So I got my Burris AR-332 yesterday. I am very happy with it so far and feel it will be perfect for what I need. There really is a degree of diminishing returns on scopes over $300. I have yet to fire.
Positives:
It was great value for a well built ACOG at $300
Clarity is better than I hoped for and was excellent in low-light and daylight
3x is perfect magnification for what I do (you can easily acquire target at 10 yards, yet still have the ability to be accurate at 150 yards). (Update - I recently hit 10 inch target 4 of 6 shots at 300 yards).
1 year warranty
Was built solid (nitrogen sealed 20x and waterproof to 50 ft, if you want to take rifle scuba diving)
Very light and compact (also looks good)
Lithium battery runs 800 hours
Black reticle is very nice, if no battery
Perfect relief for Sig556, works easily with stock at different lengths
Was just above hooded front sight, which was ghost out already
Doesn't interfere with action like EoTech and others
The red dot was very precise (in fact, I compared to Sig red-dot and the entire donut was smaller than Sig's red dot. Sig claims to be 4MOA but I believe is more like 5MOA, which is 5 feet at 100 yards and will cover the entire target)
Included 2 inch sun shade, covers, mount, and cord to keep me from losing windage caps.
The mount seems very solid, despite what I had read online.
Reticle is perfectly centered (had heard some reviews that was off)
Negatives:
My crosshair was canted slightly. About 2 degrees. (it really doesn't bother me)
The right side of cross hair was slightly off and absorbed by donut.
The ballistic drop compensation is really to small to see (but a nice touch)
Interesting:
I actually think I like the black reticle the best. Maybe I am just old-school. All my friends said I need a lighted reticle, but I don't think I really do. If it is so dark you can't see black reticle, you probably can;t properly identify target and shouldn't be shooting.
It is truly amazing that the AR-332 only costs $50 more than Sig Red-Dot. I would say it is at least twice as good. The sig was worthless past 50 yards, but the AR-332 has nice 3X magnification and much more precise reticle.
Question:
It says "focus" on the ocular end, but I don't know where to twist.
The manual says this allows you to focus reticle and may solve my problem of crosshair blending with donut. Does anyone used AR-332 and know how to focus?
Positives:
It was great value for a well built ACOG at $300
Clarity is better than I hoped for and was excellent in low-light and daylight
3x is perfect magnification for what I do (you can easily acquire target at 10 yards, yet still have the ability to be accurate at 150 yards). (Update - I recently hit 10 inch target 4 of 6 shots at 300 yards).
1 year warranty
Was built solid (nitrogen sealed 20x and waterproof to 50 ft, if you want to take rifle scuba diving)
Very light and compact (also looks good)
Lithium battery runs 800 hours
Black reticle is very nice, if no battery
Perfect relief for Sig556, works easily with stock at different lengths
Was just above hooded front sight, which was ghost out already
Doesn't interfere with action like EoTech and others
The red dot was very precise (in fact, I compared to Sig red-dot and the entire donut was smaller than Sig's red dot. Sig claims to be 4MOA but I believe is more like 5MOA, which is 5 feet at 100 yards and will cover the entire target)
Included 2 inch sun shade, covers, mount, and cord to keep me from losing windage caps.
The mount seems very solid, despite what I had read online.
Reticle is perfectly centered (had heard some reviews that was off)
Negatives:
My crosshair was canted slightly. About 2 degrees. (it really doesn't bother me)
The right side of cross hair was slightly off and absorbed by donut.
The ballistic drop compensation is really to small to see (but a nice touch)
Interesting:
I actually think I like the black reticle the best. Maybe I am just old-school. All my friends said I need a lighted reticle, but I don't think I really do. If it is so dark you can't see black reticle, you probably can;t properly identify target and shouldn't be shooting.
It is truly amazing that the AR-332 only costs $50 more than Sig Red-Dot. I would say it is at least twice as good. The sig was worthless past 50 yards, but the AR-332 has nice 3X magnification and much more precise reticle.
Question:
It says "focus" on the ocular end, but I don't know where to twist.
The manual says this allows you to focus reticle and may solve my problem of crosshair blending with donut. Does anyone used AR-332 and know how to focus?

