meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Vortex Nation Podcast

#10MinuteTalk - How to Choose an AR-15 Optic?

Vortex Nation Podcast

Vortex Nation Podcast

Optics, Sports, Vortex Nation Podcast, Long Range, Rifle, Scope, Gun, Vortex, Binoculars, Riflescope, Shooting, Vortex Nation, Hunting, Wilderness, Vortex Optics

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How to choose an AR-15 optic? Mark Boardman, Jimmy Hamilton, and special guest Mike Griffin from Vortex Edge® tackle this nuanced question head on. From red dots, magnifiers, holographic sights, prism scopes, and LPVO’s, to higher zoom range riflescopes – they cover all these great AR-topping options. Which is right for your AR applications? Listen to find out.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

What is up, everybody? Mr. Jim to my right, Mike Griffin from Vortex Edge across from

0:08.8

me. Jim, we've been given the impossible task of telling folks how to choose the right

0:13.3

optic for their AR-15 in 10 minutes. So I was saying anything in 10 minutes is an impossible

0:21.6

task. Let's be honest. We've proven that. Yeah, I mean, I feel like we'll do some, you

0:25.7

know, full disclosure on the front end of this. Just to let people know we're not even going

0:29.5

to try, but I don't think it's going to go, we'll see where this goes. So why say it's

0:34.1

the impossible task? You're looking at the AR-15, possibly the most versatile, customizable

0:39.8

firearm platform out there. Because of that, there's a variety of optics to complement

0:46.9

the platform, depending on how you, I would say, primarily intend to use it. Now, you also

0:53.1

don't have to stick to just one thing. You can buy multiple optics for the same firearm,

0:57.6

or you can buy, you know, different ARs and just have them all set up different ways.

1:01.6

The choice is yours. But for us right now, the choice is to go through all the different

1:05.5

optic platforms and hopefully help somebody choose what's going to work best for them.

1:10.0

Yeah. We've got a slew of guns on the table here. Yeah, if you're watching.

1:13.5

Tell you what, only 50% of them are real guns though. That's the fun thing. Some of these

1:17.2

are the display guns, but because they make these air soft guns so realistic nowadays,

1:22.8

be hard pressed to figure out, aside from these big yellow flags or orange flags sticking

1:26.6

out of the real ones. Exactly. Exactly. They are, they are realistic

1:30.2

in actions why they, these ones are from the showroom. So if you go down to the vortex showroom

1:35.0

and you pick something up, you can, you know, get a very, I'd say, realistic fit and feel

1:42.0

and perception of what it's going to be like on, on your AR.

1:44.5

I didn't mean to do, really, and maybe we should talk about air soft guns some time on

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vortex Nation Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vortex Nation Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.