AR Rifle Optics , Even the Best Optics Can Fail the Task

By John Farnam

Harsh, challenging and realistic conditions can beat even the best of AR Rifle Optics.

Ft Collins, CO –-(

He cast about for long seconds, alternately squinting and moving his head back and forth, trying with scant success, to determine where targets were.

When he tried to illuminate targets with a high-powered flashlight, it only made matters worse! Flickering glint from glistening foliage made the task of locating targets in the brush through the ACOG all but impossible!

To be sure, the task was challenging for Aimpoints and EOTechs too, not to mention the best iron sights, but the rest of my students (so equipped) were still able to do it with significant success.

The second day, my student removed 6×48 ACOG from his rifle, and ran with iron sights.

He did slightly better. At least he could find targets!

High-magnification optics are convenient for making-out down-range detail. As Jeff Cooper put it, they don’t improve your shooting, but but they do enable you to see better than would be possible through iron sights or zero-magnification red-dots!

Through high-magnification optics, your get to see “a lot …Read the Rest