Over the last few years, I have been running the Aimpoint magnifier with their PRO and CompM4 red dots. When I bought the magnifier for my Aimpoint, I still had the factory mount that twisted off the mount. It was an early Aimpoint mount and I decided to purchase a [Read More…]
If you own a Ruger PC Carbine you know there may be issues to get the carbine to return to zero after you disassemble it. Infitech of Sweden just released a solution for this, and the picture below probably offers the best explanation. Instead of using the Picatinny on [Read More…]
I’ve had the Aimpoint ACRO P-1 now for a while. I didn’t realize I was one of the first ones to get one, so I took no hurry in my evaluation. On the other hand, there are some benefits with evaluating products over time rather than just over the day. [Read More…]
Aimpoint has announced that they have been awarded a $24 million US Army contract for supplying FCS13-RE Fire Control Systems. The Army is acquiring this aiming system to use with the recently adopted 84mm M3E1 MAAWS (SAAB Dynamics Carl Gustaf M4) recoilless rifles. [Read More…]
The idea of putting a red dot sight on an pistol is nothing new. IPSC shooters started doing it in the 80s, and recently pistol red dots gained a lot of popularity with certain military units, law enforcement and armed citizens who want to get more performance out of [Read More…]
There are few people in the firearms industry who do not know about the Aimpoint. Some might say their products are too expensive. Other will say that Aimpoint is very slow with bringing new products to the market, but the truth is – their quality remains to be a [Read More…]
B&T USA posted this tempting configuration of a B&T TP9-N with an Aimpoint Nano, Telescopic Brace Adapter and a Generation 1 Tail-hook. Any bullets fired through this configuration also have to pass a B&T TP9 Suppressor. Below: If you go with heavy subsonic [Read More…]
The French Army is set to adopt Aimpoint’s CompM5 red dot rifle optic. The CompM5 will be paired with the French Army’s new service rifle, the Heckler & Koch HK416 F, which is currently being rolled out. Aimpoint introduced the CompM5 in September last year. The [Read More…]
Optic and electronics manufacturer Aimpoint has officially announced the release of a new series of sights. The ACRO – Advanced Compact Reflex Optic – is a red dot purpose-built for handgun applications that is fully enclosed to withstand shock, temperature [Read More…]
We just reported about the Limited Edition Flat Dark Earth Aimpoint T-2. It was sold out almost immediately (still available!). Collectors and lovers of Orange better beware now, because there’s a new limited edition of the H-2 Micro introduced at IWA. As you can [Read More…]
Aimpoint, the originator and worldwide leader in reflex sighting technology, has announced the launch of a limited run of Micro T-2™ carbine ready sights in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) color. This is the first time the company has offered an FDE finished sight to the US [Read More…]
Aimpoint has announced that they have won a large contract to supply sights to Berlin’s Police at the 2018 Enforce Tac coverage from the Nürnberg Messe. The Swedish company revealed that they will be supplying the Berliner Polizei with 3,800 Aimpoint CompM4 red [Read More…]
Aimpoint at SHOT Show – so what’s the big news? Not much really in terms of big news – but the small news there was seem to have escaped the World unnoticed. Until now that is. As you can see in the pictures there is a new Aimpoint T2 in Ceracote Flat [Read More…]
Last summer TFB reported that the Swedish Procurement Office (FMV Sweden) was looking for a new red dot for the Swedish Armed Forces. Already in 2002 Aimpoint signed a contract with FMV and has since then supplied red dots for the Ak4, Ak5 and other service firearms. [Read More…]
I don’t expect a lot of our readers to have a John Rigby Highland Stalker, but you never know. If you happen to have one or consider one, there is now a new option for optics. You can run the John Rigby Aimpoint Micro H-2 setup. The mount is very stylish, [Read More…]
Already in January Aimpoint added three new accessory magnifiers to their product line, designed to work in conjunction with their reflex sights. The Aimpoint 3XC-1 intended as a standard grade for use by civilian and Law Enforcement shooters, with more of an [Read More…]
The advert from a chain of firearms dealer started with the words: “A new Drilling package will be launched tomorrow” (translated). You can see a picture of an Antonio Zoli Drilling combination gun and an Aimpoint H-1 Micro red dot. Unfortunately whoever [Read More…]
When I look at the pictures of the new Aimpoint CompM5 it looks like an Aimpoint Micro, just a tiny bit larger and with a different battery compartment. TFB and Frank.K already covered the basics of the new Aimpoint CompM5 and in case you missed it or need to refresh [Read More…]
Our good friend Lionel spotted the new Aimpoint M5Comp in the wild at DSEi 2017 in London. The CompM5 is powered by a single AAA with an advertised battery life of 5,000 hours. According to marketing material, at intensity level 7 it has 5 years of battery life, and [Read More…]
Every other year the Swedish company Aimpoint invites Police officers and Military soldiers from multiple countries to demonstrate their products. The location is the military shooting range in Ravlunda close to Malmoe in the Southern part of Sweden. B&T and [Read More…]
Aimpoint recently announce the introduction of its latest red dot optic: the CompM5. While the new sight was not exactly a secret (see prior information on the sight here and here,) it is now fully in the public with specifications and the ability for consumers to [Read More…]
Its approaching the lowly gun writer’s favorite time of the year – product release season. After a quiet summer where companies have buckled down across an industry slowdown and focused on research and development, we are starting the season where they [Read More…]
Scalarworks makes some pretty high quality mounts and sights for the AR-15. They recently released their aluminum On Point” High-Speed Low-Drag Sights that weight in a just 26.6g (or .94oz). They also have the lightest QD Aimpoint CompM4 mount on the market weighting [Read More…]
Make sure you watch the first 20-30 seconds of this video from Aimpoint – it’s full of action! It features real in-competition clips from IPSC Practical Shooting with handgun, rifle and shotgun by some of the World’s Best Shooters. I spot at least [Read More…]
For the last few years, rifles and handguns have had all the optics development love. With a veritable plethora of magnified options for rifles and the explosion of small red-dots on handguns, shotguns have seen little movement – if only because of institutional [Read More…]
With internet rumors and clandestine photographs trickling through the internet, firearms optic giant Aimpoint is ready to officially announce the existence of a T2 sized red dot that operates on a single AAA battery. Currently labeled with a numeric designation, [Read More…]
Soldier Systems Daily first reported on the Aimpoint M5 powered by AAA batteries almost a year ago. Oddly enough, it was spotted by an avid reader of SSD that noticed an optic being shown at a Diplomatic Security Service information seminar in Washington D.C. Not shown [Read More…]
While the picatinny rail is a highly versatile mounting system, it is certainly lacking in the svelte department. Where quad rails equipped with the system are affectionately known as “cheese graters” by those who have been equipped with them, you know its [Read More…]
Aimpoint was very recently awarded a 10 million dollar contract for the delivery of 30,000 M68 Close Combat Optic reflex sights to the U.S. Army. The commercial variant of this sight is the Aimpoint CompM4. These sights have already been in use with the U.S. Army for [Read More…]
Aimpoint announced their newest red dot, the Micro S-1. It is based on the H2 body style but is modified to mount to the rib of a shotgun. The S-1 features a 6 MOA dot and comes with an assortment of mounts made of a polymer carbon blend. It will retail for around $700.
