Really [dumb idea] short eye relief ACOG
A few years ago I picked up a compact ACOG TA-50 in a trade, and I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with it ever since. I like everything about the sight except the phenomenally short eye relief: 1.4” What was Trijicon thinking when it designed this 3X scope?
It usually winds up on one of my range rifles, almost always on a Franken-rifle one that has other parts I am experimenting with. It is fine for that purpose, but the short eye relief is a pain. It barely works as a CH scope with a collapsible stock. Mounting it in front of a BUIS (I insist on a backup) takes away at least two slots, usually three, on a flattop. (The only way to shorten the spacing to two slots is to raise the scope and chop the mount, and those mods bring their own problems.) But, what if I placed the ACOG all the way to the rear?
I have two questions: (1) Why did Trijicon design this thing with such short eye relief and without mounting it to the rear as with the TA-31s?
(2) Although I am probably not the first (or the last) to do this, is there anything really wrong with the setup below (backup in front of the ACOG and backward)? Both the Magpul MBUS and the ACOG are boresighted and I plan on taking it to the range in a few days. I would like to get the consensus of the M4C crowd. Being laughed at is not big concern.
Last edited by Amicus; 04-06-11 at 15:33.
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