Ep-16: AR-15 Optics Bible! BUIS vs. Red Dot Sight vs. Holographic vs. Prism vs. LPVO vs. Magnifiers

Doesn't matter if you're looking at the best AR-15 Red Dot Sight; EOTech, Holosun, Trijicon, Truglo or AT3 Tactical... You NEED to know what job each AR-15 Sight or Optic has...and more importantly when one is better than the other!

00:00 - Intro
01:45 - Iron Sights aka. BUIS
02:03 - Height Over Bore
03:20 - Sight Radius
07:50 - AR-15 Red Dot Sights
08:37 - Eye Relief
10:28 - Red Dot Co-Witnessing
12:22 - How Reflex Sights Work
12:58 - Red Dot Types & Features
19:06 - Holographic Sights
20:55 - Holographic Types & Features
21:50 - Magnified Optics
22:36 - Parallax Error
23:28 - Fixed Prism Optics
26:07 - LPVO's - Low Powered Variable Optics
26:51 - Focal Planes
30:57 - LPVO's Not Scopes?
32:24 - LPVO Types & Features
34:39 - Scopes (Real Scopes)
35:10 - Red Dot Magnifiers
36:25 - Magnifier Types & Features
37:13 - AR-15 Optics Maintenance
37:42 - Basic AR-15 Maintenance


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