Just bought my first AR

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Daniel Defense

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Good choice

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Just bought my first AR

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Daniel Defense

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Well, you did just fine.

damnn, that is sweet!....congrats...

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Picked up a Daniel Defense M4A1 with a Bravo SOPMOD stock.

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Very nice. Optics?

Ya did good son. Ya did good.

Fantastic choice in AR! DD makes one hell of a rifle.

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Still weighing my options there.

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Do you know what distances you will be shooting? For a combat/close acquisition system, I would go with a red dot optic. But if you wanna extend your range a bit, a low-to-mid power scope would be good for you as well. I would keep the objective at 30mm or 40mm to keep the rifle small and compact. I think seeing a 50mm or 60mm scope on a 16" AR is a bit comical.

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So I'll be looking at EOtech (Red dot/3x magnifier combo maybe), Aimpoint, the Elcan Specter DR, and some other stuff.

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Know that a hybrid sighting setup is very long and heavy. While it does give you some flexibility, it takes up a lot of space on your receiver.

I would go with a small 1-4x scope if I were you, as opposed to a fixed magnification like with an ACOG. If you have never looked through one, the eye relief is very strange. A regular scope is much more forgiving.

EDIT: I have a review of an EOtech XPS2 and magnifier on my YouTube channel. It was unfortunately filmed with a shitty camera but it's there.

Hey Tom I may have a Primary Arms 1-6x for sale in a couple weeks whenever my vortex 1-4x gets here. Or I may sell the vortex depending on which is better.

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Hey Tom I may have a Primary Arms 1-6x for sale in a couple weeks whenever my vortex 1-4x gets here. Or I may sell the vortex depending on which is better.

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Very interested in which you pick. I have both of them as well.