sportsmans guide ACOG optic

[j427x]

i just picked up a guide gear AR-15 optic. a sort of like a ACOG but with 1x and red dot.

out of the box it didn't look too bad. the optics were sharp the red dot bright. so i bolted it to my 5.45x39 upper and took it out for some fun.

it had very nice solid click stops on the adjustments and wasn't more than few clicks off zero out of the box. with just a dozen rounds or so i had it zeroed in and was killing cans and bottles one shot each at various distances. it looked to be quite a deal for an inexpensive optic.a cheap sturdy looking ACOG copy-cat.

bad news is when i turned the knob to turn the red dot off the entire switch --wiring and all came out of the scope. the critical switch was just pinned on with some super tiny pins made of pot metal. it only took like .0001 inch pounds of pressure to snap the critical switch totally off the optic!

i wonder who would design such a POS switch for what could have been a pretty decent cheapo optic?

anyways this POS is going back to SMG for either a refund or maybe a trade in on a barska maybe?? or are they dog-shit too?

[j427x]

you know the bad thing this scope got rave reviews on SMGs user reviews.

one thing i can say about CTD is that they post all user reviews good or bad.

their reviews of the barska acog on CTD make it look about as bad as this GG version. on the SMG site the barska gets rave reviews just like the GG acog?-LOL!

i suppose the only knock off worth a hoot might be the bushnell ACOG version? anybody got one of those?

[Akfite]

I had one of the Barska ones worked ok I put about 70 rounds thru an ar with it mounted but then I traded it for a boat with the rifle

[10mm]

To me optics are definitely one of those "get what you pay for items." Do you need a $1000 ACOG optic? That's for the user to decide, but in my experience if you do need or want one it is best to save up and get one.

I bought a cheapo red dot Aimpoint knock off years back and then wondered what all of the hullabaloo was about red dots. I quickly sold it and stuck with irons and magnified optics. Fast forward a few years when I bought a rifle that came with a genuine Aimpoint on it. WOW! What a difference, I finally understood the high reviews on these things. I thought everyone was retarded until I tired the real thing.

So is that to say Trijicon's $400+ dollar Docter red dot is worth it? Maybe to some but I think a JPoint or Fast Fire is a better buy. I'm not saying you have to always go for the most expensive thing but I think your value for the dollar with optics gets better as you spend more. They all don't have to be Leupold, Nightforce, S&B, etc., but personally I save a little more and spend a little more and since I've done that I am MUCH happier with all of my optics. I steer clear of the clones, knock-offs and cheapo Chinese optics.

[1biggun]

you know the bad thing this scope got rave reviews on SMGs user reviews.

You ever try to post a review on sportsman guide???? YOU CANT you can email them and they may use it. I got two weed trimmers both were junk I had to spend more than they were worth to get them to work, the AK mount they sell requres you to remove the stock rail and they claim easy installation. cutting grinding and drilling on a reciver is not easy instalation. I had some other issues as well there return polisy is pretty good and they paid the shipping on what can be returned. gas equipment cant be it its had gas in it BTW .

there advertising can be very deceptive so watch it.

[j427x]

Originally Posted by 1biggun

You ever try to post a review on sportsman guide???? YOU CANT you can email them and they may use it. I got two weed trimmers both were junk I had to spend more than they were worth to get them to work, the AK mount they sell requres you to remove the stock rail and they claim easy installation. cutting grinding and drilling on a reciver is not easy instalation. I had some other issues as well there return polisy is pretty good and they paid the shipping on what can be returned. gas equipment cant be it its had gas in it BTW .

there advertising can be very deceptive so watch it.

SMG sent me a web page to review their products i just bought. i gave the ammo a decent review and gave the GG acog rip-off scope a dud of the day. so far they haven't posted either of my reviews. hopefully SMG will refund my money on that craptacular GG scope.

[donde]

I have the Bushnell and it works well. I love the 3 lines, 2 horizontal one on either side of the red dot and 1 vertical under the dot.

[MUSIBIKE]

I like my new EOTECH 512. GG&G has a special going right now on them.

[BBill]

I bought the Barska from them- The one with red and green reticules and bullet drop comp. Not bad for a cheapie-so far