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31 March 2010, 19:55 #1Distinguished Member
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Part One and Two: Lucid HD7 RDS review is up.
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2 April 2010, 04:49 #2Contributing Member
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Interesting... seems to be a well thought out design.
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2 April 2010, 10:01 #3
Thanks for a great initial review Quib! I am completely new to the world of RDS optics and am trying to absorb all the info that I can and am very anxious to read your range report.
What are your comments on the included mount? Ease of installation, sturdiness, secure to the rail? Are aftermarket mounts compatable (LaRue, etc) the HD7?
Very good reticle pic! Is this considered a 1/3 co-witness? Would you use this optic with the rear sight up or down?
How does the Lucid compare to other optics you've used? Pros? Cons? I'm not familiar with Lucid products, but it does not seem to be as popular a brand name as Aimpoint, Eotech, etc? Again, this may be my lack of experence showing through.
Thanks again.......................Ranger325
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2 April 2010, 10:33 #4Distinguished Member
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2 April 2010, 12:13 #5
Good stuff!! Thanks Quib............................
Ranger325
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2 April 2010, 15:12 #6
Great review and photos. The high profile adjustable turrets are very unusual for a RDS. I'm concerned that they would inadvertently get knocked out of adjustment during hard use.
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2 April 2010, 15:35 #7Distinguished Member
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Thanks Eric.
VALDADA went with high profile adjustable turrets on their Rapid Deployment Sight. Are we seeing a new trend perhaps?
http://www.valdada.com/product/81e63...725b2093a.aspx
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A couple of questions for you, Quib -
1) Lower 1/3 can be a bit variable. How much of the front sight wings are you seeing when you sight the irons through the RDS? Can you see the flat at the base of the wings? Your reticle pics seem to be taken from a higher eye position.
2) Can the turrets be zeroed?
3) What's the eye relief like with the magnifier?
4) How critical is eye placement with the magnifier?
Thanks!
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2 April 2010, 20:19 #9Distinguished Member
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Originally Posted by HeavyDuty 
A couple of questions for you, Quib -
1) Lower 1/3 can be a bit variable. How much of the front sight wings are you seeing when you sight the irons through the RDS? Can you see the flat at the base of the wings? Your reticle pics seem to be taken from a higher eye position.
I’ll need to take more detailed photos. I plan on doing this in Part Two of the review.
2) Can the turrets be zeroed?
No, they can not be zeroed.
3) What's the eye relief like with the magnifier?
I plan on covering this in detail in Part Two of the review at which time I can actually use the optic under range conditions.
4) How critical is eye placement with the magnifier?
Again, I plan on covering this in detail in Part Two of the review at which time I can actually use the optic under range conditions. The review currently posted is only an introductory review. Part Two will go into range specific/actual useage details.
Thanks!
Quib
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3 April 2010, 06:45 #10Contributing Member
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Thanks - I look forward to part 2!
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As I mentioned in Part One, the reticles were not easy to photograph in my shop, under the lighting conditions I had, so I will attempt to take better reticle shots during the photo shooting for Part Two of the review.
I went back through the series of photos I shot for Part One and although I’m not happy with this photo, it might convey for the time being how the lower 1/3rd co-witness looks through the HD7.
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3 April 2010, 10:47 #12Contributing Member
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I think what I'm seeing in that picture is the bottom of the RDS tube (the larger radius curve at the bottom) - if that's the case, it looks very usable. I've seen some setups advertised as lower 1/3 that are actually more like lower 1/5, all you can see of the front sight when using the irons is the tip of the post.
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3 April 2010, 11:40 #13Distinguished Member
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It’s not an easy task to photograph a lower 1/3rd co-witness and capture it exactly how the shooter will see the sights through his own eyes. I personally see no problems with the 1/3rd co-witness that the HD7 provides.
Here is an outdoor attempt at some reticle photos.....
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4 April 2010, 14:20 #14
you're camera hates the HD7 :)
it looks like the different reticles are slightly off axis from the target, is this adjustable?? when you were cycling the different reticles i almost wanted to turn my head slightly so the crosshair reticles were square to the alignment of the scope and target.Dynamically Scaled Oblique Flying Wing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-eTXIyYYQ
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4 April 2010, 14:28 #15Distinguished Member
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The reticles are in alignment with the optic itself. There were variances between the optic mounted on the weapon sitting in my maintenance stand, and the angle of the tripod and camera.
Given the equipment I have on hand to work with, providing a perfectly aligned video representation of the optic from the shooters view point is impossible. My sole intent with the video is to demonstrate the various reticles and features of the HD7.
If the reticle of the HD7 was internally off axis, I certainly wouldn’t have went forth with reviewing the optic, but would have promptly returned it to the mfgr.