I have been very pleased with Aimpoint Micro red dot sights on my rifles and pistols alike. Recently I have lucked into a brand new Aimpoint 3XMag-1, received in exchange for a defective older magnifier. Now I am agonizing over the prospects of circumcising its rubber armor for installation on an AR-15 behind a T-2 RDS. In the alternative, selling it along with an Aimpoint twist mount would get me most of the way towards a Kahles K16i 1-6x24 scope.

Has anyone compared the performance of an RDS used in tandem with a magnifier to a top notch LPVO?