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Can anyone tell me if these aimpoint knockoff's being sold in the equipment exchange are parallax free like the authentic aimpoint? From all the reviews I have read thus far they seem to be robust enough for range use but I would like to know about the parallax issue.
Thanks.
AG.
 
Just by their design, I'm not sure one could induce a paralax error if you wanted to.
The "dot" only exists in 2 dimensions and there is no magnification.
 
Splatter said:
Just by their design, I'm not sure one could induce a paralax error if you wanted to.
The "dot" only exists in 2 dimensions and there is no magnification.
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Exactly.
I actually sold my eotech and have 2 of those aimpoint knock offs. I think they are pretty decent and there is no issue with them being bright enough for sunny days. I have one on a pistol and one on my AR. The dot is more like 8 moa though and not 4 moa as advertised. It completely covers an 8 inch bull at 100m. It's not made for target shooting anyway.
I'll try and get a pic up.
 
Heres a pic of mine.

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The cantilever mount co-witnesses perfectly with BUIS.
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The "L" mount is too low for the AR but works great on pistols
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Here is mine, mounted on my AR. The thing is flawless. Zero did not move after about 500 rds fired. Now it sits on the lower mount (not the one in the pic) because the high mount did not co-witness with my arms#40, but the low mount does. Now I just need to sight it in again.

Anyhow, for the money it is kick ass. (get 2 LOL)

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I've got one of the chinese Aimpoint knockoffs. I have shot really well with it in an ORA Tac Carbine match in July 2005. I used it on my 14.5" carbine barrel at the ORA August Fun match up to 200 yards and damn, did that knockoff like to shoot well. Especially on the "mover" or "walking man" figure 11 target.

I love mine and heartily recommend it for the $ 100 delivered price from our CGN member: jackiscyxd or something like that.

Go for it.

Cheers,
Barney
 
olek_Z_bc said:
Here is mine, mounted on my AR. The thing is flawless. Zero did not move after about 500 rds fired. Now it sits on the lower mount (not the one in the pic) because the high mount did not co-witness with my arms#40, but the low mount does. Now I just need to sight it in again.

Anyhow, for the money it is kick ass. (get 2 LOL)

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Does it co-wittiness in the lower 1/3 or in the middle?
 
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I have 1 Hako tac point shoots great I am getting another 2 for the other rifles I have hellava lot cheaper to buy than the real deal ones and for what I use it for it does the Job
 
cpt. canuck said:
Does it co-wittiness in the lower 1/3 or in the middle?
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It co-witnesses in the middle when I use the low mount, as stated, not the one in the pic. With the high one it did not co-witness.

Cheers,

Alex
 
Jeeze, here I was worried about mine not holding zero on my 10-22, and you guys are running it on M-305's, AR's, and Shotguns. I really need to get mine out to the range and do some testing. How's the battery life in cold weather?

Thanks. ZM
 
What I'm asking is, does the red dot have to be centered in the glass for the bullet to strike where the dot is? If the dot is off center in an aimpoint, the bullet will still strike where the dot is correct? I want to know how these sights work. Thanks,
AG.
 
AG, no, the bullet will not strike where the red dot is. The red dot only exists inside the scope. Having the bullet hit there would be less than ideal.

Whether or not the bullet strikes where the dot appears to be projected downrange is a function of how carefully you sight it in.

However, if you mean that _after_ you have sighted-in the Aimpoint or Aimpoint replica, can the dot appear to be somewhat off-center? Then the answer is yes.

If you are asking about if you move your head (eye) into different positions behind the 'scope' causing the apparent movment of the dot? Then you are asking the same question you started with, about parallax.
Which has been pretty well covered.
 
Let's see if I can clarify. He wants to know if the difference (or better yet, lack thereof) between the point of aim and the point of impact will be the same regardless of where the dot is within the field of view.

And even if that's not what he's asking... that's what I'm asking. :)
 
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