Reviews & Ratings for Primary Arms 6x Magnifier Gen II — 11 reviews — Page 1

The glass of the magnifier is clear and crisp. looks to be rugged construction. The adjustment made it very easy to center the dot in the objective. I would absolutely buy this again and recommend it to a friend

I first wanted the 3x. Then I saw this one on sale. Went with it. And couldn’t be happier. Eye relief is not as bad as I thought it would. I have it set up with a vortex strike fire 2 and it works perfect.

The Primary Arms 6x magnifier was recently purchased in hopes of replacing a heavy scope with a setup that was lighter and faster. The magnifier itself was good in the sense that the price point was low, and the glass was clear for the price point. The construction was sturdy. I was planning to pair it with the Holosun 503G with ACSS reticle reach out to 400 yards for local 3 gun and carbine matches.

Unfortunately after a brief testing period, I ended up keeping the Holosun but sending the magnifier back. The issues I faced with the magnifier was that

1. the eye relief is exceptionally short. If you have backup iron sights, it's likely to be a choice of one or the other as they would likely be mounted in close to the same location.

2. If you have any astigmatism, the ACSS reticle is going to be hard to use as the dots and arrows smear. Likewise with a red dot.

3. The PA mount for this that comes with it really wasn't great. Flimsy and stiff to use. Not something one would want to use under duress.

4. From testing, magnifiers have a slight parallax with red dots which shift the point of impact about half an inch to the left or right at 25 yards. This is not unique to this magnifier but others I have used including the Vortex 3x, seems to have this as well. Unfortunately, this makes it hard to be precise out to 400 yards.

At the end of the day, by the time one took into the consideration the cost of buying a better mount, the extra weight with the magnifier, etc, it was...
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Super easy install and adjustments. The +\- adjusts nicely to remove red dot distortion... very clear optics.. eye relief is a little finicky..quality but heavy and larger than I thought it would be...

Heavy duty Construction clear and easily adjustable for centering your red. Highly recommend if you're in the market for good quality magnifier. Works well close to your eye and out to the midway point on most 16 inch rifles.

I don't typically buy a separate magnifier. Usually I'll get a 1-6x scope or higher for most of my rifles but I wanted to keep the weight down on this rifle. Who better to help with that search than Optics Planet. So I picked this up along with a Holosun HS510c Red dot sight. These 2 together are great!! Couldn't ask for more. The combo works well together and I'm able to save weight by removing my magnifier anytime. I have used it to sight in my red dot. Which is a blessing when you want to see your hits without getting off the rifle and looking at your spotting scope especially at 100yds. Don't get me wrong my 1-6x scope are clearer but I never intended for this rifle to have to utilize the magnifier all the time. CQ is the main purpose for this baby. But when you want to reach out and see what you can hit this come in handy. Plus you cant beat the price during Optics Planet's holiday sales.

Seems to a good deal for the money. I haven’t made it to the range with it yet, but I have put in some significant bench and couch time via installation and checking it out. The image looks clear and the shift to the side mechanism is acceptable.

Just mounted the magnifier. Works great, my only complaint is the Primary Arms mount. To swing the magnifier out of the way, you have to pull magnifier backwards, then rotate. Time consuming and not a natural movement.

Super fast shipping nice product awesome price on all primary AR parts and products, this product works great with the Vortex Red Dot very impressed thanks again. Just placed an order yesterday for more Optical Planet parts great service