TORTURE TEST for Bushnell Big D Red Dot -- Need ideas, let's get weird

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Posted: 11/9/2018 5:43:50 PM EDT

I recently got my hands on the new Bushnell Big D red dot. This is a new product, and nobody has done a torture test on it. It might be thrown down stairs, chucked in the air, dropped into water, and/or strapped onto the back of my tactical chihuahua; however, I'd like to have a humorous side to this test; so what are some of the extreme, non-traditional ideas you guys would like me to do to this thing? I plan on breaking it and want to have fun in the process.

Posted: 11/8/2018 2:21:07 PM EDT

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Can cannon!

Posted: 11/8/2018 2:21:08 PM EDT

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Pass it through your body like a drug mule!

Posted: 11/8/2018 2:44:48 PM EDT

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The Lil P might be more practical for that lol. Big D ain't go nowhere near my stanker. I'm actually surprised how big and heavy this scope is. It's built like a tank. I didn't want to like it, but it's kind of grown on me. It has a weird greenish hue that I don't care for, though.

Posted: 11/8/2018 3:01:38 PM EDT

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Drop it in a mug of beer, then chug the beer and see if it still works.

Posted: 11/8/2018 3:12:43 PM EDT

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I'll do this one! I ain't letting it marinate long in there. Chinese-made shit prob has more lead and chems than Gavin Newsom's hair.

Posted: 11/8/2018 3:17:56 PM EDT

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Make Jello with it in the pan.....you know like Gramma does with the fruit!

Posted: 11/8/2018 3:18:59 PM EDT

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Make Jello with it in the pan.....you know like Gramma does with the fruit!

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I'll try this one, too! Never made Jello before.

Posted: 11/8/2018 3:23:21 PM EDT

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12-lb sledge.

Posted: 11/8/2018 3:24:51 PM EDT

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Sawzaw.

Vortex Sparc AR vs sawzall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQIyB86ICs

Posted: 11/8/2018 4:53:41 PM EDT

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Scar 17

Posted: 11/8/2018 4:58:39 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/8/2018 5:12:41 PM EDT

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Sawzaw.

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Came to post this... I think this is an excellent test for any sight

Posted: 11/8/2018 5:48:02 PM EDT

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I don't have one at my city apartment. If I visit the ranch anytime soon, quite possibly may happen.

Posted: 11/8/2018 5:48:56 PM EDT

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This is great! I don't have one at the moment. I saw some dude dressed as a construction worker carrying one of these with a dildo on the end of it in San Francisco once. True story.

Posted: 11/8/2018 5:54:07 PM EDT

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Why the FUCK does a/their red dot sight have ~~a 50yd(ft?)~~ any parallax?

Posted: 11/8/2018 5:54:27 PM EDT

[#16]

gallon of milk challenge
put red dot in catch bucket

Posted: 11/8/2018 6:05:28 PM EDT

[#17]

1.Take it to paint store

2.Give kid behind the counter a fiver and a zip tie.

3.Instruct kid to zip tie it to paint shaker.

4. Return in 10 minutes.

5. See if the dang thing still works.

Posted: 11/8/2018 6:15:53 PM EDT

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So you purchased a $300 red dot just to have fun destroying it?

Anyway, if the point is to see how durable it is I think shock and moisture tests are the most relevant to real world use.
Submerge in a cup of water overnight. My TRS-25 survived this fine. The sawzall is a good idea.
Dropping it onto a 4x6 from 5 feet and then 10 feet would be next.
Drop it onto concrete from 5 feet and then ten feet if it survives the 4x6. If it survives a ten foot drop onto concrete I'll say it is impressive.

Posted: 11/8/2018 7:38:23 PM EDT

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Read the Unscientific Magazine Test and adapt some of those ideas for an optic. Like using interesting cleaners.

Posted: 11/8/2018 7:50:00 PM EDT

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I recently got my hands on the new Bushnell Big D red dot. This is a new product, and nobody has done a torture test on it. It might be thrown down stairs, chucked in the air, dropped into water, and/or strapped onto the back of my tactical chihuahua; however, I'd like to have a humorous side to this test; so what are some of the extreme, non-traditional ideas you guys would like me to do to this thing? I plan on breaking it and want to have fun in the process.

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Made my day. I'll try to think of something unorthox which normally isn't a problem. Hard to beat Tacuahua though.

Posted: 11/8/2018 7:57:39 PM EDT

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The Lil P might be more practical for that lol. Big D ain't go nowhere near my stanker. I'm actually surprised how big and heavy this scope is. It's built like a tank. I didn't want to like it, but it's kind of grown on me. It has a weird greenish hue that I don't care for, though.

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Activate optic. Coat it with a little flavor and feed it to a goat. Monitor goat. Sleep with goat? "Aim" for dot.

Posted: 11/8/2018 8:17:34 PM EDT

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Activate optic. Coat it with a little flavor and feed it to a goat. Monitor goat. Sleep with goat? "Aim" for dot.

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In theory, sounds logical, but what if goat's iron stomach digests and gives it laser beam eyes? Can't take that risk.

