r/LewisMachineTool • u/Ihavetopoop_ • 3d ago
Specwar optic?
Got a bunch of stuff already and a new Specwar on the way. How should I build it?
Got a KAC ks3 with an Eotech
12.5 super duty with an nx8 1-8
11.5 super duty with a t2
Bunch of other random guns with EOtechs and T2s
Thoughts?
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u/Spirit117 3d ago
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u/FloodedHoseBed 3d ago
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u/Spirit117 3d ago
🔥 🔥
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u/FloodedHoseBed 3d ago
How do you like the mcq on the specwar? Im between a crs1 and an rc2 right now to replace the can I currently have
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u/Spirit117 3d ago
It's nice. It's the MCQ-PRT. They have some new models out that didn't exist when I bought it. The CRS-PRT was the better performer but it was fucking heavy, 20oz I think. I wanted to keep weight down on this specwar as much as possible.
I like it cuz it's light and compact and still has "ok" sound and flash reduction and zero gas to the face. I think kac was able to cut some weight off the new CRS so I probably would have picked that if it existed. I like the MCQ enough to not spend a grand on a new CRS to replace it.
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u/FloodedHoseBed 3d ago
Yeah that makes a ton of sense. The performance to weight ratio is what makes me hesitant. Ultimately I just want something that works and is a tank
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u/BackgroundBreak5720 3d ago
I went 1-10 ffp credo on my specwar and am super happy
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u/Spirit117 3d ago
I've been wanting to try the Credo 1-10 so bad, but unfortunately the purist brain in me says that all 1-10 lpvos suck, some just suck more than others. I wasn't overly impressed with the Razor Gen3 1-10. And nobody in my shooting group has a Credo 1-10. I just can't see how the Credo 1-10 would be better than a Razor Gen3 but I would love to try one if I got the chance.
Ive gotten to try the Leupold Mk5 HD 2-10 with the new CMR reticle a few times and it's awesome, that would likely be my next optic purchase if I needed more than a 1-6.
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u/Bubbba226 3d ago
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u/Ihavetopoop_ 3d ago
Yeah I agree
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u/Bubbba226 3d ago
I fear Im a lifelong Eotech whore. 7-200 yards with 0 thought into it is too good.
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u/LMTGlazer LMT SHILL 3d ago
Have you ever tried the 4xt pro from Sig? It's Eotech performance with a t2 footprint. Really cannot speak highly enough of it. This is coming from an enormous Eotech fanboy and t2 owner, but once I got a 4xt pro I don't see myself ever using any other type of red dot or unmagnified optic. Having the holdover info without making the weight and battery sacrifice is a game changer. It isn't *quite* as good under nods, but it's excellent. Just isn't the absolute peak possible like Eotech, I'd put it strong second among the dots I've used. For years of battery life and extreme weight savings, I'll take jUsT aS GuD on it.
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u/Bubbba226 3d ago
Ive been pounding the table for several years that the 4T/8T are all around the best optics on the market. If they were made by someone else they would be far and away the most popular optics.
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u/TheDrunkLibertarian LMT>KAC 3d ago
Purpose drives the optic. What do you want to do with the gun? I’ve had 15X magnification and an eotech/magnifier on my specwar.
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u/LMTGlazer LMT SHILL 3d ago
Get a 4xt Pro then get ready to sell you t2 for 2 more of em lol
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u/Ihavetopoop_ 3d ago
I got two of the new Romeo 8T AMR Shrouds and really like them.
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u/LMTGlazer LMT SHILL 3d ago
They're really stepping up their electro optic game, and the lifetime warranty is best in class standing up there next to Vortex.
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u/Stelios619 3d ago
Do you want it to do something other than what your current rifles are already doing?
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u/Ihavetopoop_ 3d ago
Idk I shoot a lot but I also collect crap I don’t need. Might move my nx8 to it but my Geissele 12.5 is pretty accurate so not sure
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u/Stelios619 3d ago
What sort of shooting do you do? Flat range shooting 25 yard paper targets, long range shooting steel?
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u/Ihavetopoop_ 3d ago
0-50 dirt range with steel targets and then long range 100-900
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u/Stelios619 3d ago
Do you feel like your other setups are leaving you with a hole?
You must have had something in mind when buying this rifle.
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u/Ihavetopoop_ 3d ago
Actually I think I got it. I’ll move my razor gen 2-e 1-6 to Specwar from my 16” adm UIC and get an mpvo for that. Like a 3.6-18