Anyone ever hear of these?

The O.E.G. was one of the first reflex sights developed. I don't know if this is the same company that used to make them decades ago..
 
The OEG used to be a Trijicon product, they are good sights for very fast work at close range- I've never used one at long range but I think that there'd be problems with dot size and the sight obscuring the target. There is no advantage to an OEG that isn't present with an EOTech or Aimpoint, and you can use the latter at distance.
 
http://cas.awm.gov.au/technology/REL34045

A good blurb on the history, these sights were originally made in South Africa (still are) I believe Trijicon markets them under license. I used one for about 5 years on one of my FNs, very good for the time, as the only competitor in it's class was the original Swedish Aimpoints
 
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Good sights and the tritium lasts about 10 years. Trijicon can recharge the tritium for a reasonable fee, or they used to.

Only issue is optical alignment: if your eyes are not 'collimated' you won't get consistent results.

Nice on a .22 for barrel mount - or a centerfire for the same location.
 
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Good sights and the tritium lasts about 10 years. Trijicon can recharge the tritium for a reasonable fee, or they used to.

Only issue is optical alignment: if your eyes are not 'collimated' you won't get consistent results.

Nice on a .22 for barrel mount - or a centerfire for the same location.
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I believe what you are attempting to say is the scope has parallax, which is simply not true as low or zero magnification scopes do not suffer from parallax issues.
The issue that is encountered with the OEG and similar scopes such as the CMore is the head must be aligned with the scope or you simply will not see the dot, this is simply alignment. Of course when the scope is used properly with both eyes open this is much less of a problem.
I have yet to see a "barrel mount" perhaps you can explain that one, as the OEG I owned worked as intended mounted the receiver of a South African R1 Rifle.
 
No, I'm familiar with parallax as found in a magnifying instrument. I've rebuilt the odd scope you see.

What I'm attempting to say is that from what I was told, if your eye(s) is/are very slightly, and this is something so slight it cannot be seen in the mirror, cast or crossed, you will not get consistent results. ie: if you were to fix the rifle in a vice with sight mounted and repeatedly close your eyes & move your head and take a 'new' view 'through' the sight each time, the point of aim will not always be the same.

I should add that this is something I was told after I noticed this phenomenon myself and tried to find out why. It's 7 or more years ago, and I don't remember who I talked to, but it was probably Trijicon.

I suppose it could be caused by something to do with how the brain overlays the input from each optical nerve as well. I remember I was rather disappointed at the time as I like the OEG a lot and wanted to use it.

Yes, I'm aware that the dot is only visible within a certain plane - picked that up real quick I did.;)

As for the barrel mount, it's a one inch tube so if you're handy with a screwdriver, you could mount it on the base of your choice I guess. I was thinking of a scout type mounting.

Let me know if I can help further.
 
I didn't remember correctly:

Armson O.E.G. (Occluded Eye Gunsight) This red dot sight is simply the fastest sight available. It allows you to use both eyes to speed your focus onto the target. One eye never leaves the target scene. Binocular aiming means that while your view through one eye remains focused on the target, the other eye sees a red dot as the weapon is aimed. The result is a super-imposed dot on the target.

Not good if you are cross-dominant (dominant hand opposite dominant eye).
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That is my condition.
 
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