Not what i expected(good and bad) pt 2 - Steiner T536 Reticle 5.56 Cal Battle Sights

Thought I'd follow up with my experience so far:
-I reached out to Steiner about a kill-flash. It is non-existent and nothing in the works. Tragic.

-My gunsmith mounted this for me and I requested he follow the recommended torque settings provided in the manual. The manual specs are metric. We are both Midwest born and raised and our brains work in inches and ft lbs. Also, we live in BFE with poor signal/reception to ask the internet proper conversions to ft lbs. He took a guess while I went to get reception to ask Google. When I got back, I found he had torqued it well beyond the recommended amount, but no harm to the optic/mount or rifle could be seen(we reset it to recommended levels).

Final thoughts on this optic so far:

I think the only things that could get me to raise my rating would be an OFF setting between each brightness setting and a different setup on the illumination dial all together. It's location makes have to look to the side of the optic to make sure I go in the right direction and properly manipulate. I plan on fabricating a small throw-lever of sorts to eliminate this. The reason I find illumination so important on this optic is the fact the reticle is pretty fine and hard for me to see at dusk and beyond(or in heavy shade/low light).

The reticle is combat driven and has very usable ranging/compensation for that use.

All in all, if you want a good quality prism that isn't made in the Philippines(Burris) or made in China(everyone else to my knowledge including Sig) this is a great choice. The glass may be outsourced, but it is assembled in Germany and imported. Again the lass in mine is AWESOME and I am impressed with it.

Bumped up to 4 stars, but illumination keeps it from 5 from me.