Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1034474
cool thing when it comes to AR rifles (what we have in the name, right?), but because of that solu- tion there is no way to mount red dot even lower. I wanted to mount it directly on the Ultimak rail on AK or on the low mount on the KRISS VECTOR and it simply doesn't work. I mean it works, but your standard seven cervical vertebras in that situation is not enough… If shooter has AR rifle with standard rail, he gets to choose whether he want to mount sight straight out from the box or take the spacer between base and mount out. In the first option, sight will be mounted in the 1/3 co-wit- ness. Second option will cause "absolute co-witness" so iron sights will be aligned with the red dot. It is nice to have an option like that, but in case of rifles without iron sights it doesn't matter really. The reticle is a simple 2MOA red dot with 10 levels of brightness adjustment, where the lower ones are – according to the producer – compatible with night vision devic- es. To power up the sight you need to push the UP button, and to pow- er down you need to press DOWN button for 5 seconds. SPARC AR will turn off automatically after 12 hours of idleness (as long as we will not push any button what re- sets the times). Dot is clear, there are no reflections or "ghost dots" but if someone will look really up close and pay attention it is visi- ble that dot is composed of many points. It does not make any trou- ble because using normally it is not visible. Elevation and windage adjust- ment knobs are placed on top and right side of the case (adjust- ment accordingly: right-left and up-down). Against damages they are protected by massive deflec- tors (damn, it must weight few grams…) and additional safety caps. To adjust dot, caps must be unscrewed to have full access to adjustment screws that also have the laser-engraved directions. Caps can be used for easier turn- ing the screws as they have tabs that match notches in the knobs. Each click is 1MOA and maximum regulation in vertical and horizon- tal plane is 90 MOA. A lot. Vortex SPARC AR is covered with VIP warranty what basically means lifetime repair or replace- ment with brand new unit. There is also a compatible VMX 3T 3x magnifier available as an option. IN USE I have been using Vortex SPARC AR for more than six months on couple types of weapons and during that time, sight lived without any damage through approx. 2000 rounds (maybe even more). With Vortex SPARC AR sight we get rubber cover with flaps. Ass far as cover is nice thing and you have to pay few extra bucks for that, flaps itself are worthless be- cause they dangle freely (especial- ly sucks because they supposed to block mutually) and can easily get lost. Rubber improves protection against scratches and dents what might be very important when shooting style other than static. Mount is solid and cannot say anything bad about it. It doesn't trouble me because of lack of quick-detach, I own different sights with different mount types and I am not devoted for QD. Be- sides I don't even have need to do so, when I zeroed sight to the weapon I leave it there until I want to replace it with different one or move it to different weapon plat- form (but I do not do it every two ACCESSORIES