The Mini ACOG Sucks? (Primary Arms Micro Prism 3X)

[@bilbobaggins8876]

Dude, the eye relief is like 3 inches on that optic (been running mine for 3 or 4 years now) If you are getting bit by it, you are doing something wrong.

[@FalcoINC]

I was confused as well. I watched the C-DOES video where he places it at various distances along the pic rail and off center angles and it looked very usable for 3x.

[@GTMGunTotinMinnesotan]

Dude I love how you just come out of the gate swinging. Super honest. I felt the same way about the 3x. I've shot mine pretty repeatably at 830 yards, but I have great data. Most people don't, and you can't spot misses at that distance with 3x and small bullets. You had some great commentary on this, very entertaining

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

Thank you! I am glad we can relate on our experiences as well!

[@Hillykarma]

Thanks for the video but theres definitely some oddities in your video. Id never in a million years put this optic on a 308, let alone a FAL. I agree the optic shines on an AR. My biggest issue is unless youre running a shorty, that 3x hits its max range long before the rifle does. LPVOs are lacking primarily in durability as far as Im concerned. I liked my 3x, but Im more interested in the extra bit of magnification from the 5x, with the heromod red dot moint for my 16 inch

[@anthonysholars4782]

What would you recommend?

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@Hillykarma well, I can see what you mean, but to be fair the 3x prism is a decent choice for a battle rifle tbh. Just the eye relief isn’t the best on this particular optic. Thanks for the feedback tho

[@IndependentArmz]

These are really for a certain buyer. The stigmatism guys. It's the only reason I bout a prism scope. However it's the vortex 5x's. It is still all the things you said about this one problematically. But, it does remedy the solar flare I see in other red dots. EXCEPT my Burris dot. For some reason the dot is clean in it.

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@IndependentArmz this is a good point

[@GldenRetriever]

I prefer the full size prisms over the micros. Be it PA, vortex, trijicon, etc.

[@calvinwilliamsii8427]

Don't be discouraged by the nit pikcy comments I apprectiated your perspective here, and had a very similar experience Cheek weld helped me with it, something I can always work on

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@calvinwilliamsii8427 thank you very much!

[@garrettferrell6821]

I have the 1x and I love it

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@garrettferrell6821 that is the best one fs

[@sinosparo]

Thanks for the vid, now I know to stick with a 2x or a 5x piggyback

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@sinosparo for sure

[@ziy1]

nice to see an honest review of a product that was actually purchased by the reviewer. I love PA, but these never really made sense for my use case. Thank you for reinforcing my opinion. Keep up the good work

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@ziy1 thank you, I was curious, and I will say build quality is there but these just don’t make sense

[@trenttaylor3838]

That's an every prism problem not just Primary Arms !!!

[@anthonysholars4782]

I have bad eyes sight, I found the prism sight to be best. What would you recommend

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@anthonysholars4782 well in that case a 1x prism is good, and so are the ACOGs as expensive as they may be

[@loriwetherington3845]

Great review ❤

[@fgallogallo7]

Good review. Honest review I’m retired now, but I don’t believe this would be a good optic for the everyday Leo. With the things you pointed out getting on target would take a lot of training. to be honest I never used one of them. We mostly used vortex red dots quick and easy accurate out to 100 yards or more. I’m probably comparing Apple to oranges. I guess if you’re willing to put in the time to master this optic, I’m sure it would be good just my opinion.

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@fgallogallo7 thank you much for the feedback! I appreciate your points

[@joshdoddadbod]

The glx 2x is the way to go IMO. A bit more but the best of both worlds

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@joshdoddadbod this is very fair

[@nicsavage8462]

How far are you accustomed to cheeking back on stock .... This guy must use NASA optics usually

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@nicsavage8462 yes

[@willseely4515]

I thought my gun sucked, so I removed my X2 prism sight. I enjoyed iron sights much better. Now I have a Holosun Green dot and now my gun is sick fun. Wish I saw this video B4 I wasted money.

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@willseely4515 well, sorry I didn’t make the vid sooner but glad we came to the same conclusion

[@czgunner]

The term you are looking for is eye relief.

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@czgunner it was and I couldn’t find it

[@limacharlietac]

Im confused. whats your complaint? You bought for the wrong purpose, eye relief, can't cqb with it? All common sense things surrounding fixed 3x's? And then you said something about mounting a reddot towards the rear unless you want a magnifier? Opinion discredited lol

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@limacharlietac huh?

[@mtnbound2764]

the title is confusing. i thought you were going to comment on the mini acog mounting system that the PA micro prisms use. but it seems your simply calling the PA 3x micro prism a " mini acog" which .. idk w/e but the fact that the optic literally uses the mini acog mountig footprint makes one think thats what your refering to. also why would you suggest is sucks when your review was mostly positive( aside from up close/ eye relief)