The eotech 552 a65

This is the holographic sight used exclusively by the FBI, and countless swat teams and police departments all over the United States. The FBI’s use of it was the reason I bought one. I figured if it was good enough for them I too would love it. It uses a projector style screen but instead of a little light, it uses a laser diode to do the projecting. As a result you get a slightly fuzzy image that is really reliable. This comes with a built in mount. New eotechs cost $450-550 range but I have seen used ones for as little as $250.

To turn this sight on you push the up arrow if you want it to run 8 hours or the down arrow if you only want 4. To turn it off you push and hold both the up and down for 3 seconds, it has a bunch of brightness settings, but it takes a while (5-10 seconds) to get the one you want.

THE GOOD:

It was very reliable, it always worked perfectly.

I love that it took AA batteries, also it ran forever on two batteries, I never changed them in the 2 years I had the sight.

It had a great wide field of view.

It was water proof to 33feet, which meant that I was good if it started raining (I don’t scuba dive with my guns.)

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THE BAD:

It was kind of heavy.

Adjusting the brightness is a rather slow process.

I got tired of turning it on and off. (Though it powers off by its self after 4 hours)

It is not a parallax free sight, but is still much better than most red dot type sights.

A65. Is the night vision mode designation and I don’t feel it useful at all.

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FINAL THOUGHTS:

I really liked this sight but the lack of a cost effective magnifier and the annoyance of turning it on and off coupled with the fact that I needed to turn it on to use it eventually disenfranchised me with this sight. If I were to buy a eotech (and I would buy one for a few applications) it would be the model 512 as I don’t own night vision goggles.