Posted: 11/8/2018 8:22:21 PM EDT

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So you purchased a $300 red dot just to have fun destroying it?

Anyway, if the point is to see how durable it is I think shock and moisture tests are the most relevant to real world use.
Submerge in a cup of water overnight. My TRS-25 survived this fine. The sawzall is a good idea.
Dropping it onto a 4x6 from 5 feet and then 10 feet would be next.
Drop it onto concrete from 5 feet and then ten feet if it survives the 4x6. If it survives a ten foot drop onto concrete I'll say it is impressive.

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I acquired the dot free of charge via inability to return it due to some hazardous material restriction.

Posted: 11/8/2018 8:23:16 PM EDT

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Bury it in a quart of ice cream for a week.

Posted: 11/8/2018 8:32:48 PM EDT

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For a serious side, you should strap it to a .308 AR, and see if it lasts. I have seen lesser chicom RDS not be able to take the pounding.

Posted: 11/8/2018 8:33:07 PM EDT

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Make Jello with it in the pan.....you know like Gramma does with the fruit!

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That's what I was going to say. So I second this lol.

Posted: 11/9/2018 12:00:35 AM EDT

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In theory, sounds logical, but what if goat's iron stomach digests and gives it laser beam eyes? Can't take that risk.

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I do like the paint shaker device test. No need beating the dog crap out of it. If it could be contained in a sealed plastic something with water, then inserted to the paint can and shaken, that'd be pretty interesting.

Posted: 11/9/2018 8:56:07 AM EDT

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Sawzaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQIyB86ICs

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What's a Sawzaw? Is that just a retard's way of proving they don't know how to say the word Sawzall?

OP, toss it in a portashitter.

Posted: 11/9/2018 9:33:16 AM EDT

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Turn on, freeze in a block of ice. (ziplock bag of water in a deep freezer). Leave for a few days. Then drop into pot of boiling water for a few hours. Then back into ice water. Extreme temperature swings.

Posted: 11/9/2018 11:16:33 AM EDT

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What's a Sawzaw? Is that just a retard's way of proving they don't know how to say the word Sawzall?

OP, toss it in a portashitter.

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Sawzaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQIyB86ICs

What's a Sawzaw? Is that just a retard's way of proving they don't know how to say the word Sawzall?

OP, toss it in a portashitter.

No It's Android's way

Looks like it struck a nerve Their they're pal, don't be so glum.

Posted: 11/9/2018 2:08:27 PM EDT

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OP, toss it in a portashitter.

No It's Android's way

Looks like it struck a nerve Their they're pal, don't be so glum.

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I know where there's a nasty one that sits out in the sun. Prob is fishing it out and handling a hazmat scope. How about I freeze it in peanut butter and see if it passes the chihuahua lick challenge?

Posted: 11/9/2018 2:11:04 PM EDT

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Turn on, freeze in a block of ice. (ziplock bag of water in a deep freezer). Leave for a few days. Then drop into pot of boiling water for a few hours. Then back into ice water. Extreme temperature swings.

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Sounds interesting...

Posted: 11/9/2018 2:49:55 PM EDT

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I do like the paint shaker device test. No need beating the dog crap out of it. If it could be contained in a sealed plastic something with water, then inserted to the paint can and shaken, that'd be pretty interesting.

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Paint can full of jello with optic inside.

Posted: 11/9/2018 5:13:12 PM EDT

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Boiling water submersion
Baseball bat see how far you can hit it off a T-ball tee
Put on top of a drone take it up high in the air and tip the drone to drop it
Shoot a 50BMG round by it

do not hit it just by it.....
Put in a jello mold
Liquid Nitrogen submersion

Posted: 11/9/2018 5:43:50 PM EDT

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Topic Moved

Posted: 11/9/2018 7:29:44 PM EDT

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Boiling water submersion
Baseball bat see how far you can hit it off a T-ball tee
Put on top of a drone take it up high in the air and tip the drone to drop it
Shoot a 50BMG round by it

do not hit it just by it.....
Put in a jello mold
Liquid Nitrogen submersion

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Fuck I wish I had a drone!!! Might get me arrested in CA, though -- a red dot on a drone classifies it as an "assault chopper."

Posted: 11/9/2018 7:59:31 PM EDT

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Why the FUCK does a/their red dot sight have ~~a 50yd(ft?)~~ any parallax?

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Because they all do

Posted: 11/9/2018 9:07:10 PM EDT

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Water submersion is lame. Submerge in beer.

Drop test is lame. Toss down the driveway, in memory of Napoleon_Tannerite.

You can also lend it to my six year old son. I love him, but I'm convinced he could break a bowling ball with a pillow.

Posted: 11/9/2018 9:35:24 PM EDT

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How about a realistic test?

Put it on a rifle, zero it, and then set the rifle against a wall on a hard surface and tip it over 5 or 10 times and see if it retains zero.

Put it in the back of a truck and haul ass up and down a gravel road and see if it retains zero.

Leave it out in the rain for 5 hours and see if it stays dry inside.

Dunk it for a few minutes and see if it stays dry inside.