Just like
Godwin’s law says that all internet arguments eventually end with “Nazi”, it seems that all rifle shit eventually ends with “sniper”.
As I’ve said elsewhere, I just keep hoping (perhaps futilely, as I’ve come to realize that the AR world has moved on without me, however comically) someone takes all that technology that they are using to give the commercial market their MOAR and comes out with a truly compact, ultralight, 1-or-4x (vs 1-4) or 1-or-5x optic that’s astigmatism friendly, daylight bright, and doesn’t break the bank.
The parts and pieces are there, it would seem. When Aimpoint first showed the Micros at SHOT in Orlando eons ago they seemed primed to be able to offer a magnified version with some level of variable magnification in a package not much larger than the 30mm Aimpoint. Now with all the various MRDS it would seem that the tech has shrunk more than enough to do so, but the market just isn’t there as everyone pursues MOAR sniper.
Most consumer and hobbiest products seem to go through a MOAR/smaller/cheaper/MOAR/smaller/cheaper development cycle so maybe we’ll one day put down the “sniper” rifles and the market will trend towards less magnification in favor of a more compact profile and lower cost.