Thoughts on TA55A ACOG?

Beretta686 · July 13, 2013, 11:12 AM

I've tentatively decided on slapping a Trijicon TA55A ACOG to my SCAR 17H. Does anyone have experience with this scope or a reason why I shouldn't go with it?

My main goal is to use this as a pig gun and general plinker to run with a suppressor.

Palmetto-Pride · July 13, 2013, 11:08 PM

My only thought is $1500.00 for a fixed 5.5x power scope, I think there are better options for far less money. Don't get wrong they have great optics and are built like a tank I had the TA01NSN, but at the end of the day all I had was a fixed 4x power scope.

Beretta686 · July 14, 2013, 06:38 PM

I understand what you're saying about a fixed 5.5 power scope, but I carried an ACOG in Iraq and loved it. There's other sights out there, but I haven't quite found anything that meets my needs as well as an ACOG (except a Leopold 8, but that's a bit out of my price range).

Palmetto-Pride · July 15, 2013, 10:28 AM

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My main goal is to use this as a pig gun and general plinker to run with a suppressor.

If that were my main goal I would be looking at something more like this....http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/...eticle/reticle

Thanks for your service to this great country BTW!

Fishbed77 · July 15, 2013, 11:41 AM

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I understand what you're saying about a fixed 5.5 power scope, but I carried an ACOG in Iraq and loved it. There's other sights out there, but I haven't quite found anything that meets my needs as well as an ACOG (except a Leopold 8, but that's a bit out of my price range)

Sounds like you already have the experience to make a decision. Personally, I've never seen the need for much more magnification than that for hunting deer or hogs, and I've rarely heard of someone hating their ACOG. Very pricey, though, and the real question is do you foresee needing such a bomb-proof optic for hunting. If you do, go for it.

Beretta686 · July 16, 2013, 05:17 AM

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Thanks for your service to this great country BTW!

Thanks for paying my bills and for me to go shoot stuff!

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Sounds like you already have the experience to make a decision. Personally, I've never seen the need for much more magnification than that for hunting deer or hogs, and I've rarely heard of someone hating their ACOG. Very pricey, though, and the real question is do you foresee needing such a bomb-proof optic for hunting. If you do, go for it.

Yeah an ACOG is kinda overkill, as I don't plan on fast-roping out of a helicopter onto the range, or taking it scuba diving. But by definition a SCAR 17 is pretty much a vanity project and/or "look at me and how awesome I am" toy anyways and putting a dinky optic on a $3k rifle, just doesn't sit right with me.

July 13, 2013, 11:12 AM	#1
Beretta686 Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 761	Thoughts on TA55A ACOG? I've tentatively decided on slapping a Trijicon TA55A ACOG to my SCAR 17H. Does anyone have experience with this scope or a reason why I shouldn't go with it? My main goal is to use this as a pig gun and general plinker to run with a suppressor. __________________ "Our contract called for 16 cases of rifles and ammunition for $10,000 dollars, not a machine gun...........That is our present to the General"-Pike Bishop “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

July 13, 2013, 11:08 PM	#2
Palmetto-Pride Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2009 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 2,071	My only thought is $1500.00 for a fixed 5.5x power scope, I think there are better options for far less money. Don't get wrong they have great optics and are built like a tank I had the TA01NSN, but at the end of the day all I had was a fixed 4x power scope. __________________ “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” -Margaret Thatcher-

July 14, 2013, 06:38 PM	#3
Beretta686 Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 761	I understand what you're saying about a fixed 5.5 power scope, but I carried an ACOG in Iraq and loved it. There's other sights out there, but I haven't quite found anything that meets my needs as well as an ACOG (except a Leopold 8, but that's a bit out of my price range). __________________ "Our contract called for 16 cases of rifles and ammunition for $10,000 dollars, not a machine gun...........That is our present to the General"-Pike Bishop “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”