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Posted: 7/5/2011 12:40:19 PM EDT
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I just got a Aimpoint PRO and installed the supplied battery. I can't see the red dot until about 4 or 5 clicks and even then it's extremely faint/small. The "dot" looks more like a / than a . to me.
Should I get a new battery or is this normal for the brightness? This is my first red dot sight so I'm not used to using them. |
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That's normal for Aimpoints (lowest settings are for very lowlight or NV use).
Rotate the Aimpoint while looking through it. If the '/' you see rotates the problem is w/the Aimpoint. If it doesn't rotate then the problem's w/your eye, most likely astigmatism (astimatism forced me away from Eotechs/Aimpoints and to an adjustable-focus 1-4x variable). Tomac |
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That's normal for Aimpoints (lowest settings are for very lowlight or NV use). Rotate the Aimpoint while looking through it. If the '/' you see rotates the problem is w/the Aimpoint. If it doesn't rotate then the problem's w/your eye, most likely astigmatism (astimatism forced me away from Eotechs/Aimpoints and to an adjustable-focus 1-4x variable). Tomac When you say if it does or doesn't rotate...not sure what you mean. I look through the sight and rotate the entire unit and the / always stays as a /. it doesn't seem to follow the rotation of the sight. My eyes are terrible so it probably is my eyes. |
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With the Aimpoint turn the on/off knob counterclockwise until it stops. That is NV setting one (looks off to the naked eye). Then you should click clockwise 4-5 clicks (all of them are NV and appear off to the naked eye) until you hit the first daylight setting (small red dot). Then the more you turn clockwise the brighter the dot gets until you hit a stop again, that's your brightest daylight dot. Then when you're done turn the knob counterclockwise again until you hit the stop.
In other words, given you have hit the counterclockwise stop, Clicks 1-5 are NV and can't be seen by the naked eye. Clicks 6-10 are daylight and can be seen by the naked eye. Hope this helps. |
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When you say if it does or doesn't rotate...not sure what you mean. I look through the sight and rotate the entire unit and the / always stays as a /. it doesn't seem to follow the rotation of the sight. My eyes are terrible so it probably is my eyes. What you describe is astigmatism and not a problem w/the Aimpoint. Tomac |
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With the Aimpoint turn the on/off knob counterclockwise until it stops. That is NV setting one (looks off to the naked eye). Then you should click clockwise 4-5 clicks (all of them are NV and appear off to the naked eye) until you hit the first daylight setting (small red dot). Then the more you turn clockwise the brighter the dot gets until you hit a stop again, that's your brightest daylight dot. Then when you're done turn the knob counterclockwise again until you hit the stop. In other words, given you have hit the counterclockwise stop, Clicks 1-5 are NV and can't be seen by the naked eye. Clicks 6-10 are daylight and can be seen by the naked eye. Hope this helps. In near complete darkness, #4 (if you count the very first setting as 1) is visible but very low brigtness/very small dot. |
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With the Aimpoint turn the on/off knob counterclockwise until it stops. That is NV setting one (looks off to the naked eye). Then you should click clockwise 4-5 clicks (all of them are NV and appear off to the naked eye) until you hit the first daylight setting (small red dot). Then the more you turn clockwise the brighter the dot gets until you hit a stop again, that's your brightest daylight dot. Then when you're done turn the knob counterclockwise again until you hit the stop. In other words, given you have hit the counterclockwise stop, Clicks 1-5 are NV and can't be seen by the naked eye. Clicks 6-10 are daylight and can be seen by the naked eye. Hope this helps. In near complete darkness, #4 (if you count the very first setting as 1) is visible but very low brigtness/very small dot. This is normal. The line rather than dot issue is most likely astigmatism. Everyone with the condition describes bascially the same thing when using an Aimpoint. |
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Finally got to go out and zero it today. I started at 50 yards and it was like 10-12" low and maybe 4" left. The manual says you shouldn't have to adjust much but I had to really adjust. Are they zeroed at the factory to a certain distance? if so, what distance?
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Finally got to go out and zero it today. I started at 50 yards and it was like 10-12" low and maybe 4" left. The manual says you shouldn't have to adjust much but I had to really adjust. Are they zeroed at the factory to a certain distance? if so, what distance? Not that unusual. Mine was in that ballpark but off to the right. |
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