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It was called the "SinglePoint". They were made in England, and were amazingly easy to use. I can remember hitting aerial targets with boring regularity using one I had on 444 Marlin. That was in the early seventies.
No batteries, just used ambient light to illuminate the dot. Neat outfit, just a single straight tube with a clear plastic hemisphere on the front of the tube that allowed the light in. The red dot was viewed by looking into the ocular end and appeared in a totally black field. It was adjustable for windage and elevation, and subtended about three minutes of angle, IIRC.
I had mine for about ten or twelve years. An acquaintance saw us shooting snowballs out of the air with it one day. After trying it out, he just kept upping the offer until I would have been a fool to say no, so home it went with him. He moved away some time after that.
There were actually a lot of them around at one time, but never see them any more.
Ted
No batteries, just used ambient light to illuminate the dot. Neat outfit, just a single straight tube with a clear plastic hemisphere on the front of the tube that allowed the light in. The red dot was viewed by looking into the ocular end and appeared in a totally black field. It was adjustable for windage and elevation, and subtended about three minutes of angle, IIRC.
I had mine for about ten or twelve years. An acquaintance saw us shooting snowballs out of the air with it one day. After trying it out, he just kept upping the offer until I would have been a fool to say no, so home it went with him. He moved away some time after that.
There were actually a lot of them around at one time, but never see them any more.
Ted
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I have said Armson, but it was redundant since you had already said that.
That is why I deleted my post.
The commando for the Son Tay raid had these kind of sights:
At about 14:00 here:
[youtube]uuGhobYrPqc[/youtube]
PS Here is a model with a 12-16 MOA dot:
Cheers.
That is why I deleted my post.
The commando for the Son Tay raid had these kind of sights:
At about 14:00 here:
[youtube]uuGhobYrPqc[/youtube]
PS Here is a model with a 12-16 MOA dot:
Cheers.
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did you lose weight?I have said Armson, but it was redundant since you had already said that.
That is why I deleted my post.
Cheers.
PS Here is a model with a 12-16 MOA dot:
The Weaver was a totally different outfit, although they may have gotten the idea from the Single Point. You looked through the Weaver sight, using one eye, rather than into the Single Point which was totally black with the red dot.
Using the Single Point, both eyes are open, one eye sees the target, the other the red dot. Your brain superimposes the images for the actual shooting.
Ted
