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The Trijicon VCOG is one of the more interesting optics out there because it takes the advantages of the traditional 4x32 ACOG that all of us are familiar with that's just super durable. It's an absolute tank; the gun will probably fail before the optic will it takes all of those benefits for many of them and it combines them with the attributes of your standard LPVO in the 1-6 range and you get a super robust LPVO option.
This particular model has been around for quite a while and Trijicon has a ton of different reticle options We have made this simple by selecting the military MRAD reticle, which has wind holds on the sides It's going to give you mill based STADIA lines and measurements. There's other ones out there if you're interested. They even have a 300 blackout model although why you would choose to run a 300 blackout with a scope like this is well you guys can figure that out for yourselves.
A couple things about the scope that make it really interesting is it does not utilize scope rings or standardized scope mounts it utilizes the ACOG pattern on the bottom with two screws So that you never have to worry about leveling the optic once you drop the optic onto a receiver and you tighten down in this case the two standard thumbs hole thumb screw screws. The gun is the optic is leveled to the gun and you are ready to start blasting.
Another thing about the scope that makes it interesting compared to other more traditional 1-6 is is you do not have any sort of numeric values on the elevation and windage turrets So all you're going to do is zero it each click is going to be 0.1 mils And when you're done zeroing you're just going to throw the top cap back on and you're done. This means you can't dial on target So if you know your dope on your data of your rifle and you know the target that you are engaging and at what distance, you're not going to be able to dial, you know 2.3 mils to engage a target at say 280 meters You're just going to have to hold in the reticle where that hold is to engage But some people prefer that some people I'm sure prefer just zeroing it not having to re-level the entire turret with like a hex key and literally drop the cap back on and get to blasting I know I would have preferred that years ago when I was first getting into shooting. I wasn't shooting VCOG's I was shooting a lot of other stuff, but the simplicity of being able to zero and then throw these on is pretty nice.
The scope has an illuminated reticle that Trijicon says it has a 700-hour battery life on setting 4. So, that's a decent amount compared to LPVO's out there. The battery compartment is positioned here on the bottom and it takes a double AA. This is cool because they are super common obviously most scopes out there take a CR2032 on the side in one of the turrets somewhere, but in this case double AA is on the bottom I do recommend though that you don't use alkaline batteries and leave them inside the device as alkaline batteries can spill and corrode and have other issues make sure you're using lithium and if you have a good lithium battery in there you probably can leave it and you'll be just fine.
So as packaging goes you get this nice long Pelican box which you could use for all kinds of things. You will get a single battery a lens brush which I'm sure you guys will have many of as you collect different optics many optics come with these now and manuals for the optic the optic comes with the mount already installed so you can literally drop it onto the gun and immediately start blasting.
There is also a diopter adjustment here in the rear, so definitely set this up to your eye on the magnification that you prefer using 6x or maybe even 1x. I will say that this is not as stiff as the 1-8 version, the 1 day version as you are moving through the magnification settings is quite stiff. This one is a little bit looser. So it's a little faster to quickly adjust They there are companies out there making aftermarket throw levers if you want to just make it a little bit easier especially if you're on the rifle, you're trying not to lose your sight picture But you want to be able to articulate your magnification definitely look into one of those I think they're around 35 or 40 dollars if you want to upgrade and have something a little bit easier to use.
If you're having trouble getting proper eye relief with this optic because you like to run your stock further into the gun and you've already jacked This all the way to the front of your upper receiver and I don't recommend you do any bridging What you can do is remove the screws on the bottom of the mount and actually shift the entire optic forward. There are a bunch of holes on the bottom so that you can set You know your your length of pull a little bit better and have proper eye relief This is also compatible with all other ACOG style mounts lots of companies out there make quick detach mounts Canada lever mounts that push this over your upper receiver if you do want to really push it out there and run your stock all the way collapse potentially so there's a lot of options out there You can look into and again, you don't have to worry about leveling.
That's something I really like about the scope it's just it's very simple. It's very basic I mean you can this is one of the few scopes that you could actually hand this to a beginner and there you don't really have to explain a whole lot. It's you zero it and then you start blasting and you're fine. You don't have to worry about turrets and we leveling and you know leveling the scope itself And then what kind of scope mount to use you know weird battery type and where does it go? It's very self-explanatory. What's going on with this and the other cool thing is Trijicon is testing these to MIL-STD-810G which to most people you most of us don't know what that is but about an hour ago I downloaded the PDF and it's over a 1,000 pages long. So it's a series of tests that the government is controlling for environmental durability torture; most scopes out there from what I've seen are not tested to the standard, but the Trijicon VCOG is and in our own testing just yesterday throwing it around on concrete gravel, throwing it off of a conex box, dropping out of vehicle driving 25mph on a dirt road; the optic has held up great the glass is not shattered reticle hasn't split We haven't had major issues and it retained zero for the most part with a lot of those drops and that was extremely impressive I don't think most other LPVO's out there are going to fare as well as these optics right here; The 1-8 as well.
Now one of the complaints to the VCOG is the weight so I actually have a small scale right here. The weight of this optic right here with this particular amount is going to be 27.9 ounces if we take a similar optic from a competitor in the same class already has amount from the factory. This is the SIG SAUER TANGO6T DVO. It does have lens covers on there. We could take them off for testing. That is going to weigh 27.1 ounces.
This optic is so close in weight to the TANGO6T that I would venture to say the weight difference is entirely based on this battery compartment down here. It's a heavier battery, it's more material in the optic itself, but it does allow you to use a double AA which is way more common than your standard CR2032 you know circle battery, and battery life is probably comparable between these two optics. But this is just another option if you're looking for something super durable. That's a little bit more simplistic you don't have to worry about a bunch of stuff, but you want to throw it on a gun you want to shoot maybe it's something like this MCX. It's a 1-6 you want to be able to shoot on 1x nice and fast You want to be able to go up to 6 and you want to be able to beat it up? The Trijicon VCOG is definitely an option you should consider and it's an optic that is just frankly really cool and also quite unique.
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