Originally Posted by
Don Quijote
Not sure which LPVOs you've used to declare that your eye must always be exactly in the same spot every time. Certainly you haven't used the ones I've owned, with their very large and forgiving exit pupil and generous eye relief (the correct terms instead of the lame "eyebox")
On top of that, who cares if your face isn't in the same exact spot on the stock at CQB distances? POI changes due to parallax error, while real, are inconsequential when shooting at a person 5 - 10 yards away.
As for speed, my shot timer begs to differ.
I'd also like to address the need for magnification with an analogy. I've never needed a handgun to fight someone in the 52 years I've been alive, but I still hump one.
Explanation, and admission... Explanation first.
I'm not talking about parrallax when I am complaining about the eyebox, I'm talking about the fact that any LPVO is a scope... It has the very same single most PITA problem that all scopes have, scope shadow. If you in a position where your body is twisted, (you're laying down in an awkward position behind cover, or reaching around or over cover) or if you were just rushed to get that stock weld, you have to work that much harder to get your eye lined up with the scope. Anybody who has ever shot a scope has had that issue where their face was a little off, and there was a big black shadow on one side or the other of the scope... A RDS doesn't have this. You can look through it an any angle, through the very edge of the optic, and there is no shadow, and the dot is visible, clear, and in focus. It just gives you that extra little bit of speed because it is more forgiving.
Don't preach training... stuff goes wrong when bad things happen...
Admission...
BUT... it depends on your use. I think where I got off track was here. The RDS is a specialize tool, just as is the average rifle scope. The LPVO is that "all around use" compromise that fits the bill if you had to only have one rifle. "All around use".
My only gun with a RDS is my SBR/pistol (2 lowers, one upper) but it's a dedicated close in gun that I'd not want to engage at distance with. My other AR has a magnified scope. For me, the RDS IS an "all around use" sight, because I never shoot anything at distance in my area. I'm just saying that a RDS is NOT obsolete, it's just a tool for a specific use. I may have recommended it for the wrong use, (all around) but they are a good option, if you need a close in sight.
Don't think I don't like the LPVO, I do. I just haven't had the use for one that often... yet. My current build WILL have one, (probably the Razor) but that's a long way off. I've nothing but a lower (Aero) and the barrel (14" BA Hanson) as of yet...
Oh, and the hand gun thing... Magnification doesn't matter in daily carry. People carry a handgun because it's convenient. At least I do. I'd carry my a rifle, but it's a PITA, people would freak, and cops would follow me everywhere.
You know what I like best about most people?
Their dogs.
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