The Original Aimpoint Electronic (1980)

Posted June 6, 2012 in Optics, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 12 Comments
Tags: optics, rifle, rifles

A reader scanned in this advertisement which appeared in an issue of American Rifleman during 1980. The Aimpoint Electronic was the Aimpoint’s first red dot sight.

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The reflector sight was invented in 1900 by the Irish telescope maker Sir Howard Grubb. Aimpoint claimed to be the first to mass produce a reflector sight that was an electronic red dot sight that used an LED for illumination.

[ Many thanks to Casey for emailing us the ad. ]

Steve Johnson

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