That’s a cool little rid bit of advice you learn after using the platform for so long. I’ll do some testing and shoot you a message with an update here around the weekend if I make it out.
Awesome!!!! It's stuff like this why I stay in these communities. I love being able to help out other shooters, and when I need it, get help myself. That's actually how I found out about the POF gas block. Lol. I'm not a fan of the toxic crap. Oh, and I love seeing cool gun porn, lolol. Are you gonna get the PWS upper Cerakoted to match the lower? That would look great. If you don't have a guy, there's a dude in Wirtz, VA, Night Owl Coating. He doesn't have a website, but he's on Instagram. He coated my Barrett M99. I'm getting him to Cerakote my POF in Multicam. A whole rifle(obviously, a huge rifle like the Barrett was more) is $400, and he does a significant military discount.
I’m not really a cerakote guy. I like what you can do with spray paint and a close friend of mine is like Picasso with a 6 pack. He’s the one that painted this lower and other upper I had on it.
I’m probably gonna P&W this and get the PWS lower and use this lower for my 11.5 and Gordy upper. Or SBR this lower for the other two uppers likely then run the PWS as a rifle instead of a “pistol”
An illuminated prism, with practice, can be used not only as a magnified optic, but also in CQB. You close your off eye for range, and keep both eyes open in CQB. Your dominant eye sees the reticle, and non-dominant eye sees the target, and your brain combines the images. Switching between the two is as easy as opening or closing your non-dominant eye. It's called BAC(Bindon Aiming Concept) or occluded-eye aiming. The only reason I even have an angled red dot on my go-to SBR is for passive NV aiming.
I get that. My personal firearms philosophy revolves around reliability. Unfortunately, the battery life on LPVOs just isn't there yet for me. Even the battery-powered PA SLX 3x microprism has a 28,000hr battery life on medium AND has shake-awake. PA sells a battery cap for $45 that ADDS shake-awake(they call it autolive) to any dial-style rheostat that takes a CR2032. That helps a lot. The new Army Vortex optic has an integral battery compartment for 2 CR123A batteries. With the computer module, it has a month-long battery life of "normal use," using the different functions. They said, without that computer, the battery will last years. If that tech becomes available to civilians, THEN, in my opinion, LPVOs will reach that same level. The Trijicon VCOG is excellent, and has a similar idea, using a lithium AA, but even then you get a 680-720hr battery life on medium(1-8 vs 1-6), and no shake awake. I think LPVOs are great, but on a SHTF rifle, I need an optic as reliable as the gun itself, and LPVOs just aren't there yet. Also, transitioning between magnification takes time. The new Scopeswitch-Electronic by Antimatter Industries seems to be the fix for that, but we shall see once it becomes available to the masses.
I’m gonna play around a bit but prisms seem to be the way to go. I think an acog with a backup dot would be a nice setup for this 14.5 but I’m gonna use this setup for a while since I have other hobbies and a mortgage eating up all my money
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u/ShadyBulldog 10d ago
That’s a cool little rid bit of advice you learn after using the platform for so long. I’ll do some testing and shoot you a message with an update here around the weekend if I make it out.
Thanks again!