Accupoint vs VX 5

Anyone had or own both? What’s your verdict?

IMO the Trijicon’s only advantage is the battery free illumination

I have 2 accupoints. I can shoot later than legal light. They aren't a nightforce but are good scopes

Not a Accupoint but I’m pretty impressed with my little 3-9x40 Huron. That glass is awesome and I was pickin out stuff my other scopes at 30 minutes after sundown off the back porch yesterday. Accupoint is definitely in the future.

Brother has some an Illuminated trijicon but I can’t remember what model, and a VX5 HD firedot. Of the two, I think the Leupold is better.

I have both. Leupold has a clearer image in my opinion but for the money, when on sale, the trijicon are real good

The vx5 cost right at twice what an accupoint costs. It should be quite a bit better for the difference in price.

The scope my brother has is an Accupower 4-16x50, just found the box. They are discontinued. He got it on clearance a few years back for about $650

These days? Give me the Trijicon. If I’m going to pay new Leupold $ these days, I’ll step up to Swaro, Zeiss, S&B, Meopta, etc. for better ‘value’. I own a lot of Leupold scopes, but they’re not the value for $ vs performance that they once were, plus they closed the custom shop and did away with some good hunting reticle options…..but that’s just my take lately.

I have caught myself thinking lately that I don't like Leupold reticle options. I'm 8n the market for a VX5 or VX6, and I don't like the MOA or heavy posts on the duplex.

Sounds like you may like the firedot 4 fine

I ended up with both.

The edge in glass goes to the VX-5 (just around the edges). Eye box and eye relief are better on the VX-5 as well.

The reticle? My edge goes to the Accupoint. The post with the triangle is so intuitive and easy to aim with.

Bottom line, you can’t go wrong with either scope. iMO.

Dont ever try a meopta - you will see your missing a hole new world of clarity and light gathering - same for the other scopes almodux mentions

^^^^ the last new leupold I felt the $ was equal to the performance was the VX-R…..but it’s not worth what folks pay for them used these days.
I feel like glass coatings are finally reaching visual quality of the old, lead based stuff that went away years ago over societal lead terror…..but maybe I’m wrong. Don’t know, BUT the latest crop of ED/HD/UHD glass and coatings seems to be crazy good….regardless of COO. On Euro on Japanese glass, it’s very good and I’m more concerned with reticles, size, weight, repeatability, and durability, than milking low light performance…..they’re almost all better than anything seen in the last 25+ years.