Mike says ~ “A LUCID HD7 Pink Dot Paired With Battle Rifle’s Paratrooper: One Horny Mixture!”
Relating to taking pictures AR15 fashion rifles, the creator nonetheless prefers iron sights to scopes or pink dot sights.
Nevertheless there are events if you want a bit assist with seeing and sighting and that’s the place good optics assist probably the most.
We discovered this to be the case with LUCID Optics and the Battle Rifle Paratrooper Mannequin we not too long ago examined. LUCID is an importer and producer of scopes primarily based in Idaho.
Nearly all of their scopes are made in Asia in response to LUCID’s precise specs. The primary LUCID optic we ever noticed was in a gun store, and the mannequin was the HD-7.
LUCID HD7 Pink Dot
The LUCID HD7 Pink Dot optic took the creator by full shock. It will need to have flown below the radar on the annual Taking pictures, Looking and Outside Commerce (SHOT) Present the 12 months it debuted as a result of it was one of many few occasions I noticed a scope in a gun store earlier than seeing it at SHOT.
The body is hard-cast aluminum with a rubber coating for an additional layer of safety, and like the opposite scopes on this class, it’s fully waterproof, shockproof, and fog proof. Earlier than you assume that may be a assertion the creator makes evenly, we as soon as bought an optic for $1200 from a premium producer that was not waterproof, though we assumed it was by the value and the maker.
It nearly ruined a hunt that had been deliberate for 3 months and value an extreme sum of money.
The Good
LUCID permits the shooter to select from 4 completely different reticles (examine picture above) with a 2MOA aiming level and two modes of brightness. Changes are made at 0.500 MOA per click on for elevation and windage. LUCID provides a restricted lifetime guarantee on all of their scopes, however the HD-7 will probably by no means want it.
The corporate was form sufficient to ship us just a few extra equipment to essentially make the LUCID HD-7 stand out, just like the offset LUCID 2-5x Variable Magnifier in a flip to the facet mount.
As hesitant as I used to be about “overseas optics” (I’m an admitted scope snob, however that appears to be altering by the day). I needed to say I used to be really impressed with the readability of the glass on the magnifier and it modified the “dot” on the HD-7 to a visual multipart reticle.
The Dangerous
My solely grievance was that the match of the magnifier and its included mounting ring appeared free and sloppy. This was not a serious concern because the HD-7 was the reticle that was sighted in and wanted to carry zero, however the looseness of the magnifier upset my sense of locking all the things down tight after which torqueing it. In case you are of the identical mindset, it could trouble you as effectively.
A few times the dot within the HD-7 appeared to fade, however that may be a widespread optical phantasm within the excessive sierras with pink dot scopes.
The Actuality
With iron sights and the HD-7 we had been taking pictures round quarter sized teams at 50 yards and ringing metal plates on the similar distance. With the magnifier these group sizes shrank a bit bit, however the actual benefit with the magnifier is to have the ability to see your goal higher.
In case you are caught in that previous time rifle shooter’s mantra of spending “3X the value of your rifle in your optic”, then Lucid might be not for you..This creator used to consider that means, however optic corporations (notably manufactured in Asia) have been stepping up their sport and realizing there’s a marketplace for scopes between the $90 gun present throw-away varieties and the $900 “European Designs” which can be out of date inside just a few years.
The LUCID HD7 Pink Dot could be discovered on-line for below $200 and the creator strongly prefers it to his EO Tech which was thrice that quantity.
About Mike Searson
Mike Searson’s profession as a shooter started as a Marine Rifleman at age 17. He has labored within the firearms trade his whole grownup life as a Gunsmith, Ballistician, Marketing consultant, Salesman, Writer and was first licensed to show firearms security in 1989.
Mike has written over 2000 articles for quite a lot of magazines, web sites and newsletters together with Blade, RECOIL, OFF-GRID, Tactical Officer, SWAT, Tactical World, Gun Digest, Examiner.com and the US Hid Carry Affiliation in addition to AmmoLand Taking pictures Sports activities Information.
