Troy Killingsworth from United States, FL Public Profile

Purchased this for a dedicated 22LR upper. Appears to be painted rather than anodized but doesn't seem to affect functionality. Clicks are fairly tactile, no complaints regarding the aperture, sits square on my rail. For the price, can't really complain.

Glass is very clear and the ranging capabilities work amazing, but you have to set it on something stable or else the image shakes too much (which is totally normal). The case is meh, the one I got is made of nylon and loosely fits. I just clip it to my belt instead. The only thing that would've made more sense is the person-shaped quick-ranging portion should've had a spot to line up feet. As-is it has you fill the silhouette with their upper body and you have to range their height using the crosshairs.

It's a flash hider, nothing particularly special about it (except the price, good luck finding anything similar for what this thing costs). It does ring and it does get annoying after a while but wrapping a small rubber band around it fixes that problem pretty quick (I haven't tried leaving the band on but I figure muzzle blast will rip it off if I forget).

Unlike the typical AR door that comes pre-scratched, mine was all shiny and clean-looking. I bought one for my 300 BLK build and I love how subtle but clear the lettering is, it feels a little more tasteful to me than writing in giant bold across the whole door. I've ordered others only to find the letters were washed out and kinda fuzzy, probably from using a type of paint or something. I'd gladly buy another for my next build.

The eye relief is nuts. I've got mine mounted far enough forward for a magnifier and BUIS, and while there is a touch of shadow around the edges it's nothing eye-catching, let alone stopping me from seeing clearly through it.

It's a bit tricky getting the diopter dialed in to work with a magnifier but once it's set it's absolutely amazing flipping back-and-forth from 1x to 3x. I found the perfect setting at 1x by focusing on a truck roughly 200 yards away and then bringing the optic into view without looking away. The sweet spot was when I could raise the rifle and not see any distortion. Setting the magnifier was mostly just adjusting for a crisp image. I've read in some comments this scope may not work with a 6x magnifier but can neither confirm or deny that, it worked with my Juliet 3 with plenty of room for further diopter adjustment. Anyone saying they absolutely cannot get a crisp image may actually need glasses (like I do).

Did I mention it behaves like a red dot? It appears to project the reticle similar to how a red dot does. I can tilt my head around and the reticle appears to stay aligned with the muzzle (btw another neat thing is you can get the reticle almost towards the edges of the glass and still see through the thing). It has me curious whether the parallax is similarly negligible.

I only knocked one star because I agree with most about the 1 MOA adjustments. It makes sense when strictly using it at 1x but not once magnified. If they remade this with the A

Bought this for an Slx 1x and it puts it at a perfect absolute cowitness height. This works great because I wanted to be able to run a magnifier but as far as I could tell most of the other options for QD mounts would probably leave the optic at an oddball height. Once set the lever is fairly tight (if I loosen it one click it'll slide back-and-forth), but this is fine since I'm not planning on taking my scope off too often (it'll probably get easier to flip as it wears in). Otherwise this mount is built like a tank.

While solid, this mount will not work with any Aero handguards. The angles on the Atlas handguards are actually around 35 degrees, which will prevent this mount from sitting flush. The diameter and contours of the Enhanced handguards tell a similar story. It's sad because I actually liked how sturdy this mount looks and am a fan of Midwest Industries' products.

It's a rock-solid chunk of aluminum with nice sharp (but not too sharp) edges, gets fantastic grip. The integrated barricade stop is a welcome addition and for those with larger hands you can wrap your index finger around it for extra grip (I can almost do it with my smaller hands). It's very low-profile so C-clamping even slightly larger handguards is easy. I had issues with Magpul's version in that my hand just wanted to slide backwards, not with this. It's not much wider than the rail section itself so it blends into the handguard very nicely.

It can be either a blessing or a curse: the mounting hardware is located towards the front (can be seen in the pictures). On a carbine length gas system I kept wanting to put a vertical grip roughly where the gas block was, but my handguard didn't offer enough clearance. Thanks to the forward-located hardware I was able to get around this, but it may cause an issue with a mid-length setup (but that's just for me). If you get lucky: there is enough room between the t-nuts for a low-pro gas block.

Also: Strike Industries uses some slightly weird t-nuts but they seem sturdy enough (just a heads-up). They include a small thing of thread-lock and a well-fitting torx wrench with all their stuff which is greatly appreciated.

This is best for absolute simplicity. Overall it's a modified GI safety selector, they just cut the one end to accept the screw. Unlike others, it uses a socket-head screw which is far less likely to round off than the usual counter-sunk ones (I was able to get a decent amount of torque going when I tightened mine). There was virtually no slop between any of the pieces either. I also prefer 90-degree selectors since there's basically zero chance of it being bumped off of safe and it's nice to not pay for features I don't plan on using.

Very simple and easy to work with. One thing I recommend is to "work" the shim a bit by treating it like a barrel nut. Torque to 15 ft-lb, crack loose, and repeat as necessary to "squish" the shim a bit. Then get the fine-timing done without exceeding 20 ft-lb. This also helps if you think you're between two shims, simply choose the thicker one.