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Posted: 7/27/2005 9:25:38 PM EDT
| One of our SWAT guys told me that all their Eotechs have lost their zero at one point or another. He says other than being banged around in a soft case inside the trunk, they really don't get abused. He said the mount is solid and the sight doesn't move, but every now and then, they have to rezero their M16's. Any idea why? |
How many is "all"? There's no doubt that everyone makes a lemon from time to time, and if you're talking about 1 or 2 EOThingies I can understand it. BUT if you've got TWO DOZEN EO'ed ARs, and they are ALL losing zero, then I'd be SHOCKED if the issue wasn't something else besides the EOTech's mechanical ability to hold zero. |
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Sounds like the armorer is removing them and not using a return to zero mount of some kind. I bang mine around all the time, and I swap out the Eotech for a CQT now and then and it always goes right back to zero using the LaRue QD mount. If you don't use a QD mount the sight will not return to zero using the factory mounts, nor is it supposed to. |
| Well, he didn't go into detail but I highly doubt he meant only 1 or 2 lost their zero. We have an armorer but upkeep of the weapon is the officer's responsibility. The armorer only fixes the problems and I don't see why he would need to remove the mount. Obviously, if he did remove the mount, any complaints about losing zero would be understandable (I don't believe they use QD mounts). |
I had a 551 on my issued SWAT gun for about 4 years. First on a cantilever mount on an M16A2 carbine, and then on an M4. It never lost zero and we have never had any that wouldn't hold zero. If they are having those kinds of issues, I think that mounting is probably the likely culprit, and the operators aren't torqueing them down good enough. We have had a couple develop power problems over the years. EOTech will fix them. |
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