When I said “heaviest dot/mount/magnifier” setup, I really meant that. Its a CompM4s with older, clunky magnifier. An old school, NSN Eotech, complete with batteries and chipped paint weighs 1.9 oz less than a Comp M4s.
The LPVO I’m using for my “lightest” setup is a P4Xi in ADM Recon, so it could lose a bit in the mount, but its still on the low end for ready-to-run LPVO’s.
We were using ACOGs for a few years before magnifiers (or LPVOs) became a thing, so I wouldn’t consider them a bridge between magnifiers and LPVO’s, rather a separate evolutionary path. One that I still consider to be valid, though I don’t use them myself.
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It may be that the Red Dot Magnifier set ups have benefited from time and are now lower weight. When the LPVO's first came around it wasn't close. You had guys running the old L3 full size Eotechs with a 3x magnifier behind it or Aimpoint Comp M4's (Vs something like a Trijicon MRO or T2) with factory mounts....Now there are a lot more streamlined setups- especially in mounts. Again, things change and change again....
ETA: One thing I did forget in that "evolution" was the ACOG. It came between the Red Dot/Magnifier set up and the LPVO. You still see a lot of them being run even now....
RLTW
Former Action Guy
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