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I have had an Aimpoint PRO since shortly after they came out and am very happy with it, but I have a hard time justifying $400.00+ for an additional unit on each rifle I want a red dot on. So I started looking for an affordable unit that still had a good battery life and would stand up to anything from .22LR to .308 WIN.
The most promising thing I found was the Primary Arms Advanced Micro Dot. At about 40% of the cost of the Aimpoint PRO, it was still higher than what I hoping to spend, but it was at least affordable. I figured that since everything less expensive had either a very short battery life or a much larger dot. This one was worth looking at. It seemed to get fairly good reviews, in that if you got a good one it was great, and if you did not get a good one the company did whatever they needed to do to make it right.
The Primary Arms Advanced Micro Dot has a 2MOA dot (good for close range out to 100+ yards) with a 50k hour battery life. It also uses the CR2032 battery which is a readily available battery that is MUCH less expensive than the 1/3N battery used in the Aimpoint PRO.
2MOA dot
50k hours batter life
CR2032 Battery
This unit arrived on Sunday, January 8th. The first thing I did was to take it out of the box and take a look at it, followed by turning it on.
At first look, I liked what I saw. It is a nice, small, compact unit that is easy to turn on and adjust both windage and elevation settings. It also came with a rubber lens cover that stretched over the unit to cover both front and back lenses; this was a pleasant surprise as I had not expected it.
The first thing that really stood out to me was the amount of glare and reflection I got off of the lens. I was in my basement, so the lighting was typical indoor lighting and not bright outdoor sunlight, yet, I seemed to still get a lot of glare off of the rear lens, not a major deal, but the we will have to see how it is when outside.
After initially looking at it, I turned it on and placed it on the shelf above my workbench. I wanted to see how the batter life was. No, I was not planning on letting it sit there for 5 years to see if it actually ran for the full 50k hours, but it was a bit on the cold side out and my range was currently getting an additional 2’ of snow dumped on it, so I thought that I would let it run for a week or two, just while I was waiting for a decent day, to see if I could notice any dimming of the dot.
The most promising thing I found was the Primary Arms Advanced Micro Dot. At about 40% of the cost of the Aimpoint PRO, it was still higher than what I hoping to spend, but it was at least affordable. I figured that since everything less expensive had either a very short battery life or a much larger dot. This one was worth looking at. It seemed to get fairly good reviews, in that if you got a good one it was great, and if you did not get a good one the company did whatever they needed to do to make it right.
The Primary Arms Advanced Micro Dot has a 2MOA dot (good for close range out to 100+ yards) with a 50k hour battery life. It also uses the CR2032 battery which is a readily available battery that is MUCH less expensive than the 1/3N battery used in the Aimpoint PRO.
2MOA dot
50k hours batter life
CR2032 Battery
This unit arrived on Sunday, January 8th. The first thing I did was to take it out of the box and take a look at it, followed by turning it on.
At first look, I liked what I saw. It is a nice, small, compact unit that is easy to turn on and adjust both windage and elevation settings. It also came with a rubber lens cover that stretched over the unit to cover both front and back lenses; this was a pleasant surprise as I had not expected it.
The first thing that really stood out to me was the amount of glare and reflection I got off of the lens. I was in my basement, so the lighting was typical indoor lighting and not bright outdoor sunlight, yet, I seemed to still get a lot of glare off of the rear lens, not a major deal, but the we will have to see how it is when outside.
After initially looking at it, I turned it on and placed it on the shelf above my workbench. I wanted to see how the batter life was. No, I was not planning on letting it sit there for 5 years to see if it actually ran for the full 50k hours, but it was a bit on the cold side out and my range was currently getting an additional 2’ of snow dumped on it, so I thought that I would let it run for a week or two, just while I was waiting for a decent day, to see if I could notice any dimming of the dot.