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Midway has the best price on a new 4x32 TA31 BAC ACOG.
Green chevron .223/5.56 reticle, no flippy caps or killflash.
That's NEW. Full warranty, fresh H3.
$1,029.99.
This puts a lot of used ACOGs into perspective.
$900 to $950 simply isn't enough discount to take the risk of no warranty or the additional expense of refreshing the tritium.
Take note: If the milsurp ACOG you're looking at has a Bible verse, it was made before 2010 and your tritium WILL need refreshed.
How can you tell if that ACOG used to be mil? If the serial starts with a 'D' then goes 'Cage Code" "Model" then "Serial"... That was sold to the DoD originally. I asked.
The Bible verse is not a definitive marker for age, but Trijicon is responsive to giving you the born-on date via their contact link on their web page. That's how I asked.
If it's 10 years or older, because of the tritium renewal, I'd steer clear of anything more than $800; and that top end better be a nearly unused sight.
In general, I'd steer clear of former gov't sights because they're just stolen too often or the agency that dumped it routinely doesn't get it off the books properly. That makes getting your warranty honored sticky.
Caveat Emptor!
Thx for the breakdown.
ReplyDeleteAn ACOG is on my to-get list next. NIB looks like the go-to. I figure buy once, cry once.
Comparing to the Primary Arms 5x prism it has a MUCH wider field of view too.
DeleteI wish Willard didn't want what he paid for.
The Primary Arms will get me by while I save.
Earlier this year, I talked myself out of getting an ACOG, having convinced myself that the 512 was just fine.
ReplyDeleteNow, you have me thinking about getting one after all.
My experience with the EOTech is poor. Harvey's 552 through two battery compartments and had the battery drains while off problem.
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