october 2019G&A 25
TOM BECKSTRAND
RIFLES & GLASS
MAGNIFIED OPTICS have seen a rapid increase in use
among our nation’s combat units since 2004. They have
made their way to conventional infantry units and are
frequently handed to young 18-year-old men and women,
many of whom have never seen a magnified optic before.
The most-issued and most-used magnified optic is Tri-
Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
(RCO). Big Army followed suit in 2007.
On a personal note, the 4x32 ACOG
was the optic I was issued in 2003 while
in Afghanistan for my first close-range
small-arms engagement with the Taliban.
me well over two deployments. Combat
low-powered variable optic.
Combat Optic Gunsight (VCOG).
powered optic. He told me he was once
tripped and fell. He weighs about 190 pounds; He, and all
50-ish pounds of his gear, landed right on the VCOG. He
figured there was no way it could have held zero, so he
found a quick target about 100 yards away and put a cou-
ple rounds on it. Later he confirmed at the range that there
had been no point-of-impact shift. He’s a convert.
The new 1-8x28mm VCOG retains many
A lot of important things happen inside
THE COMBAT 1-8X
Trijicon VCOG 1-8x28mm
