I think I found a great deal on an aimpoint ML2 and might just splerge but now I'm wondering if you can buy a sacrifical filter to keep the glass from getting scratched/cracked?  Something similar to what you put on the end of a 35mm camera.  Would one of the anti-flash shields work?  It seems like it would dim your image in the aimpoint and negate some of the posititive attributes you get with the aimpoint.

thanks for any help.

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Aimpoint Killflash.  And yes, it cuts down on how much light gets through.  Or you could put on one of their polarizing filters.