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  • Erion929
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2013
    • 4706

    My Eotech Replacement, Vortex Spitfire 1x....nice!

    With the Eotech refund program, I searched for a replacement. Long story short, I turned to an etched reticle prism scope to deal with slight astigmatism in my shooting eye, which had me seeing 2 small red dots and a squirrelly 65MOA ring in the center of the Eotech window...certainly clear enough to shoot CQB, but a little irritating for more precise work.

    I think I'm going to like this Spitfire 1x

    -- It's clear glass and the reticle is very fast to acquire....with or without the illumination. No blurriness with my slight shooting-eye astigmatism.

    -- Reticle is two rings, then the center dot is very small....says 3 MOA but looks crisp and even smaller....not much more than the 1MOA Eotech. Illumination (red or green) works well, too, very bright at highest settings.

    -- Eye relief is good....it sits right where my Eotech XPS2 sat on the rail
    -- I should get back $465 for my XPS2, this Spitfire cost $180.

    Can't wait to go zero....here's some pics in the meantime:

    You can't even see the center dot in this photo (camera farther than your eye would be from the scope)

    Last edited by Erion929; 03-07-2016, 2:21 PM.
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    Erion929
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2013
    • 4706

    Enlarged photo,you can see the dot in the very center.....this is with no illumination, just the black etched reticle.


    Last edited by Erion929; 03-07-2016, 2:21 PM.
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    • #3
      Erion929
      Veteran Member
      • Jan 2013
      • 4706

      On the AR


      Last edited by Erion929; 03-07-2016, 2:21 PM.
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      • #4
        E92335i
        Veteran Member
        • Mar 2013
        • 2937

        Not bad and it looks good.

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        • #5
          Sabian722
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2012
          • 613

          Looks sweet. Nice buy!

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          • #6
            OpticsPlanet
            Vendor/Retailer
            • Apr 2009
            • 2129

            Looks good!

            Have some eye issues of my own, and I've been contemplating an etched reticle as well.

            The etched EBR-556B reticle on the 3X is pretty nice, as well:



            Here's the reticle manual, if anyone is interested:


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            • #7
              Dodahdude
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2010
              • 1238

              I will be getting my 3X mailed to me either Saturday or Monday. Will let you know how it goes.
              sigpic One down, four up!

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