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3/21/2004 6:59:24 AM EDT
Any words of wisdom in selecting between these:

TA11/TA11F  donut or chevron reticle 3.5x35mm
or
TA31/TA31F  donut or chevron reticle 4x32mm

thanks
me
3/21/2004 7:16:44 AM EDT
[#1]


Personally I like the TA31F
3/21/2004 7:54:17 AM EDT
[#2]
Did you read all of "the best GP optic" thread tacked at the top?  Just about every possible ACOG variant is discussed.

Me, I like the TA31. as the short eye relief does not bother me.
3/21/2004 10:13:34 AM EDT
[#3]
I like TA31 DoD.

More compact and I always shoot nose to CH so it doesn't bother me.

Oh yeah, and don't let anyone tell you Donut is not accurate. (unless you are going to use it for match, which ACOG is certainly not designed for)
3/21/2004 11:09:43 AM EDT
[#4]
Of the two, the TA11 is the preferred optic for 3Gun competitors, for whatever that tells you.  I was at SMM3G last week and saw many TA11's, but no TA31's.. 'course there were 300 people there, could have missed it.  The winner of Tactical Taran Butler shot a TA11 with Chevron.

For the TA11 vs. TA31: the TA11 has more eye relief at 2.4", which is nice if you wear glasses or goggles.  It is especially nice because head/scope alignment is not critical.   There is a pretty wide area behind the scope where you can still see through it.   This is useful when shooting from nonstandard or awkward positions.  I have found the TA31/TA01 to require a much more precise eye position behind the scope to get a good view through it.  

The TA11 has a slightly narrower field of view than the TA31.   But this allows less of *your* field of view to be the scope.  In other words, you can more easily maintain awareness of what's going on, besides what you can see in the scope.   I believe this also makes the BAC work better.

Chevron vs. donut.  Your call.  I like the donut because it has more elevation aiming points: top  outside = 100y; top inside = 200y; bottom inside = 300y; follow stadia from 400y on out.

-z
3/21/2004 8:29:11 PM EDT
[#5]
The TA-11 is way more forgiving. It has allot better eye relief and also has more exit pupil. These two things make it more forgiving where you look through the scope. You will be giving up size and weight though.
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