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Pmags are the standard now but I still prefer Surefeeds myself.
 
cattreestump said:
The poly windowed magpuls seem to have an issue with fully seating without fiddling on several platforms.
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Never used a windowed magazine, so I can't say anything on that matter. The only mags I run are GI or Magpul, but I've heard good things about Lancer mags.
 
cattreestump said:
Any magazine recommendations for the AR-15 platform? I have ditched everything except for surefeed but they are discontinued.
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Surefeed gave me a ton of issues when I loaded it. Not sure why. Maybe the rifle just hated surefeeds. Rest of the mags from various sources (pmag, USGI et al) work fine.
 
兄貴 Forevermore said:
Surefeed gave me a ton of issues when I loaded it. Not sure why. Maybe the rifle just hated surefeeds. Rest of the mags from various sources (pmag, USGI et al) work fine.
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Sometimes you get a dud, just how the QA carousel works even with good companies. I have like 20+ Surefeeds and never had a issue.
 
Anybody here with astigmatism? I've got it bad, even green dots look like Florida or a J or some shit. Still, I'm looking for a pistol dot that I can use. I've got a swampfox with their green "circle dot" cross hair reticle right now. It's not bad, better than solid dot for sure, but the dot in the middle still smears horizontally, kind of a fuzzy dumbbell shape. I find that with the current zero, the left bulge correlates with POA fairly consistently. Usable, but somewhat distracting.

I've heard that the holosun models with the Vulcan reticles are astigmatism friendly-ish. Can anyone here corroborate?
 
TheGreatDodongus said:
Anybody here with astigmatism? I've got it bad, even green dots look like Florida or a J or some shit. Still, I'm looking for a pistol dots that I can use. I've got a swampfox with their green "circle dot" cross hair reticle right now. It's not bad, better than solid dot for sure, but the dot in the middle still smears horizontally, kind of a fuzzy dumbbell shape. I find that with the current zero, the left bulge correlates with POA fairly consistently. Usable, but somewhat distracting.

I've heard that the holosun models with the Vulcan reticles are astigmatism friendly-ish. Can anyone here corroborate?
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Green was better for me. Holographic sights work even better, but that's expensive.

Also helped: Told the ophthalmologist last time I wanted to really dial in the astig prescription.
 
TheGreatDodongus said:
Anybody here with astigmatism? I've got it bad, even green dots look like Florida or a J or some shit. Still, I'm looking for a pistol dot that I can use. I've got a swampfox with their green "circle dot" cross hair reticle right now. It's not bad, better than solid dot for sure, but the dot in the middle still smears horizontally, kind of a fuzzy dumbbell shape. I find that with the current zero, the left bulge correlates with POA fairly consistently. Usable, but somewhat distracting.

I've heard that the holosun models with the Vulcan reticles are astigmatism friendly-ish. Can anyone here corroborate?
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You need true holographic, like an EOTech. I'm not sure which other ones use the technology. You could just correct the astigmatism. It's what I did when it started happening, but I already used glasses for myopia, so probably more of a hassle for people who can otherwise see.
 
TheGreatDodongus said:
Anybody here with astigmatism? I've got it bad, even green dots look like Florida or a J or some shit. Still, I'm looking for a pistol dot that I can use. I've got a swampfox with their green "circle dot" cross hair reticle right now. It's not bad, better than solid dot for sure, but the dot in the middle still smears horizontally, kind of a fuzzy dumbbell shape. I find that with the current zero, the left bulge correlates with POA fairly consistently. Usable, but somewhat distracting.

I've heard that the holosun models with the Vulcan reticles are astigmatism friendly-ish. Can anyone here corroborate?
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I had very bad astigmatism before my PRK surgery. The only thing that is truly going to work for you are prismatic sights. You will save yourself a lot of time and money and just look for prism sights unless you can correct your vision.
 
There's not really any astigmatism friendly pistol optics on the market currently. I've heard of some issues with the lenses of See-All's optics popping out if you do something like accidentally drop them and they hit a corner, not sure if I'd trust it for serious use but for a plinker it's probably fine.

I have mild astigmatism and the best one I've used was a holosun 507 with the ACSS reticle. It's not perfect, but it turns a somewhat vertical smear of a dot into a smear in the shape of an upside down V. At the very least my brain can figure out where the aiming point should be as as there's a bit more to work with. I've been happy with it so far and the 507 is a known quantity regarding durability, it is chinese made if that's a deal breaker for you.
 
TheGreatDodongus said:
Anybody here with astigmatism? I've got it bad, even green dots look like Florida or a J or some shit. Still, I'm looking for a pistol dot that I can use. I've got a swampfox with their green "circle dot" cross hair reticle right now. It's not bad, better than solid dot for sure, but the dot in the middle still smears horizontally, kind of a fuzzy dumbbell shape. I find that with the current zero, the left bulge correlates with POA fairly consistently. Usable, but somewhat distracting.

I've heard that the holosun models with the Vulcan reticles are astigmatism friendly-ish. Can anyone here corroborate?
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Try to get actually glass for the lens and not whatever polycarb stuff they have. Seems to reduce it for my friend.
 
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