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If you're trying to hit much smaller targets at those ranges. As Chuck Pressburg argues, he sees the use of LPVOs on LE patrol rifles not to make hits on a reduced IPSC at 200 or 300 yards or a full size at 400 or 500 yards, but to put a bullet into the eye-socket of a threat that is peaking out from behind the back of a vehicle at 63 yards, while the threat is properly utilizing cover for the most part, only peeking out with a small bit of their face at a time. A magnifier behind an RDS/HWS may lack the proper reticle to provide enough info on holdovers to do it as easily.
Maybe for flat range stuff. Start throwing in unorthodox shooting positions in full kit, and it will likely be much slower unless one puts in very significant practice, and even then, it's unlikely one will be just as fast compared to an RDS or HWS.
The problem might partially also do with the optic itself, the Accupowers aren't exactly renowned for their eyebox and optical performance (which is not to say that they suck, but just that they're not in the same league as some of the other LPVOs).
LPVOs and RDS/HWS with magnifier fulfill distinctly different roles, IMO. The RDS/HWS with magnifier will never come close to the low-light performance of an LPVO, particularly with an RDS, and also typically lacks a useful reticle to push it out to a longer range. The LPVO will almost always be more bulky, heavier, and generally slower in unorthodox positions. An ACOG with an RDS I have no experience with, but I imagine the main problem there is that the RDS will always be in a less than optimal spot, and BAC just isn't a good solution if you need any kind of precision, given the issues of phoria (was it Molon that did a test on that?). It might also suffer in unorthodox positions, depending on the model used and how tight its eyebox is.
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