{"id":4296,"date":"2021-09-14T07:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T07:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2021-08-06T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T21:03:07","slug":"optics-test-lpvo-vs-red-dot-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/optics-test-lpvo-vs-red-dot-sights\/","title":{"rendered":"Optics Test: LPVO vs Red Dot Sights"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Focus: LPVO vs Red Dot Sights<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

In the beginning, there was the iron sight. And it was good. Whether it was adjustable or non-adjustable, peep or buckhorn, open or aperture, iron sights were pretty much the only sighting system available for hundreds of years. However, the introduction of the brass cartridge made it possible to predict the path of the bullet out to hundreds of yards. Improved manufacturing processes meant that we could make glass clear and precise enough to build small telescopes that would fit on the top of a rifle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Telescopic sights became more and more popular for long-range shooting. In the mid-80\u2019s, however, Aimpoint introduced the red dot sight. They designed it for fast target acquisition at short distances. EOTech rolled out the first holographic sight in the mid-90\u2019s, which uses a process very similar to a red dot optic. At about that same time, Schmidt & Bender created the first practical low power variable optic, or LPVO. We\u2019ll take a look at holographic sights in a later article but right now, let\u2019s compare the LPVO vs a red dot optic and see how they stack up when used on the AR-15 platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

LPVO vs Red Dot Fast facts\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n