Trijicon TARS came in...

[bug_eyedmonster]

I placed an order with Trijicon several months ago. I just got this in, haven't had a chance to really do anything other than mess around off a rifle. The rifle it's going on is waiting to go to a gunsmith, so there's no point to mount it yet. This thing really does weight 46 ounces, but feels like it would survive a claymore mine. I wish I could give more insight, but as a rough comparison, it does look brighter than my TA11 ACOG and Leupold VX6. The VX6 is noticeably different, but hard to explain how. Sorry for such a poor initial review, but this is my first optic of this caliber, and I really have nothing to compare to other than hunting scopes and ACOGs. Build quality is on par with ACOGs and my SRS, but just scaled larger. I wish I could show better pictures, but this is what you all get for now... =D

[bug_eyedmonster]

[goodlookin1]

Nice pics, and you're a lucky dog!

I would venture a guess and say that it may look brighter at 3x because all the light is coming in at a 16.6mm exit pupil....that's freaking huge. You can put your eye anywhere around there and have a full and bright sight picture. However, at 15x, your exit pupil is only 3.3mm....much smaller and tighter. Eye position will be much more critical and much less bright due to the constraints of the amount of light being brought through the scope......it would certainly not fill your entire pupil. I would say at that point, the ACOG will have it beat in the brightness department.

The TA11 should match the exit pupil when you have it at the 5x magnification level. Compare the two when in 5x and see what you think....I'd be curious.

Super nice scope, anyhow....and on a very nice rifle I'm jelly.

[bug_eyedmonster]

Nice pics, and you're a lucky dog!

I would venture a guess and say that it may look brighter at 3x because all the light is coming in at a 16.6mm exit pupil....that's freaking huge. You can put your eye anywhere around there and have a full and bright sight picture. However, at 15x, your exit pupil is only 3.3mm....much smaller and tighter. Eye position will be much more critical and much less bright due to the constraints of the amount of light being brought through the scope......it would certainly not fill your entire pupil. I would say at that point, the ACOG will have it beat in the brightness department.

The TA11 should match the exit pupil when you have it at the 5x magnification level. Compare the two when in 5x and see what you think....I'd be curious.

Super nice scope, anyhow....and on a very nice rifle I'm jelly.

Still learning about optics, but I understand what you mean with the various dimensions with exit pupils. The only reason why I was comparing the ACOG to the TARS is simply because they are both Trijicon and they are at the same magnification to see glass differences. The Leupold was brighter at 12x, but looked... different. The TARS was brighter and unexplainably better from 3.5 to about 10-11x and then the Leupold won except with clarity. I could see wood grain on a neightbor's garage door trim I was unable to see with the VX6 or VX3. Rifle is going to Marc for assembly of Badger parts Thursday.


Jerry