EOTECH Pros / Cons?

[Forced Outage]

Though I own one I havent used it yet, Ive heard some complaints from some users, but curious what your opinions are.

[danp]

Originally Posted by Forced Outage

Though I own one I havent used it yet, Ive heard some complaints from some users, but curious what your opinions are.

My M16 wears an EOTech and I have no real complaints whatsoever. As far as I'm concerned it is by far the best bang for the buck when compared to other popular optics (aimpoint, trijicon).

I guess the only "complaint" I could have is that it doesn't do magnification (unless you mount something else behind it), but for what I do (50 feet) that's hardly an issue.

[Forced Outage]

Do you use it in conjuction with your iron sights or just the eotech alone?

[danp]

Originally Posted by Forced Outage

Do you use it in conjuction with your iron sights or just the eotech alone?

The eotech is self-contained, you do not need iron sights with it, however it will co-witness with iron sights. On my gun I have a standard front sight and a flip-up backup iron sight in the rear.

[Forced Outage]

Is placement on the rail just a matter of personal preference?

I see some with it towards the rear, some midway and a few Ive seen fairly close to the end of their rail towards the front, almost where a front iron would be.

[danp]

Originally Posted by Forced Outage

Is placement on the rail just a matter of personal preference?

I see some with it towards the rear, some midway and a few Ive seen fairly close to the end of their rail towards the front, almost where a front iron would be.

I'm not sure of their reasons but the farther away you are from the eotech, the larger the circle/dot aiming hologram gets. I put mine just hanging over the end of my flat-top on top of the handguards slightly, this gives me room between my read BUIS and the back of the eotech.

[Asmodeus]

Ihave them on a couple of different guns and they usually end up either on the first notch from the end of the FT rail or fully on the FF handguard. Ther former in the pictured example; the Troy BUIS co-witness perfectly.

[Jamie Young]

You'll have trouble shooting longer ranges if the power is way up. The higher the power the blurrier the reticle is. The Eotech is hands down, the best CQ fighting optic. The ACOG is for getting out there.

[zXzGrifterzXz]

I have an EoTech on my RRA AR and I love it.

[RUDY850]

I have a bushnell holo sight on my bushmaster. I think its the same as the Eo Teck. But just don't have the roll cage on it.Got it at gander mountain wen they had one of there big sales going on.Haven't tried it out yet.Mines mounted to the so called cary handle.Might be to high up there. I don't know?