Is my TA31 ACOG nicer? Yeah sure, but its not 6x nicer ($214 compared to $1277).
My wife’s AR has a PA Cyclops and its a nice optic, especially for the price. Most of the ones issued are universally hated. My currently issued Vortex Spitfire appears to be a bit better. The optic is trash, the mount is trash, the reticle is mediocre at best. The elevation knob came completely off, and then the next one had a wandering zero. I’ve already went through two after 1.5 years. It seems like they have come a long way since I last looked. Crimson Trace 3.5x was a pleasant surprise, so I decided to look at the lower priced options. I am currently testing SwampFox Blade 1x and TriHawk 3x. I ended up keeping Elcan Specter OS 4x and Meprolight X4 for different reasons, but both are well beyond your stated price range. Meprolight X4 and a good range of Chinese-made prismatics mostly the ones marketed by Vortex and Burris. In the last few years, as I recall, I have tested Trijicon ACOG 4x32, Elcan Specter OS 4x, Hensoldt ZOi, Leupold HAMR 4x24, Elcan ATOS 3x, Sig Bravo4, Crimson Trace CTS-1100 3.5x. Perhaps there is a lot of turnover and the people I talked to are no longer there. They are kind of a weird company in a sense that I talk to them at SHOT every year and when I follow up, it is like pushing on a rope: noone replies to e-mails or returns calls. General disclaimer: I have not seen any of Primary Arms prismatics for a bit, so it is not clear to me how they stack up. I just started testing Swampfox Tri-hawk 3x and it is looking quite promising. In the $500 range, my favourite is probably Crimson Trace 3.5x Battlesight for the time being, but I have been trying to get an overview of what's out there. My favourite prismatic overall is probably Elcan Specter OS 4x, but that is a lot more money. Getting something with bombproof reputation for $500 is a little tricky. I've spent quite a lot of time on various prism scopes and sorta try to keep an eye on the market. The other reason is that a prism is still plenty usable with a dead battery, as well. This is one of the reasons why I went away from a red dot to a prism. That's not really an issue at all, as the black etched reticle is still plainly visible. This level works perfectly fine for darkness, but turning on the weapon light indoors is enough light to wash out the red illumination. The brightness can be turned up daylight bright for range play, but I keep it one brightness level above the NV setting. It has a motion activated on/off function, so I just leave it on. The eyebox and eye relief is super forgiving in that I can run the collapsible stock in any position without compromising on sight picture. I have the diopter set for me having no corrective vision on. I have the Swampfox 1x on my bump-in-the-night AR. PA, Swampfox, and a few other prism scope manufacturers offer adjustable diopters. If you have older eyes and use reading glasses, keep in mind an ACOG doesn't have an adjustable diopter.
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