Considering I just bought one I'm not going to sign up to see what I missed!
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Considering I just bought one I'm not going to sign up to see what I missed!
Yes. I have a 14.5" SOCOM with a Aimpoint Micro and a friend had a nice custom built 14.5 pencil barrel with with a Primary Arms 1-6x. The handling of his pencil barrel was negatively impacted by the weight of the LPV. He shot faster and more accurately with my SOCOM. I tried to like my friend's AR because it's a good rifle, but the handling felt dead and awkward. He got rid of the scope.
The weight of the optic does matter and it's not just because less weight is easier to tote. It's because of how it affects the handling and balance of the rifle.
One of the reasons I bought the Trijicon 1-8 was that it weighed the same as the Razor 1-6 but was a 1-8 instead (the fact that I liked my 1-4 Accupower, i liked the 1-8 reticle, and that cost was roughly the same were also significant factors). If they released the 1-8 at roughly the same weight, I would probably buy one of those, too.
I still prefer 1-6x over 1-8 since the 1 power of the aspect is typically better and the exit pupil is easier to get behind. I'm also not a huge fan of FFP scopes on a LPV, the Trijicon 1-8 is built really well but I'm not a fan of it being FFP and the reticles stink IMO.