot accurately at 50+ yards and I tend to take too much time to have to aim with the EOTech set-up. In addition, the field of view is so much better with the TR24G than the EOTech552 w/ 3x magnifier.
Up close (0-25 yards) I believe that I am still quicker with red dot holographic sights, but with practice I feel that I can improve my speed so the difference in speed will be negligible.
Indoors, I feel that the EOTech is much brighter and probably a quicker, easier to use optic for an inexperienced shooter (my wife for example). I feel that with practice I can become more confident with the TR24G indoors too.
Overall, I am extremely satisfied with the Trijicon TR24G and my accuracy improved immediately with the change in optics.

Thanks for bumping this, because I ran my TR24R in Magpul Carbine 1 last month and need to supplement my original review with some thoughts after use.

Glad to see they're getting into more people's hands, see I told you all, as soon as I bought one they'd flood the market. I'm also responsible for ending the ammo shortage (bought my ammo for class), initiating 0% financing and big rebates on pickup trucks last year (bought a pickup), and causing the rain to stop and sun to come out (bought a new softshell and the sun came out the day it arrived). Who knew I wielded so much power...

At this point in time and for the money , from 5 to about 350 yds my TR24G is the best (all-around) optic solution out there, for me . For me its virtually RDS fast up close and with a flick of the wrist to 4X magnification i have minute of man accuracy out to about 350 yds. I also like it best mounted in the LT-135 (high mount) when used with my LMT SOPMOD stock.

I got to shoot 60 rounds with it this evening. It was about an hour before dark, cloudy and rainy. The fiber optic worked great and during zeroing I even had to turn it down a bit as it was blooming.

After zeroing did some drills around the car at 50 yards on 4X and it was quick.

I then did a ladder drill whereas there were cones at 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, and 15. The goal of the drill is to run from the 45 to the 40, fire one, run back to the start. From the start you then run back to 40, fire one, run to 35, fire one and back to the start. This is repeated adding a cone each time. With 6 stations it is a total of 21 shots. I split the rounds between two mags forcing a reload.

I did this drill to get a variety of medium and close shots letting me work the scope on 4X, 1X, and switching back and forth while running using 4X from 30 and out. It was pretty easy to switch between magnifications while moving. It wasn't really limited if I got caught on 4X up close or 1X farther away.

So far so good.

Ok, so I've had mine for a little over a month now and have gotten out about 6 times to use it. I'm really diggin' it. Speed has suffered a bit, but I think that'll come around with more use. I did see a drop in accuracy when shooting faster. It may be the difference in weight or just that I'm not used to it yet. I was going to switch back to the EoTech to test a theory, but I think I'll work it out a bit more to see if I can bring the speed and accuracy back. It's a damn nice optic though. Here's a few pics I snapped the other day before heading out for some range time.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/IMG_0454.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/IMG_0455.jpg
The second pic was taken with the 24 at 1x so there is a bit of magnification at closer ranges as stated earlier, but that's REAL close. I took it with those cables in it for the express purpose of showing that. Outside of 5-10 yards, it's hardly noticeable to me.


Oh, and thanks Grant, the transaction thru delivery was a piece of cake.