Rittmeister
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Hey folks. Sighting in an AR with new stuff. Anderson lower, Timney trigger, Palmetto 16" upper (not that that matters).
I was using a Primary Arms red-dot sight on a lower 1/3 cowitness mount for a while, with decent results. I was not using any magnification. I had previously tried a Burris 1-4x scope but did not like the weight, and felt that with the shooting I get to do (100 yards or less, more's the pity) an unmagnified sight would work well.
My need to tinker, coupled with a sale flyer, did me in. I am now trying a Holosun sight, also on a lower 1/3 mount, with a 3x magnifier on a matching mount. The Holosun has clearer glass and the reticle is a chevron rather than a dot, and I find that I like it very much. My plan is eventually to get a quick-detach mount for the magnifier, to keep the weight down when desired.
I zeroed the sight unmagnified for a regular 25/300yard zero, and had it pretty dead-on. However, every time I flip the magnifier into place I wind up shooting slightly to the left. This happens both offhand and from a rest.
I am pretty ignorant of magnified optics other than the scope on my .22. I understand eye relief and I know I am positioned properly; the magnifier also has parallax (I think?) adjustments to bring the image of the sight's reticle into the center of the magnifier, which I have done, but from my research this shouldn't affect the point of impact anyway.
Can anybody point me to a problem either with my shooting or with the magnifier itself? I do have an astigmatism in my right eye, and am forever cursed to wear either glasses or contacts, but this didn't affect my shooting with the red-dot alone and I don't' see much of the "smear" that other vision-corrected folks talk about so I don't think that's it... but I've been wrong before.
I will also say this - I have always done my best shooting with iron sights, even when they're just backup sights. I am not a fabulous rifle shot (especially when shooting for group size) but had no trouble hitting a 12-oz pop can at 100 yards with my other AR, standing offhand; it has always worn fixed iron sights. Thus I feel my "practical" accuracy is at least decent.
This magnifier issue has me stumped. Any input appreciated!
I was using a Primary Arms red-dot sight on a lower 1/3 cowitness mount for a while, with decent results. I was not using any magnification. I had previously tried a Burris 1-4x scope but did not like the weight, and felt that with the shooting I get to do (100 yards or less, more's the pity) an unmagnified sight would work well.
My need to tinker, coupled with a sale flyer, did me in. I am now trying a Holosun sight, also on a lower 1/3 mount, with a 3x magnifier on a matching mount. The Holosun has clearer glass and the reticle is a chevron rather than a dot, and I find that I like it very much. My plan is eventually to get a quick-detach mount for the magnifier, to keep the weight down when desired.
I zeroed the sight unmagnified for a regular 25/300yard zero, and had it pretty dead-on. However, every time I flip the magnifier into place I wind up shooting slightly to the left. This happens both offhand and from a rest.
I am pretty ignorant of magnified optics other than the scope on my .22. I understand eye relief and I know I am positioned properly; the magnifier also has parallax (I think?) adjustments to bring the image of the sight's reticle into the center of the magnifier, which I have done, but from my research this shouldn't affect the point of impact anyway.
Can anybody point me to a problem either with my shooting or with the magnifier itself? I do have an astigmatism in my right eye, and am forever cursed to wear either glasses or contacts, but this didn't affect my shooting with the red-dot alone and I don't' see much of the "smear" that other vision-corrected folks talk about so I don't think that's it... but I've been wrong before.
I will also say this - I have always done my best shooting with iron sights, even when they're just backup sights. I am not a fabulous rifle shot (especially when shooting for group size) but had no trouble hitting a 12-oz pop can at 100 yards with my other AR, standing offhand; it has always worn fixed iron sights. Thus I feel my "practical" accuracy is at least decent.
This magnifier issue has me stumped. Any input appreciated!