ICS L86A2 optic advice

[military duck]

I have recently got an ICS L86A2.

i want to upgrade formthe standard iron sights to something more fancey.

i have been looking at getting the tactical 20mm scope rail from a certain canine. but im at a loss wether i should buy that and get say an acog or red dot (not a big fan of the aimpoints tho). or wether to stick with the good old fashioned SUSAT.

can anyone give me thier personal experience with using these on an L86.

thanks for your time

[tisane]

Go with either the SUSAT or an ACOG but if you go with the ACOG put it on a Hornbill mount.
It looks soooo much better than on the normal conversion rail.

[military duck]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

hey tinsane, would that be the raiser mount?

[tisane]

One of those mate.

[military duck]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

cheers, i maybe going ACOG then, found some pics nad it does look the mutts nutts

[old_and_slow]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

yep, ive got an ACOG with the Hornbill riser - recommended

[Mike581]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

Or fit the 20mm rail conversion and fit a Specter sight, that's the current set up for in service DMR sharpshooter LSWs

[DMC airsoft]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

not to thread hijack atall but is there another RIS raiser you can use? the hornbill seems to high for my own preference and looks a bit iffy aswell i think. I know ics do one but does that work atall?

to the OP, im planning on a standard TA31 acog with doc sight. Was running around my last skirmish with my Huge VSR 6-24x50 scope. Very impractical but looks pretty funny

[military duck]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

its cool DMC, i know what you mean about the riser. what is this ICS riser you mention, ive not heard of them ?

i am though heading towards the ACOG path. what would people recomend as i dont want to be spending a small fortune but i want something that wont fail after half a dozen skirmishes.

[DMC airsoft]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

if you search ics l85 mount or something along those lines on zero one, you should find it, however theres no images/information. Acog wise, iv been told the trigicon (did i spell that right) ta31 with doc sight is the best to go for. can get them off the bay for around £90 and that comes with a KILLFLASH. Other than that, i dont see the point in spending huge amounts on optics for aegs, as usually you can see the bbs and adjust accordingly.

i mainly plan on getting the acog for looks and not much more really (hence why i dont like the hornbill raiser) failing the acog, im going to stick with the iron sights as i really do not like susats.
Also, i forgot to mention im running an AA r85 rather than the ics version

[military duck]

Re: ICS L86A2 optic advice

okay ill have a look thanks.

its a J not a G but google corrected me

[tisane]

not to thread hijack atall but is there another RIS raiser you can use? the hornbill seems to high for my own preference and looks a bit iffy aswell i think. I know ics do one but does that work atall?

Both the ICS riser and the Hornbill riser raise the ACOG to the same level.

The Hornbill one is solid too if thats what your worried about.
I believe the ICS one just slides over the old 11mm rail and gives you a 20mm rail.