Primary Arms M4 red dot clone review
First off, this will be an ongoing process, At most, I get to the range once a week and have the opportunity to batter a weapon around while in stalk hunting (any game) is about 30 times a year. So bear with me if it takes a while to get this thing some respect or write it off as needing replacement.
I've heard read good reviews of these, heard about how good the customer service is, how good they are for the price ($89.00 plus shipping), Texas owned business and quick ship time (it is quick), but never really heard anything with any substantial firing time behind it.
After I quit jumping around like a school-girl because my toy had just arrived, I took it out of the box. First thing that I noticed once in hand is the thing is built incredibly stout. I can't say anything for the guts of it yet but as far as the tube and mount, they have that figured out. As far as weight, it weighs 12 1/8 oz.
Mounted up to the rifle and looks are very tacticool.
Looking through the sight, there is a blue hue to the lens like most red dots. Optics are clear and smooth, there's no chipped edges or junk hanging around on the inside either like what you see with some other brands. And as well, they kept in mind that co-witnessing with the irons is a good idea.
The reticule has 4 modes, 2 moa dot, cross-hair, circle 2moa dot and the haired circle. Brightness settings range from 1 to 7.
With the brightness setting on 7 on a very bright Lubbock day, there is a bit of ghosting when looking at a white target, but aside from that, very pronounced and clean.
That's all I have for now, as I rake up a round count on this thing i'll keep it updated
Hope this helps for the rest of you who don't want to break the bank on a plinker sight.
First off, this will be an ongoing process, At most, I get to the range once a week and have the opportunity to batter a weapon around while in stalk hunting (any game) is about 30 times a year. So bear with me if it takes a while to get this thing some respect or write it off as needing replacement.
I've heard read good reviews of these, heard about how good the customer service is, how good they are for the price ($89.00 plus shipping), Texas owned business and quick ship time (it is quick), but never really heard anything with any substantial firing time behind it.
After I quit jumping around like a school-girl because my toy had just arrived, I took it out of the box. First thing that I noticed once in hand is the thing is built incredibly stout. I can't say anything for the guts of it yet but as far as the tube and mount, they have that figured out. As far as weight, it weighs 12 1/8 oz.
Mounted up to the rifle and looks are very tacticool.
Looking through the sight, there is a blue hue to the lens like most red dots. Optics are clear and smooth, there's no chipped edges or junk hanging around on the inside either like what you see with some other brands. And as well, they kept in mind that co-witnessing with the irons is a good idea.
The reticule has 4 modes, 2 moa dot, cross-hair, circle 2moa dot and the haired circle. Brightness settings range from 1 to 7.
With the brightness setting on 7 on a very bright Lubbock day, there is a bit of ghosting when looking at a white target, but aside from that, very pronounced and clean.
That's all I have for now, as I rake up a round count on this thing i'll keep it updated
Hope this helps for the rest of you who don't want to break the bank on a plinker sight.
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I haven't had any real problems, just a couple of nit-picky things. One is that the mounting nut had loosened just a litte when I checked it after the first 100 rounds. The instructions say to use a bit of blue Loctite if that happens, so you might as well do that when you first mount it. The other thing is that the clicks were sometimes a little bit indistinct with the elevation adjustment. Not a big deal, and once you're dialed in it shouldn't matter, but it's just one of those things you notice. The dot-circle reticle ended up being my favorite; for me, it was the easiest of them to see in the daylight.
