Flip-up caps for new Vortex Crossfire Red Dot?

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boomer49

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Has anybody had any luck finding flip-up caps for the new Vortex Crossfire Red Dot? There is no listing for caps for that model on the Vortex website ... probably because there is very little space at each end (front and tear) of the sight's tube for the caps to grip/purchase/fit/slide-onto ... 7mm at the front and just 5mm at the rear.

(The outside diameter of the tube at both ends is about 28mm.)

The obvious next possibility would be Butler Creek's basic friction-fit flip caps in the 28mm diameter-size ... but it would be good to know if they actually fit snugly (and all-the-way onto) the Crossfire.

Many thanks!
 
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How is your red dot? I just purchased the same one and it is very dim indoors. Needs to be on setting 8 to be visible with my eyes or camera. Also, in a dark room nothing is seen until setting 6. Is yours the same? And I'm also interested in the caps, I hope someone answers your post.
 
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How is your red dot? I just purchased the same one and it is very dim indoors. Needs to be on setting 8 to be visible with my eyes or camera. Also, in a dark room nothing is seen until setting 6. Is yours the same? And I'm also interested in the caps, I hope someone answers your post.
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Yes, I saw your post ... and then watched the same video that the other CGN member recommended. Mine is about the same, and/but I have no concerns. Just takes a second to set it to the correct setting that works with the available light and your own eyes. It's not like there's any concern about the cost and hassle of replacing a battery ... it's not a Tesla. :)

I have mine on my new Norinco T97. All of my shooting will be outside, and/but I haven't had an opportunity to take it out into the boondocks yet.

And yes, I'll let you know if I make any progress locating suitable flip-up caps. (I suspect that the correct diameter Butler Creek caps can be found, but that they won't slide far enough onto the ends of the Crossfire's sight-tube.
 
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boomer49 said:
Yes, I saw your post ... and then watched the same video that the other CGN recommended. Mine is about the same, and/but I have no concerns. Just takes a second to set it to the correct setting that works with the available light and your own eyes. It's not like there's any concern about the cost and hassle of replacing a battery ...
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Thanks for the reply, thats a big relief. How does it work on your T97, can you co witness?
 
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Thanks for the reply, thats a big relief. How does it work on your T97, can you co witness?
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It seems about as perfect as a $200 red dot can get.

It arrived (in the box) already attached to the highish skeletonized mount but I opted to immediately go with the included lower mount. It definitely looked less-vulnerable to inadvertent bashes when it was sitting right down there on the rail. And then I quickly removed the perfectly adequate stock steel sights ... because my 72-year-old eyes don't work as well as they used-to. This will be a maximum 50-yard gopher-gun.

But that sturdier über-low mount was just too darned low for a proper ergonomic/natural cheek weld. So, I put/replaced the high-mount back onto the Crossfire, and decided to "go" exclusively with the optical sight, and left the irons in the box ... after tweaking the Crossfire's placement on the rail to its very rear-most location.

The stock battery (bought fresh last week ... none was included) will probably outlast me, as long as I remember to "dial it back" to zero when I am done shooting cans and rodents. I'll buy another for $6 and tuck it into the pistol-grip.
 
Problem solved!

When Cabelas put the discontinued (but still great) Sparc 2 on clearance sale a few days ago, I ordered one within a few hours. A $300 classic/proven optic suddenly available for $200!

Same coin-style battery ... available at Home Hardware everywhere in Canada for all of $5). But with flip-up lens caps at both ends that seem to be Butler clones so far. Plus with Auto-off after 12 hours. Plus with four (not just two) available height settings! Plus with instant last-setting memory for the dot's light intensity. Plus tethered caps for the three screw-off caps. Plus two a them aforementioned batteries ... a lifetime supply for most serious GunNutz ...

The newer Crossfire does have great glass and clarity ... and the Sparc seems no different. But for me, the height choices made all the difference. The Crossfire's two bases were (for me and my T97) either too high or too low ... on a scale from 1 to 2. The Sparc was perfect at #3 on a scale of from 1 to 4. Two bases (High and Low) and a slick/solid CNC-machined $1.82 spacer were all that was required.

The Crossfire is awesome ... it just didn't work for my large body-size and my little rifle.
 
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