Excuse the shoddy quality of the following images… I did not want to use a flash at the range (for more-or-less obvious reasons) so my camera compensated by boosting its ISO through the roof (1600 for both images, I believe). Of course, on the flip side, it is useful to have a camera with an ISO range up to 3200, otherwise this would not have been possible, or would not have come out nearly as well as it did (or not, as the case may be). Click to enlarge, in both cases.
Anywise, first up, we have the problematic BSA sight, mounted to my M1A SOCOM II (in addition to a Harris HBLMS 9-13 bipod underneath). And, yes, I do have to make do with the illogically-reduced-capacity 10-round magazine… after all, this is Kalifornistan.
Second, this is an image through the sight downrange, using the biggest dot, at its brightest setting, on a man-sized target at 25 yards. I tended to use the smallest dot at the dimmest setting, but that did not show up too well on the camera, and you have no idea how hard it was aiming the gun on-target and then lining up the camera behind it as it was…
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Fifth time’s a charm? We have to shoot .308’s outside, no indoor range around here allows the use of anything bigger than .30Carbine – and nice work despite the ISO monster. I found that my 4MOA dot’s brightness had to be turned way down, and it still occluded much the target at 200-yards.
I’m thinking I need a 1MOA dot like an Eotech.
Honestly, I have no idea how small the smallest dot is on this particular sight… I would guess somewhere in the 2-4 range, but I have no experience, so no clue. That said, at its smallest and dimmest setting, it lets you be pretty selective on a man-sized target at 25 yards, but that is not saying a whole lot.
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And, trust me, indoor rifle ranges are a beautiful thing, especially here in Kalifornistan… too bloody hot out there