Hi all:
To expand on the subject line: I am picking up an Trijicon Accupoint in 5-20x50. I have several guns that I would consider mounting it on, including whatnis basically an SPR clone (5.56 18" free floated match barrel, match trigger,etc...), a Loaded model M1A, and a soon to be purchased bull barreled Remington 700 variant.
Apart from the obvious weight penalties, what is it I don't get about having "too much scope" on a rifle? I get the loss of CQB utility, but that's what mounting a small red dot (RMR) or cantilevered open sights are for, right?
I have an ACOG and an EoTech amd those are fine for what they are intended to do. I'm talking about "true" rifle scopes here.
Another way to put my question may be "why is 'too much glass", well, sometimes too much glass? Why wouldn't I want to always be able to get as close a look at my target as possible, especially out past 500 yards or so?
As always, thanks for your anticipated helpful input.
Steve
To expand on the subject line: I am picking up an Trijicon Accupoint in 5-20x50. I have several guns that I would consider mounting it on, including whatnis basically an SPR clone (5.56 18" free floated match barrel, match trigger,etc...), a Loaded model M1A, and a soon to be purchased bull barreled Remington 700 variant.
Apart from the obvious weight penalties, what is it I don't get about having "too much scope" on a rifle? I get the loss of CQB utility, but that's what mounting a small red dot (RMR) or cantilevered open sights are for, right?
I have an ACOG and an EoTech amd those are fine for what they are intended to do. I'm talking about "true" rifle scopes here.
Another way to put my question may be "why is 'too much glass", well, sometimes too much glass? Why wouldn't I want to always be able to get as close a look at my target as possible, especially out past 500 yards or so?
As always, thanks for your anticipated helpful input.
Steve