Seeking advice on replacing my EOTech on my Patrol Rifle

[Digital_Damage]

I have an SRS and I have never had any issues with it. It is on my HD carbine and I have complete faith that it will perform when I need it. Then again, I have it absolutely co-witnessed with the iron sights thst I keep deployed, so if it should fail it is an annoyance, not a crisis. For a duty weapon, I would do the same thing.

The key thing with RDS is to remember that the RDS will work perfectly well with the front lens cap on.

Give that a bit of thought.

You should not be looking through the RDS to see the target - your non-dominant eye should be looking at the target, and your dominant eye should be combining the information on the location of the red dot with the image from your non-dominant eye.

So....who cares about field of view?

The advantage that the SRS brings to the table (for me) is that it allows the red dot to be seen accurately from a very large variety of positions. You do not need a great cheek weld to see that red dot and effectively use the optic. That is why I put an SRS on my carbine instead of a PRO - it simply felt easier and more natural to get the carbine on target with the SRS.

If you are using the optic with both eyes open, I am not sure that a bit of glare or artifacts are going to cause you much of an issue.



I have no personal experience with the MRD and very limited personal experience with the aim point micro, so I won't offer any comparisons.

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lots of people for lots of reason, search for occluded target and you will understand why.

[Osborne]

Off by 12 MOA at 32 degrees, and 20 MOA at 5 degrees.

[Ryno12]

Off by 12 MOA at 32 degrees, and 20 MOA at 5 degrees.

Wut?

[Digital_Damage]

Wut?

LOL ditto, can only assume sarcasm.

[Wake27]

We have multiple threads on the EOTech mess. It's not important to this thread so let's keep it out.


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[TF82]

Just to be clear, there is an issue and especially in the police world of liability around every corner I do think it's wise to remove Eotechs from police work. But I also think that the 20 moa shift is being somewhat misrepresented. If I recall correctly, a 20 moa parallax error from one end of the sight to the other was discovered. In other words, from my understanding, if you put the reticle at one end of the window and fire at 100 yds. and then put it at the other end and fire at 100 yds. your hits will have about a 20 inch difference at 5 degrees. Like I said, in my mind that's not acceptable, especially in law enforcement, but I also understand why just about no one has ever reported that extreme a POA/POI shift.

[ECRRRainman]

Thank you everyone for all of your insight.

As a resident of Chicago yes, I didnt feel confident with the EOTech sitting in the trunk of my car for an entire shift.

I considered the SRS due to its wide viewing area which is similar to the eotech and the MRO as a similar product in a compact design.

I will have to check with some local gun shops to see if they have display,models I can mess with to get a better personal feel for these choices.

Thanks again everyone

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[ECRRRainman]

Well I cant find a local gun shop that has any Trijicon RDS to look at so I will be grabbing an Aimpoint PRO from ADM to get one of their mounts included.

My next question is, cantilever or standard mount? Whats the difference and benefit of eaxh style mount?

Thanks again everyone for your help

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[sbrown3]

I think you will be happy with the Aimpoint PRO. I also came from an Eotech and was worried about a cluttered sight picture, if you shoot both eyes open the PRO doesn't look anymore cluttered than any other optic. As for standard vs. cantilever, it's just personal preference, unless you need the extra space for a magnifier. The cantilever mount will pitch the optic forward an inch or two. I personally have a standard mount, I like to keep all of the weight as far back as possible to keep the rifle from being nose-heavy.

[Skar]

Went from a exps2 to a pro
First time at the range with a 3x magnifire (g33)
My groups seem tighter . I like the pro .