Reviews & Ratings for Patriot Optics Chameleon Reflex Sight — 1 review — Page 1

I took a chance on this particular optic after doing a little bit of research and poking around. I have a couple of spare optics laying around and ultimately got this as sort of a tester to see how it looked, build quality and whether it would fit a use case I have for it.

I think most times, you get what you pay for in terms of optics; quality of glass, workmanship, design, etc... There are exceptions to this, and I do think this is one of them. A couple of things right off; I've not sighted this yet and I don't know how it will hold a zero, but I plan on giving that a shot (... literally) here in the near future.

From a workmanship and quality perspective, I'd probably give it a 95%. There are two things that are... I mean they aren't questionable, but just didn't feel as good from a fit and finish perspective. The first is the battery compartment; It takes a CR2032 battery and it goes right above the brightness / color knob. The top plate of the battery compartment just didn't come off to me as being super robust. It definitely has and O-ring for some water resistance, but it just felt kind of ... tinny I guess. Maybe scratchy is the word. It also does not come with a battery, so I had to digging to find my stash of CR2032 batteries. It would have been nice to have it come with a battery so that it's all right there during assembly and mounting.

The second thing is the different reticles - I do like having a choice of reticles, but on any other optic that has multiple r...
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