could a magnifier with an etched reticle be possible as a backup optic?
>>62888303yeah
>>62888314kk thx!gonna dremmel a notch on my lens now
boomp
>>62888303I just wanna say I know it's not in the current zeitgeist but I fucking love my FN M4A1 clone with Eotech and magnifier
>>62888303No, because the magnifier has an incredibly short focal distance. It's designed to focus on the optic in front of it, not the target many yards in front of you. Also, how is this even a question? Did you never look through a magnifying glass a a kid and notice that it looks real fucking blurry unless you're looking at something really close?
>>62889744why does the magnifier show a red dot fine then?(the camera made it look shitty, it looks fine irl)
>>62889744NTA. I’m not understanding. The red dot is just a window. If the target is 100 yards away, the magnifier is ‘seeing” that same target at that same distance, through the red dot window. If you took the red dot away, the picture would appear the same, minus the reticle.
So, a prism?
>>62889821do they have side folding prisms that work fine with red dots?
>>62889830Alternatively, any reason one can not make a prism magnifier? No reticle, just magnification. They tend to be lighter than standard magnifiers of equal magnification strength.
>>62889858i think thats what a holosun hm3xt is
>>62889800>>62889809>why does the magnifier show a red dot fine then?Because the red dot is close to the magnifier, within its focal distance. The magnifier is designed so its focal distance matches the distance to the optic in front of it on the rail.>but what if someone re-designed the magnifier to have a longer focal distance, like long enough to see the target clearlythat's called a telescope, commonly called just a "scope".
>>62889744Retard.>>62889858Magnifiers are just prism scopes with no reticle.
>>62889931>The magnifier is designed so its focal distance matches the distance to the optic in front of it on the rail.no?you can literally set it 1/2"-2' away, and it'll end up looking the same
OP, join the Eotech/ACOG stack master race.
>>62888303>>62889821>>62889830>>62889878>>62890071>>62890189https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdFcHdPeErM
>>62888303Kind of unrelated but would a red dot with flip covers work as a backup rear sight if you drilled a small enough hole to act as an aperture in the rear cover? Pair it with a front sight, either fixed or flip up and assuming it works you get some more utility out of your hardware. Obviously wouldn't be pinpoint unless you really dialed it in during the drilling and you'd need duct tape over the hole in the cover.
>>62889858Monstrum and Vector Optics makes one for their 1x prism.
>>62888303>magnifier with an etched reticleNigger that's called a scope.
>>62889931you are retarded. do you even own a magnifier? you can pull it off and use it as a monocular to look at something 100 ft away if you want.
