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Product review. Bushnell optic


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This review is for the Bushnell First Strike Micro red dot optic.

http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/rifle-scopes/ar-optics/first-strike-hirise#

These retail for $99 at Vances, all the way up to $169.

 

I bought this yesterday for a combat carbine close quarters class I'm going to this weekend. I have a good optic, but have been entertaining going to a micro to save bulk and weight. I like that this one is able to self adjust to lighting, and that saves on the battery too. It was all I was looking for to still have good field of view and not be bulky. However, after working through a 50M zero, it just would not hold the zero. the windage and elevation adjustments are not notched and tuned easily. I assume the vibration and gravity with the easy to move adjustments, is what allowed the zero to fall away.

For the short time the zero did hold, here's what I noticed. Shooting at 25m and less, was a drastic difference in point of aim and point of impact by 6"-8". I've not experienced this with any of my other optics. After 120 rounds of chasing zero and adjusting for every distance, I had enough.

 

For the price, I was not expecting to be blown away. From the name brand, I was expecting at the very least, to have a solid functioning optic. I will be returning it.

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I haven't been able to find much for reviews on these. I did see a vid of a guy returning his second one with a crack in the glass. He was using 12g.Even if it is a bad one, don't have the time to swap and rezero. I'll stick to the ones I have and entertain another way to reduce bulk.
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The only red dots cheaper than Aimpoints that are worth buying are primary arms. They have micro dots on sale today too, so hurry and order one.

 

I got one from them silly cheap on a black Friday sale. Right on up close and banging steel at 200 yards.

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I've got a Primary Arms Aimpoint clone on my rifle. It's been a pretty good optic; I've got zero complaints. I did have an issue with a magnifier I purchased with the sight, and PA went above and beyond to fix it for me.
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I would just get a Vortex Sparc. I love mine, never had an issue or hear that people have issues. Onlything that sucks is the battery life. But you can expect that will all the non-aimpoint optics. Just gotta remember to turn it off.. lol
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