Reviews by Landseer
Very well made, quite large, field of view somewhat restricted
Written on Dec 14, 2023
Review for
Aimpoint ACRO P-2 Red Dot Reflex Sight
Got the Acro P-2 to mount on my Glock 17 (gen 4, MOS) which is my everyday carry gun. The P-2 mounted up easily using Aimpoint MOS plate. The build quality of the P-2 seems to be top notch and looks to be over built.
Note on closed emitter design: I ran an open emitter red dot on the G17 for years and while it was great when it was clean, all sorts of stuff (lint, water, mud, etc.) would get onto the emitter window and dot would fade or disappear until the emitter was cleaned off. If you are going to use a red dot on a carry piston I strongly recommend going with an enclosed emitted design (P-2 or other), knowing your optic is going to work for less than a minute in even a moderately strong rain is just a bad feeling.
The P-2 is clearly a closed emitter design, it should function just fine in rain/snow/etc. and if it gets dragged through the mud you can wipe off the windows quickly and be good to go (unlike having to pick mud out of a recessed emitter window with a Q-tip). There are a couple things I don't like about the P-2:
-The top and sides of the optic are quite thick. This make the window smaller and decreases the field of view. Any enclosed emitter design is going to have the "looking through a tunnel" view compared to "looking through a piece of glass with some metal edges" view of open emitter designs, but the P-2 makes the tunnel walls really thick and this does decrease your field of view.
-Too high to co-witness with stock sights. Some newer red dots have a lo
Note on closed emitter design: I ran an open emitter red dot on the G17 for years and while it was great when it was clean, all sorts of stuff (lint, water, mud, etc.) would get onto the emitter window and dot would fade or disappear until the emitter was cleaned off. If you are going to use a red dot on a carry piston I strongly recommend going with an enclosed emitted design (P-2 or other), knowing your optic is going to work for less than a minute in even a moderately strong rain is just a bad feeling.
The P-2 is clearly a closed emitter design, it should function just fine in rain/snow/etc. and if it gets dragged through the mud you can wipe off the windows quickly and be good to go (unlike having to pick mud out of a recessed emitter window with a Q-tip). There are a couple things I don't like about the P-2:
-The top and sides of the optic are quite thick. This make the window smaller and decreases the field of view. Any enclosed emitter design is going to have the "looking through a tunnel" view compared to "looking through a piece of glass with some metal edges" view of open emitter designs, but the P-2 makes the tunnel walls really thick and this does decrease your field of view.
-Too high to co-witness with stock sights. Some newer red dots have a lo
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