Got to sight in the NV tonight. Was all but perfect at 50 yards. I shot about 5 groups of 2 while zero'ing it (total of about 10 shots to get it to where I wanted).
I used the left/right crosshair and sat it on top of the shoulders of the target so I could get the same elevation between shots so I could maintain consistent placement when firing.
The rest of the 20 rounder, was just to play with
Then I handed it over to Big Mike, who let go with another 20 rounder of center mass shots with it. While zero'd perfectly for me, was about 5 inches lower point of impact for him, which may be because his cheekweld was a bit taller or lower than mine, but all shots were all well within reason nonetheless. Either of us could pick up the gun and use it without much problem.
Afterwards we went through a couple of mags with the Suppressed SMG at homemade torso targets out about 30 yards using the Eotech and weapon light.
It was the first time my buddy had shot a MG, but he managed to do quite well with it, and even got in several headshots with it on auto, which I think is respectable in its' own right, but after zero dark thirty, especially.
I had taken the camera and a tripod and set it up so I could capture everything, but the memory card was about full, so I only got the first 9 seconds of the target and background a couple of minutes before dark as we were getting everything out onto the tailgate, so no love there. If anyone wants proof, the best I can do is some pics of the targets in the morning after I delete some of these old pics off of the card to make room for some new ones.
The NV performed very well. There was some bright flashes in the scope upon firing when the gun barked, which was normal, but the scope recovered by the time I was ready for a quick followup shot and was a no issue. More of less, the best way to explain it, when the gun went off and flashed, so did the scope, but was super brief and not even distracting. Just enough to notice it happened.
I did order a different front lens cap for it though. One of the Butler Creek flip ups with a push button (although I'm going to position it so it flips open downward). I simply do not trust the factory lens cap to stay closed with a bump to it, and the last thing I want to happen is ruin my tube because of it. I ordered both a #31 and a #33 just to make sure that I get the order right the first time.