MattP from United States, TX Public Profile

For me the flash hiding capability is great, but really it's the ASR mount that I use primarily. Everything I've every got from SilencerCo is solid, and this one is no different. Easy to install, too, since there's no timing involved like you'd have to do with a brake.

Like most things SiCo this little guy is flawless. Don't let the short overall length fool you, it's just as solid a mount as any of the other flash hider or brake options. Two great things about this one... First, if you plan to run it suppressed all the time anyway, the short brake body saves you weight. Second, and I discovered this on accident, if you are mounting this super tight to a handguard and have a hard time fitting a wrench on the back end, the flats on the front will save your bacon. I have one of these on a personal rifle, but recently installed one on a buddy's gun that has a 9.3" handguard with a 10" barrel. There's enough clearance for the can and the locking collar, but you'd need a thin open end wrench to torque down this brake. EXCEPT you don't! Because the front has flats, problem solved. Love this little guy.

Warne seems to fly a little under the radar with respect to other brands but I've had a bunch of their stuff and it's always 100% solid, good to go. These rings are no different. A little on the heavy side but an extremely high quality set of rings that isn't going to budge when you bump your scope against a tree or car door or whatever.

I'm a big fan of all things Midwest Industry. The design is great, quality of finish is spot-on, there's really nothing not to like. I used to be all things LaRue but I feel like MI and ADM have better, more modern takes on QD mounts at a better overall price point. For me, I don't use the QD feature but I like that it's locked on the rail with nothing to unscrew or back out under recoil.

This is my first Burris scope, but I own/have owned Trijicon, Leupold, Steiner, Vortex, Nikon, etc. I didn't know what to expect but what pushed me over the edge to purchase it was the feature set. I wanted a medium magnification range, capped turrets, a holdover reticle that was uncluttered, 30mm tube and solid adjustments. Having a zero stop and FFP was an added bonus. With a coupon and a sale I got this shipped to my door for about $415. I think that's a steal, not to mention the warranty.

Construction and packaging is very good, nothing bad to say about any of it. Glass is very, very clear and the reticle, for me, is the perfect mix of having some holdover marks but not being cluttered and unnecessarily tacticool. Eye relief is very reasonable and the eye box is pretty forgiving, even at 10x. The included lens caps don't look like they would stand up to a ton of abuse but they're fine for normal use. And fold flat against the scope body, which is a plus. OH- and it comes with a sunshade!

Finally had the chance to get out to the range after having it mounted (and playing with it) for over a month. Sad how work gets in the way of range time. For my application on a R700 in 300BLK it's absolutely perfect. The fine reticle is really appreciated and the turrets really stand out in terms of their precision. They require force to turn, and are very audible and tactile. Once zeroed, resetting the turrets to zero only takes a minute with a small allen wrench. I tested tracking b

This is my first Burris scope, but I own/have owned Trijicon, Leupold, Steiner, Vortex, Nikon, etc. I didn't know what to expect but what pushed me over the edge to purchase it was the feature set. I wanted a medium magnification range, capped turrets, a holdover reticle that was uncluttered, 30mm tube and solid adjustments. Having a zero stop and FFP was an added bonus. With a coupon and a sale I got this shipped to my door for about $415. I think that's a steal, not to mention the warranty.

Construction and packaging is very good, nothing bad to say about any of it. Glass is very, very clear and the reticle, for me, is the perfect mix of having some holdover marks but not being cluttered and unnecessarily tacticool. Eye relief is very reasonable and the eye box is pretty forgiving, even at 10x. The included lens caps don't look like they would stand up to a ton of abuse but they're fine for normal use. And fold flat against the scope body, which is a plus. OH- and it comes with a sunshade!

Finally had the chance to get out to the range after having it mounted (and playing with it) for over a month. Sad how work gets in the way of range time. For my application on a R700 in 300BLK it's absolutely perfect. The fine reticle is really appreciated and the turrets really stand out in terms of their precision. They require force to turn, and are very audible and tactile. Once zeroed, resetting the turrets to zero only takes a minute with a small allen wrench. I tested tracking b

I've been fighting the micro red dot trend for a while and decided to get into it with the DPP. I actually got a steal on one so the sight showed up and then I sat on it for about a month before deciding what to do with it. Funny enough, it ended up on an ultralight 10/22 build, so it's way overkill for the application but it really works beautifully.

It's around 2oz, I think, so the added weight on a carbine is nominal. The red dot is crisp and the construction seems very robust. It dials in easily and I like that the battery can be changed without removing the sight.

For my particular application my only gripes, and they are minor, is that I wish the lowest setting was lower, for night applications. Daylight bright is NOT an issue! But rather the opposite. But it's not a deal-breaker. The other gripe is that adjusting the brightness seems clunky for what is otherwise a really well-designed sight. What I mean by that is, you basically reach into the sight and press the single control button to toggle the brightness up and down. Which isn't a big deal, except that while doing that your finger is obstructing both the lens and the emitter, so if you--for example--press the button 3 or 4 times, you then have to move your finger out of the body of the sight, see if the brightness is right, and then do it again if you need to continue to adjust it. If you're just going to set it on bright and let the motion sensor do its thing I guess this is no big deal, but it seems like an ex

I think generally speaking, Vortex provides a lot of value for your money at the sub-$250 price point. Above that you get into some good and even very good optics. Razor Gen2, for example.

So I'm a fan of Vortex, but it's hard to get really excited about these cheaper scopes once you've owned and shot with nice glass. I don't want to be an optics snob, but it's just reality- optics are almost universally a case of "you get what you pay for". In this case, I had an idea that I wanted an illuminated reticle for a particular build. The CFII arrived and overall it seemed fine. Then it got dark and I tried the illumination. Yikes.

For one thing it was bright, even on the low setting. The bigger issue, however, was that there appeared to be either dust or a film of some kind on at least one of the inside lenses which caused the whole viewing area to glow red, like some weird red night vision thing. I hoped it was dust on the outside of the lens but no luck. Meh, big letdown.

To the credit of Vortex I called and then answered right away and immediately offered to send me a label to send it back to be fixed. But at that point I was just soured on the idea of a low-end scope with issues right out of the gate so I returned it, spent another $100 and got a Weaver and am now way happier than I think I would have been with the Vortex. Again, not bashing on Vortex but at this price point you need to know what you're getting into, and know they have a returns department for a reason.

I used a silver 22 Mag for many, many years on top of a Marlin 983S. I purchased it when I bought the rifle and it worked so well I honestly forgot that it was a budget scope. Later, when I had the funds and the time, I upgraded only because I could, not because I needed to.

If you're an optics snob it's pretty easy to dismiss a $50 scope but I'm here to tell you, the 22Mag is a little gem. It worked amazingly well on my .22WMR and never gave me a bit of trouble. I've punched a lot of paper and dropped a lot of small game and it never missed a beat. I think I was even using the included rings! It's not $1000 glass and you shouldn't expect it to be, but if you want a solid rimfire scope with a proven track record, it's hard to go wrong with Simmons.

Arisaka makes solid, solid stuff. We can get that out of the way first. If you get a mount from them that doesn't suit you it's all about your application, not the quality of the mount.

That said, this is the mount you want for a scout light on a Geissle MK4 rail, or a similar with MLOK slots at the 45-degree position. It tucks your light in at about the 2 o'clock position and for me, it's perfect. All our Lego guns are different :) but if you're looking for an inline mount, this is a great option. One note if using this on the Streamlight HL-X, because of the length of the light body the front-most mounting screw isn't accessible with a regular hex key. Simple solution: Take one and just chop it off short. It'll take you a few minutes to get it screwed down but the end result is worth it.