August 21st, 2021
7:59 runtime
This story starts back in 1981 with an engineer at Ford Motor Company.
This man, named Glyn Bindon, was visiting some family friends with his brother in South Africa.
Bindon was about to be introduced to the tritium illuminated red dot Armson OEG.
The friend who made these sights wanted to try selling them in America but needed a salesperson.
Glyn decided to take on the task as a side job.
The garage was soon overrun with product, and business was proving to be very strong.
It looked like Glyn was onto something.
Around this time, Glyn was pondering a company name for his new side job.
All that was left was to fit all together.
Ultimately, he took tri and icon, and designed to add in an abridging j.
And the name Trijicon was born.
In fact, he kept his job at Ford Motor Company and did so for several more years.
Anytime a box comes in the mail with Trijicon on it, its going to be a good day.
The Credo HX line, however, is designed with hunters in mind.
The objective size on this LPVO is 24mm.
One battery will provide this scope with 68 hours of constant battery life.
The eye relief is 2.6 to 3.9.
The housing is 6061 aluminum, and the scope weighs 17.2 oz.
This equals out to be 1.07 lbs.
This HX Credo 1-4X is offered with the plain duplex reticle or a MOA Precision Hunter reticle.
The model can be purchased with reticles either in green or red illumination.
One of the features we really appreciated about this scope was the target knobs.
The knobs themselves are capped so you’ve got the option to cover them and protect your zero.
Simply lift up on the knob and it will loosely spin to let you reset your zero.
This makes zeroing the scope quick and easy.
The 1-4X is more than enough for a 5.56 carbine, like theSAINT Victoron which we tested it.
However, I soon learned my first reaction was wrong.
This is a very nice set-up.
Conclusion
The HX line of scopes is designed for hunters.
