Armson OEG Tritium Fiber Optic Red Dot = No Batteries

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Armson OEG Tritium Fiber Optic Red Dot = No Batteries

Back in the 80's I had an AR15 SP1 with this sight on it and I really liked it. Trijicon was involved at the time and there was a wave of media articles supporting it.

They've all but disappeared in recent years and I cant currently find a supplier in Canada.

I did contact Armson though and they will make arrangements with you to ship to Canada from overseas if anyone is interested.

What is really cool about this sight is how it works. You don't look through it. It actually creates an optical illusion effect where your dominant eye looks into the sight to see the dot and your non dominant eye must be open. In your mind it appears as though the dot is floating out there with 100 percent of your peripheral vision. It's almost like seeing a laser dot, except you can see it against the sky with no back ground. (which makes it great for a shotgun)

It's a little odd at first but once you "get it" its awesome and like noting else.

The tritium dot is visible in total darkness for about 15 years and the brightness of the fiber optic self calibrates to the ambient light levels, so you need no brightness controls.

It's just plain stupid simple and I have no idea why these are not much more popular than they are.

Anyway, if anyone is interested I do recommend this product.

http://www.armsonusa.com/armsonoeg.html

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Magnified optics with illuminated reticles can also use the same principle. Likewise, a red dot with the front lens obscured by debris or capped will work the same way.

These sights were OK in their day for fast shooting at very short ranges, but they have been made obsolete by red dot sights. The disadvantages are that they are subject to large parallax error and cannot be used for slow, deliberate aiming, as the dot will appear to wander if you look at it for any length of time.
 
If you have access to a red dot with a flip open front cover, do a little experiment:

Close the front cover, and sight on something, as if it was an OEG. Now, flip open the cap, and look where the dot is actually pointing.

It's not where you thought, right? :)
 
MilArm tried to sell me one back in 2003 when I asked if they had any EoTechs.

The very finest in 1970s technology!
 
tjhaile said:
Magnified optics with illuminated reticles can also use the same principle. Likewise, a red dot with the front lens obscured by debris or capped will work the same way.

These sights were OK in their day for fast shooting at very short ranges, but they have been made obsolete by red dot sights. The disadvantages are that they are subject to large parallax error and cannot be used for slow, deliberate aiming, as the dot will appear to wander if you look at it for any length of time.
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you cannot use a magnified illuminated optic the same way. Shooting with both eyes open is different than using an occluded sight. The OEG works on the same principle as a reddot sight. The downside to an EOG is that they need to be zeroed for the specific user. Each person has a different phoria(like visual offset between images seen by your eyes) and hence need to set the optic(OEG) for their eyes. Like any reddot or similar sight, you aren't supposed to be looking at the dot. Look at the target.

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MilArm tried to sell me one back in 2003 when I asked if they had any EoTechs.

The very finest in 1970s technology!
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Still a battery free viable option. I do believe Eotech is in some trouble with their wandering/shifting zeroes and false operating temp claims. ;)

CobraGT said:
I almost bought one back in the early 1990s. "Occluded Eye Gunsight". Was pretty cool at the time, but there are better options these days.
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Like I said, the concept is identical to any other reddot optic, the build quality and overall size are likely the limiting factors.

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Oh I dunno, for the price they're asking it's really not a bad budget option for a KISS gun. Especially one with a retro flair. It is a solid proven design. There are certainly much better options but they'll also cost more.

Might be fun to throw one on a range toy.
 
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