Today, off from work and tired I zombied into the gunshop to look at the TA44S-10: Trijicon ACOG 1.5x16 Amber Ring & Dot Reticle w/ Short M16 Base Housing. I had seen it on Trijicons site but never seen IT or through it etc. Scott the owner of the shop, had attended a shooting school where he fell in love with this optic. Thus now he carries several on hand, with one on his personal M4. He gave me his whole long story on how he fell in love with it, tightened his groups and made hits out to 200 yards. His experience sounded consistent with another testimony on this optic that sparked my curiosity.
After handling it today on multiple platforms in the shop and peering through the Amber, Red and Green reticles, I found myself falling for this little ACOG. The 1.5 power with BAC really gave adequate eye relief for quick target acquisition. Stepping outside the gunshop and aiming at distant points (trees, stray cats, discarded cans etc.), sky was cloudy/overcast and about 20 degrees. The reticle popped out perfectly. I really like the amber one best with my red/green color blindness. I was surprised at how MUCH eye relief you could actually get with this optic.
I loved the circle dot reticle. It reminded me of my dads old Swarovsky I used to shoot back in the day pictured on thread. Thats my buddy back in the 90's shooting it when we were teenagers.
I currently use an Aimpoint M3 and love it. Lately I have been working on some builds and one optic I have seriously considered due to size and weight is the T1 Micro. I am now seriously considering this little TA44S-10 in a Larue mount.
My friend shooting dads "build" back in like 1996. It was different back then. Flat tops were hard to find, that Swarovsky Cobra 1.5x14 ZFM Optik (optic on the Steyr Aug) circle dot was hard to find, it was tough times for AR/M4 guys. It was a post-ban world too. This build was based on an instructors gun from Gunsite.
https://www.trijicon.com/na_en/produ...p?pid=TA44S-10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-WdIeeWEhE
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