Rifle Scopes Upgrade to a LVPO?

[TheBigCountry]

Currently have a LWRC DI rifle topped with an Aimpoint Pro. After a few range trips, I am wondering what benefits would come from selling it to pick up a Burris RT6 or similar priced LVPO? I use the rifle to keep up with some of the things I was taught in the service, and eventually I want to take a class with it. But right now, I am seriously considering selling it to try a 1-6, but before I do, I wanted to inquire what benefits I would gain, if any, from switching?

 

[wade2big]

How do you typically shoot your AR and at what distances? A LPVO will make hits easier past 400 yards and will let you be more precise if you bag the rifle up. Some guys use their carbines only to shoot groups off of rests. If thats what tickles you then a LPVO would be a better choice. Beyond that you won’t see any “benefits” over a high quality red dot like you have.

For real use such as a bump in the night or other self defense type scenarios, a red dot is superior. For the we are going to War to kill all the commies to free America once again scenarios then a LPVO will have benefits.

I say keep your red dot to ride full time and buy the lpvo and a high quality return to zero mount for the times you want to use the LPVO or do whats best and buy two rifles and put one on each (My choice)

 

[AZgeek]

I went from an EOTECH EXPS-3 with a magnifier to 1-8 LPVO. Weight and blocked FOV (size of the scope relative to shooting with both eyes open at 1x) were the only challenges to overcome. Just takes getting use to. The benefits to a FFP 1-8x LPVO are many with a good reticle.

 

[Texaslongshot]

This has been hashed and argued many times over. Basically if your rifle is dedicated for home defense or your a room to room swat team member then a red dot has a slight advantage. If its a battle rifle and want to extend the range an effectiveness of your weapon system for the average person then a LPVO is advantageous. I would look to the 3 gun community and what they are running that provides the maximum effectiveness of the weapon system. However if your in a niche then niche optics have their advantage.

 

[308pirate]

Having quit a lot of time behind both types of sights, the advantages of a reflex sight in a room to room situation are real but not as significant as many make them out to be.

A LPVO gives the rifle soooo much more capability and that gap starts to open wide at 150 yards, not 400 yards. At 160 yards, a brown cardboard target becomes pretty damned tough to aim at using an RDS but a LPVO, even at 2X makes short work of finding it, identifying it, and giving you a crisp clear sight picture.

I use a handgun as my primary inside the home weapon. But even if I chose a rifle for that role, it would have an LPVO.

 

[YammyMonkey]

A good LPVO leaves very little to the RDS. I run both on my work rifle, with the RDS on a 45° mount. I would be ok using either as my primary sight, but the ability to see farther & into spaces with the LPVO, in addition to the precision piece make it superior overall.

 

[Midwest Optics]

If you just need it for close range not much but if you are trying to reach out and touch longer distances lpvos are definitely where it's at. I love mine