Aimpoint with magnifier vs. ACOG

**IMSHAKN** · 09-18-09, 03:11

Originally Posted by Submariner

MORE! More pics? PLEASE! This would be more to my liking than the MRD mounted on top of my ACOG. I've honestly never seen this before.

**Jeremy** · 09-18-09, 12:50

Just got back from the range testing my Millett Zoom dot with magnifier versus my Meopta K dot.

I shot bowling pins at 7 yards and 50 yards with both setups. I was faster at both distances with the Meopta. This suprised me as I thought the RDS would be quicker up close. Even with a less than perfect cheek weld, the Meopta found its mark.

I then did some bail out drills from the car from 25 to 200 yards. I tried it with and without the illumination at 25 yards and while the black reticle on the black steel was a little harder to pick up than with the illumination on, it wasn't a problem.

At 50 yards and farther, the Meopta on 4X was vastly superior to the Zoom dot and magnifier, at least for me.

I did shots at odd angles making it a little harder to find the target than being lined up on it and on 4X it was not a problem.

For me, the 1 to 4 variable was the more versatile setup. I figured I would find that I traded a little speeed up close for ease at distance, but this was not the case. In fairness to the Zoom dot, the battery was a little weak and a new battery made it much easier to pick up but I did not go back and repeat the close in tests. That is the nice thing about the Meopta in that even without a battery I still have a crisp reticle.

Weight wise, according to manufacturer specs, the Meopta and mounts is 1 ounce heavier than the other combo although it feels heavier.

It was bright sun today, I was shooting into the sun, and a lot of the targets were white, but the Meopta did not wash out. I wish it could have been a little brighter on 1X but with any magnification it was amazing. I would imagine a Trijicon would do better in the 1X brightness but I love how I can dial up a little more brightness at night with the Meopta so there are always trade offs.

If you get a chance to run a low power variable, you might be suprised. I have been so far. I do need to get a cat tail to make power changes quicker.

I ended the day shooting some hanging golf balls at 5 yards with the Meopta. Once I figured out that the point of aim was the top of the bottom post, it was very quick regardless of the color of the ball. Having a defined aiming point for the small targets was nice.