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Did a small write a while back BUT I found this cool article up on it...(from ForgottenWeapons.com)
"The basic technology for the Army’s fancy high-tech M68 CCO (the Aimpoint) was first patented all the way back in 1900. The concept of the reflex sight, in brief, is that ambient light is used to reflect a reticle pattern through a lens into a shooter’s line of sight. When properly mounted on a gun, that reticle can be used for aiming. The first reflex-type gunsights were mounted in fighter aircraft in late World War I, and by World War II they were standard equipment. Up to that point, though, they were fairly bulky and fragile, though, and so the market for reflex sights on small arms didn’t really show up until the end of WWII.
One of the first commercially fairly successful such sights was the Nydar Model 47, made by the Swain Nelson company and introduced in 1945. It was intended as a sight for SHOTGUN HUNTERS to aid in firing on flying birds (basically the same application as when used in fighter aircraft)."
Did you all read that ? 1945 !!!!
And now its hooked up to a "modern" 1952 Ithaca M37 lol. Its not flimsy like you might think. No elevation/windage adjustments - well there is sort of but naww dont worry about it.
This pic I had to pull down from the forgotten weapons site cuz I couldnt shoot the dot with my camera. The dot is actually larger when looking through the glass.
Several generations later ....
"The basic technology for the Army’s fancy high-tech M68 CCO (the Aimpoint) was first patented all the way back in 1900. The concept of the reflex sight, in brief, is that ambient light is used to reflect a reticle pattern through a lens into a shooter’s line of sight. When properly mounted on a gun, that reticle can be used for aiming. The first reflex-type gunsights were mounted in fighter aircraft in late World War I, and by World War II they were standard equipment. Up to that point, though, they were fairly bulky and fragile, though, and so the market for reflex sights on small arms didn’t really show up until the end of WWII.
One of the first commercially fairly successful such sights was the Nydar Model 47, made by the Swain Nelson company and introduced in 1945. It was intended as a sight for SHOTGUN HUNTERS to aid in firing on flying birds (basically the same application as when used in fighter aircraft)."
Did you all read that ? 1945 !!!!
And now its hooked up to a "modern" 1952 Ithaca M37 lol. Its not flimsy like you might think. No elevation/windage adjustments - well there is sort of but naww dont worry about it.
This pic I had to pull down from the forgotten weapons site cuz I couldnt shoot the dot with my camera. The dot is actually larger when looking through the glass.
Several generations later ....
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