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I mean, yes. But at the same time Ive run red dots on some lower-power lever-actions and such, so its feasible. Personally Id run a 1-4 lightweight LPVO - you still get the 1x if you want it, and LPVO glass and clarity is exponentially better than a magnifier. Magnifiers kinda suck, even in the real steel world - youre magnifying *everything* by 3x or whatever, which includes your reticle; Youve just turned your 2MOA reticle into a 6MOA, taking up a ton of space in your optic and now instead of aiming at a specific spot on a target, youre just aiming at the target as a whole. They also fisheye pretty badly, and are just overall not a great idea. They also tend to take up the same space and weight as a LPVO, and tossing a throw lever on a LPVO takes the same action as flipping a magnifier to the side, so you really get 0 positives to using a magnifier over a LPVO.

Cost is pretty similar, though a LPVO will add a few quid - looks like the Vortex Crossfire 2 1-4x can be had for 200, while a G43 and eotech are a combined 150 or so. Vortex does have that no questions asked returns policy as well; that alone makes them my preference in airsoft. There are cheaper red dot combos you can go for; G33s are cheaper for instance (but larger and heavier), but my vote would still be on a LPVO.

Ah I didn't account for the 3x the reticle. The main idea is speed, as 1x on lpvo is still a bit longer to sight in than 1x on a red dot.

Was looking at the bushnell 3x as it has decent eye relief at 3.5 inch.

I think i'll try some red dot only games first to see but thanks for the info.

Sounds reasonable enough. Airsoft ranges aren't that long, and I find that a magnified optic is useful more for identifying what I'm shooting at, than ten milliseconds of arc accuracy in where I'm shooting it.

eh, the rs world generally considers dots viable out to the kind of ranges airsoft can only dream of.

not so keen on magnifiers myself, and seniorspaz has saved me the trouble of writing out why.

i'd personally go for stacked, you can get the benefits of the dot and the benefits of magnified whilst having an easy, quick and intuitive no-handed switch between magnified or dot as the situation requires.

only downside of stacked is bore offset (which eh, not really that big a deal imo) and having to separately zero 2 optics (which also eh, not really a big deal).

I have a red dot on top of my LPVO and use the latter for finding things to shoot at and the red dot to miss those things I am shooting at (but that's just me).

As said, we are not shooting anywhere near far enough to need these things - they're just for show.