Expert Review Acog contender - SIG SAUER Bravo4 4x30 Wide Field Battle Sight

For being a first attempt at taking on the hallowed ACOG, not bad.

Eye relief on this is actually greater than a 4x32 ACOG (Sig is 2.2in while ACOG is 1.5...TA11 is 3.5x and has 2.2in eye relief). Trying to compare these to traditional riflescope eye relief is a mistake.

All the controls were easy to grasp/use, the turrets had solid adjustments and the diopter adjustment was smooth but not loose.

Overall the optic is big so it looks out of place on anything besides a full size AR. But it is not as heavy as you might think (2oz more than TA11 ACOG) and it doesn't have hard snag points or make accessing a quality charging handle difficult.

Where this optic really stands apart is the field of view. Larger field of view makes it easier to track and hit movers in addition to giving you a more complete picture of what is going on surrounding your target. Comparitively, the 4x32 ACOG is 36.8ft @ 100yds while the Bravo4 is 53ft @ 100 yards. 3.5x ACOG that has similar eye relief to the Bravo4 is 28.9ft @ 100yds.

The Bravo4 almost doubles the Field of View of a TA11 ACOG.

The reticle system is clean while still having useful hold points. Illumination isn't as strong in daylight as some people might like but the etched black reticle is crisp and visible in the brightest light so the illumination is more than adequate for low light situations. Runs on a CR2 battery, easy to manipulate the controls.

Biggest critique I had was the mount. The QD version wasn't up to the quality of the rest of the optic but I expect that is something SIG will be working on. Most companies early forays into QD mounts aren't impressive.

The optic will clear iron sights but due to the eye relief the optic is probably best run on a setup without a rear BUIS.

With aftermarket mounts and spacers, or quality support/refinement from SIG, the Bravo4 could definitely give the ACOG a run for its market share.