SHTF Optics

**MrHandsome** · 02-20-20, 06:26

What is the best shtf optic? Something etched is ideal as it can be used even if batteries are inaccessible. Weight is also a concern. What do we all think?

**Inkslinger** · 02-20-20, 06:30

Iron sights.

**Dr. Bullseye** · 02-21-20, 11:52

Originally Posted by Inkslinger

Iron sights.

I second this.

**mark5pt56** · 02-20-20, 06:32

By the time your batteries run out, you are either dead via gunfire or disease and it's the next owners problem and he/she will probably be dead from the same before that.

**MrHandsome** · 02-20-20, 06:39

Wow very optimistic haha

**Ranger86** · 02-20-20, 07:01

Originally Posted by MrHandsome

Wow very optimistic haha

Realistic, not pessimistic. Aimpoint T2 battery last years. Put 3 or 4 in the pistolgrip compartment and you're good for a decade. Have the aimpoint on a good QD mount and steel BUIS. Exceptionally unlikey to survive a decade that requires a rifle to get through the day.

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**kyjd75** · 02-20-20, 07:17

Trijicon Accupoint 1-4 or 1-6 scope. No batteries. Very bright fiber optic reticle. Very rugged scope. That or one of the fiber optic Acogs made by Trijicon.

**Alpha-17** · 02-20-20, 07:52

It depends on exactly what role you're looking to fill. Mgnfified optic? Trijicon ACOGs probably reign supreme here, though some of the LPVOs would work just as well. For reflex/red dot, Aimpoints will get a lot of votes, but Mepro's M21 isn't a bad option for batteryless. After that, I'm fond of EOTech, but you'll really need to stock the batteries deep in that case.

**Dr. Bullseye** · 02-21-20, 11:50

Originally Posted by kyjd75

Trijicon Accupoint 1-4 or 1-6 scope. No batteries. Very bright fiber optic reticle. Very rugged scope. That or one of the fiber optic Acogs made by Trijicon.

Better idea: for that money I'll just by tickets for me and my family to Hawaii when SHTF.