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Posted: 12/11/2002 9:40:32 AM EDT
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Hello all, Still somewhat of a newbie to the AR-15. I am in the process of setting up a Bushy carbine for three gun matches, coyote calling, and general plinking applications. After lurking this board for many months, I decided that the Aimpoint Comp M2 would be a good optic for three gun use and general kicking around. I received my Aimpoint Comp M2 in the mail last night. I installed the battery, turned the unit on, and looked through it. Instead of seeing a crisp round dot as I was expecting, I saw a blurry red fuzz resembling the crab nebula in makeup. Is it just me, or is there something wrong here? Also, I notice that when I put the Aimpoint on a table and aim it at the corner of the window frame, then move my head around, the red fuzz wanders all over the place. I recall reading a post here by someone with a similar problem, and it is my understanding that this optic should be free of parallax, meaning that the "dot" should appear to remain pretty stationary in relation to the "target" as my head changes position in relation to the scope. My questions are as follows: 1. Is there something wrong with my Aimpoint, or is this the way it is supposed to appear/function? 2. If there is something wrong with it, what should I do about it? I did not mount the optic or put it in rings yet. I e-mailed the outfit I purchased it from (SWFA) late last night and have not heard back from them yet (which is understandable, it has been less than 24 hours). Should I try to get them to exchange it, or is this a problem I should take directly to Aimpoint? Has anyone had any experience with similar problems or with having Aimpoint fix a defective optic? Any help from those more knowledgeable and experienced than I in these matters will be much appreciated. Ryan |
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Hello again, Did a search (Wow, hadn't realized the search function was back up) and it appears that the problem may be with my eyes, not the Aimpoint. I will try the test recommended on Aimpoint's website -- turn the scope, if the blurry image rotates it is a scope problem, if the image stays the same it is a problem with my eyes -- when I get home from work tonight. Apparently, this is a pretty common problem, though I had my wife look through the optic as well and she also found it was distorted. She has had three surgeries on her eyes due to diabetic retinopathy, however, and her eyes are probably more screwed up than mine. Will keep you posted, but if anyone has any helpful comments, please feel free to post. Thanks. Ryan |
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Well, I have now tried the Aimpoint in the daylight, and it works a lot better for me - I can make out the actual dot. I've read of others having the blurring problem at night who have had eye surgery. I have not had any eye surgery, but I did notice a few months ago that I am going to need to get my prescription changed on my glasses. I figure I can live with the blurring at night, as I will mostly be using the sight in the day, and if I do have to use it at night it will be at such close range that the blur won't matter. DevL, I went ahead and mounted the Aimpoint, and with the rifle rested and the dot in the bullseye at around 25 yards, if I move my head to the right, the dot wanders off the bullseye to the left about half-an-inch to an inch. If I move my head down, the dot wanders up above the bullseye about the same amount. It wanders some when I move my head up or left, but not quite as bad. It is my understanding that the Aimpoint is not 100% parallax free. Is this amount of wandering within spec.? I tried doing the same test with an old fixed 6x scope I have, and it seemed to wander about the same amount. I guess my question now is whether the wandering is something I need to worry about? If it is wandering half-an-inch at 25 yards, isn't this about two moa? This seems like a lot, but again, this is my first red dot sight, and I am not sure what to expect. Any insight or suggestions would be helpful. Ryan |
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Hey JP, I suggest you shoot a few different red dots. Heck, if you come to Missouri, you can shoot mine... I've had people shoot mine and complain that it fuzzy... it really really isn't. It might be your eyes bro. Try a few buddies' scopes at the range and see. Good luck |
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I was concerned about this also. However, I have concluded that it is a vision problem from my 40 yr old eyes. I turn the brightness down to "just enough to see well" and I don't worry about it anymore. I just put the dot on what I want to hit and squeeze the trigger. If I do my part, my groups are less than half the size of my iron sight groups in the same rifle. |
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