This is NOT an EOTech 518. It only takes the design style of it. It’s just a normal red dot sight you find on Amazon. No special features, it’s just a plain red dot sight. It has a hood made of metal. Holds zero alright. At about 180 rounds of 233/556 I’d say is when the zero starts to drift and has to be rezeroed. That’s not accounting bumping this thing to random things. May fair better in other platforms.