Thread: The ultralite blackout

Originally Posted by The bomb

If you are seeing a sparkle through your aimpoint you probably have a astigmatism..

You might be right. I know with some brands of red dot sights ( leupold and Tasco)I get a beautiful chrisp dot and with other brands like the aimpoint I get a bit of a sparkle effect. I just thought the the sparkle was from the led being being reflected back onto the centre of a central lens from down below?

Originally Posted by T.T

You might be right. I know with some brands of red dot sights ( leupold and Tasco)I get a beautiful chrisp dot and with other brands like the aimpoint I get a bit of a sparkle effect. I just thought the the sparkle was from the led being being reflected back onto the centre of a central lens from down below?

Yes some people’s eyes are different astigmatism and in the photo above I had the brightness up way to bright to shot with and just for the picture. I’ve used quite a few red dots and owned 2 Aimpoints and the only down side of them is the small tunnel effect look through them, with the Trijicon it has a larger field of view in the tube. Most of the time the brightness is set at 3, mornings, evenings and big dark shaded native forest it’s set on 2. If theres a white goat the dot wash’s out and more brightness it needed. For quick close multiple goat shooting the red dot is hard to beat especially in low mountains cloudy conditions with low visibility, I’ve shot a lot of animals in the rain and fog. It puts a lot of hunters off the fact than they can’t see and shoot hundreds of meters to sit in the tent or at home when there’s so much hunting to be had any time of the year.

Originally Posted by tikka

Yes some people’s eyes are different astigmatism and in the photo above I had the brightness up way to bright to shot with and just for the picture. I’ve used quite a few red dots and owned 2 Aimpoints and the only down side of them is the small tunnel effect look through them, with the Trijicon it has a larger field of view in the tube. Most of the time the brightness is set at 3, mornings, evenings and big dark shaded native forest it’s set on 2. If theres a white goat the dot wash’s out and more brightness it needed. For quick close multiple goat shooting the red dot is hard to beat especially in low mountains cloudy conditions with low visibility, I’ve shot a lot of animals in the rain and fog. It puts a lot of hunters off the fact than they can’t see and shoot hundreds of meters to sit in the tent or at home when there’s so much hunting to be had any time of the year.

Ummmmm is there supposed to be a red dot in the middle of that picture? I guess that answers my question if your red/green colour blind cant you see the red dot especially on a green background. Who's stupid idea was it to make deer red and bush green.

I see thers also a green dot model. Anybody had a go with one of these and compared it to red?

Originally Posted by T.T

You might be right. I know with some brands of red dot sights ( leupold and Tasco)I get a beautiful chrisp dot and with other brands like the aimpoint I get a bit of a sparkle effect. I just thought the the sparkle was from the led being being reflected back onto the centre of a central lens from down below?

If you can,take a picture of the red dot
if it look like a nice round dot in the photo it’s your eye that’s the problem,I had it with my trs 25 as I get older it is becoming a nice starburst shape instead of the crisp dot it was 10 yrs ago..

Another way to check the roundness of the dot is to turn it (sideways) while looking through it, if it’s an imperfect dot it will rotate, eg flare at top goes around, if the dot/sparkle keeps the shape oriented eg flare stays in same place while you turn it’s how your eye perceives the dot (not the dot itself)