High Exposure

Fair winds and following seas Marine.

Happy Star Wars Day!

I don’t like BDC reticles on a 1-4/1-6. For me they are unnecessary. I wish a company would just put a simple crosshair and a single daytime usable 1 moa dot on a 1-6 with a relatively forgiving eye box and decent eye relief. I’ll zero at 50yards and be good to 250. Make it under $500 and even better. The Steiner P4Xi is the closest I have come to finding that.

I’m in with a new shooter from work.

I’m guessing a FFP 1-6 or 1-8 under $600 is what they are going to bring to market.

DSG Arms currently has the Steiner P4Xi bundled with a MI QD mount for $575 if you have an account. (normal price for that combo - $760.00)

Barnacle Bills in Rumson for burgers. While Köstritzer is my favorite beer I also enjoy Belgium beers and ales the most.

Speak of the devil! For sale right here on our very own forum and at one heck of a price!

https://www.steiner-optics.com/riflescopes/p4xi-1-4x24 I picked mine up for $450 from DSG Arms and threw it in an Aero lightweight mount.

^^ This makes sense. For me with the Steiner (which has a single red dot for a reticle along with thin black crosshairs) I couldn’t satisfy my need for a perfect shot vs a good enough shot. I took too long - passing multiole acceptable shots sooner - because I wanted a better one.

Yup. That’s where I first had it. Hands down my favorite. Anything can be lube if you are brave enough!

I’m still significantly faster with a RDS inside 200 yards. That is also the experience of many others that I know are in the process of using LPVO. I have found that the Steiner P4Xi is the best value out there for the money. It is so much better than the Vortex Strike Eagle - even though it is “only” 1-4 v 1-6*. I would also run the Steiner as a duty optic, but I would not run the Vortex SE for anything but fun or training. Also, The Vortex Razor HD 1-6 seems to be the big choice for a lot folks in the know for a duty optic. It is very nice for sure, but it almost 4.5x the price you can get a Steiner for if you are patient. *In a very unscientific test of a sample of 6 conworkers, no one could tell if the scope was at 4x or 6x if I set it and handed it too them.

Ah, fuck bro. I’m sorry. RIP Maximus. You were a good boy.

Lol! There is iron in your words.

Very nice brother. When I got mine around 2005/6 the TRP Operater only came with the full rail. I love the gun. The only think i dont like the is rear sight. It is sharp as hell. Looking to replace it soon with a Novak type rear sight set up for that slide cut.

You think that’s funny, just wait ‘till you see what I have sitting in permit jail at the FFL.

I also picked up one of the Estwing Tomahawks from Home Depot. Very impressed so far. It won’t win any beauty awards and it won’t be in any fantasy movies but it’s a solid tool for $40.

Here’s my Springfield TRP Operator with the full rail dust cover:

This is also a main ingredient when I am cooking for myself:

This is where it’s at for every day hot sauce:

I think the MAD is cheaper than the Troy rear BUIS. I don’t like tritium sights on my rifles so that is cheaper as well.

GGG is a company MAD (Multiple Aperture Device) is a rear sight they developed for the Navy where both apertures are in the same plane - the Troy’s and Magpul sights are as well. Having the aperture in the same visualmplane allow the to better co-witness with RDS and let both apertures have the same zero distance. Most rear iron sights on the M16 FoW have a small and large aperture. When you zero one, the other has a different zero giving the Soldier/Marine a large aperture zero for close (inside 300 meters) and small aperture zero for far (past 300 meters).** Most civilian shooters are better served with a same plane iron sight. ** There’s more to that, but that’s the quick and dirty of it.

I don’t mind a fixed front sight, I hate a fixed rear iron if I’m running a RDS. ETA: GGG MAD is ask an excellent low profile option for a rear BUIS. But if I was getting a set - Troy all the way.

Troy is my top pick. When folded I like the MBUS PRO best. When actually using them, I like the plastic MBUS.