Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The US Army has selected the XM-157 to work along side many new weapon systems including the X-M5 NGSW. This new optic from Vortex has a feature that ranges and calculates your exact hold to achieve first round impacts. The hold is displayed within the optic. The technology is incredible and we're excited to bring you this review.

00:00 XM-157
01:40 XM-157 Overview begins
04:22 What is the fire control on this optic?
09:33 What does the reticle look like?
19:00 What weapons does this work on?
25:00 next gen features
28:20 final thoughts

For the purpose of this video, this is a semi automatic weapon utilizing 20 round magazines. All shooting was conducted on a closed private range.

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