Reviews & Ratings for Trijicon ACOG 3.5x35 LED Illuminated Rifle Scope w/ TA51 Mount — 20 reviews — Page 1

Carbines are field equipment, and this is my favorite field scope. It’s rugged and fairly light.
The brand is battle tested, and the reticle is simple and accurate if you use the correct round. With busier reticles, I have sometimes found myself using the wrong crosshairs when under time pressure, but never with this one.
The exit pupil and eye box are enormous, which is good for hastyposition shooting.

If you are looking for an optic that has some of the best glass in the industry and is nearly bomb proof, look no further. If you’re worried about the eye relief horror stories regarding the 4x series, stop. This 3.5x35 has a better eye box and eye relief than any magnifier is is more forgiving than most LPVOs. I coupled it with a top mounted dot and have the best of both worlds with this combination of optics.

There is a reason it has been around almost 40 years and it is still being used. I have put 3,000 rounds through my AR-15 and the optic has never really lost zero. A QUALITY MOUNT IS KEY!!! My ACOG uses a Larue Tactical Mount....Going on 5 years using this thing and I love it. Not only functional but it can take a SERIOUS beating! Best bang for the buck.

I really like the TA02, glass and reticle are excellent. The eye relief is close but the field of view is really nice.

Great clarity Good price when you find it on sale. Great eye relie. Overall at A-to a B+.

Very clear glass and sharp reticle. It’s an ACOG, it’s great.

Glass clarity is phenomenal, eye box and relief is very forgiving and very clear. This optic is built to be thrown off a cliff and still work. Weight balances my rifle well for me but the only issue I had was the out of the box adjustments were pretty far off when I went to zero my rifle but not a big deal.

My email to Trijicon :

Hi, I recently purchased an ACOG. Specifically model 100494, from Optics Planet .com
My intention was to use this optic on an A2 carry handle. It's a milspec, quality A2 upper receiver. Upon trying to mount it, I noticed that the optic base did not fully seat into the channel of the carry handle unless I mounted it fully forward using the last threaded hole in the bottom of the optic base. This put the optic only partially sitting in the channel of the carry handle and I was skeptical. Sure enough, I tried sighting in today and it would not maintain zero.

Is this model not intended or designed to be used on a carry handle? If not, why isn't this clearly stated ANYWHERE? It clearly has a base that appears to be compatible with a carry handle, but it doesn't have angled cuts to allow clearance for the slope of the handle channel.
I spent a lot of money on your optic. I wanted only this model with the variable LED illumination.
So I'd like an explanation on how this is compatible with a carry handle OR why it isnt stated anywhere that it's not.
At this point I'm going to have to file angled reliefs on each side of the optic base or drill an extra hole in my carry handle to accommodate two screws.
Either way, it's bullshit that I have to bubba up a $1200, purpose built optic.
I have not left a review on optics planet yet pending your response.

Thank you,

Aaron

Trijicons response:

Good morning Aaron, 

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Purchased this to run on my HK 416, and it does the job perfectly. Rugged, tough and can always leave it on without it dying in a few days like LPVOs. Glass and reticle is crystal clear, has forward mount to run an RMR or similar for passive NVG shooting. The eye box is drastically better than 4x ACOGs, and gives you a lot more flexibility when shooting around cover and birms. Weighs less than my NF ATACR in a badger 1.93 mount while still having very useful magnification and excellent 1x with my mounted RMR. Definitely recommend getting a KRAM or Unity COG for this one if you're tall though. I went with the Chevron reticle and was fairly skeptical, but I've learned to love it almost immediately. Extremely easy holds and quick target acquisition. Definitely keeping this optic.

It just works. No complaints at all. Looks good, optical quality is good, reticle is good. Illumination is extremely bright, if you care about that. Eyebox is super comfortable.