![]() They take a dedicated push to activate and won’t accidentally get pressed. On top of that, the brightness controls are big rubberized buttons that are tough to beat. The adjustments might be large, but they are very tactile and click loudly as they move. Multiple mounts, and heights, on top of a lightweight optic means it already scores high in the ergonomics department. The reticle gets plenty bright and shows up well in bright daylight. It’s not as precise as a red dot, but you can get lead on target quite quickly at super close ranges. Up close a two-eyed open occluded shooting method is employed.įocus with your non-dominant eye on the target, and the illuminated reticle can be used like a red dot. Like any good prism sight, the Spitfire HD Gen 2 can be used in an occluded shooting method for close-quarters use. The minimalist ocular frame keeps your peripheral vision quite clear and makes focus swaps easy. The optic’s design makes it quite friendly for a two-eye open shooting style. From red shotgun hulls on the ground to orange clay pigeon remains fading in the sunlight. I could easily distinguish the different colors of the target I used to zero and the various colors of the range itself. It scoots you nice and close to the target. The picture through the lens is crystal clear and provides awesome HD clarity at the ranges you’d use a 3X optic. While I don’t like the 1 MOA adjustments, I do like the clarity of the optic. With crystal clear glass it’s easy to see and hit targets. I zeroed the optic where I wanted it, but I wish I could fine-tune it a bit more than 1 MOA per adjustment. Half an inch is a lot to be off, and I can make that measurement if I wanted to. Vortex equipped their latest three optics with 1 MOA adjustments, and while it’s fine on a red dot, I don’t care for it on a magnified optic. When I began zeroing the Spitfire Gen 2 3X, I had a dislike for the measurements per adjustment. Ten providing you a bright daylight option and two for night vision use. The three-quarter circle and dot are illuminated red, and the Spitfire Gen 2 3X sports 12 brightness settings. You can always adapt the holdovers to various calibers, and Vortex published the subtension measurements.Īround the BDC is a three-quarter circle, and in the center is a 1 MOA dot. This reticle provides a bullet drop compensating scale out to 650 yards. Vortex tossed the AR-BDC4 reticle into the Spitfire Gen 2 3X prism. While the optic mounts are not AR-centric, the reticle is. Vortex equipped the Spitfire Gen 2 3X prism with an Aimpoint Micro footprint, so a field of aftermarket mounts exist already, The 3X model is perfect for carbines, and Vortex also released a 5X model. The low mount provides an option for shooters with AKs, Scorpions, and non-in-line rifle designs. The high mount does work perfectly with a AR 15 and similar rifles. ![]() It’s not AR-centric, and it’s nice to see. Vortex includes both a high and low mount option to make the Spitfire accessible for any firearm. ![]() Breaking Down the Spitfire Gen 2 3Xīesides being small and light, the Spitfire offers lots of desirable features for any optic. Etched reticles also provide relief to shooters with astigmatism and give them a very clear and crisp reticle devoid of starbursts. It’s idiot-proof at its core, and when something can be simple, it doesn’t make sense to introduce a complication. ![]() If the world ends and batteries are impossible to find, you can still use your reticle without illumination. Prisms also offer etched and illuminated reticles. At only a few inches long, you won’t need much rail space to make this thing tick. Footprint wise we are getting a magnified optic smaller than most red dot magnifiers. Weight-wise it’s rather average, but still not bad. ![]()
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