AIMPOINT PRODUCT PRESENTATION
Aimpoint red dot sights are manufactured with the greatest care and precision from the best materials and components available. They are designed for use in the real world, and can handle rough treatment and all imaginable weather conditions. With the variety of models available, there is an Aimpoint sight for virtually every type of firearm. For a sight and a gun to function as a reliable unit year after year, it is important that the mounting is done professionally and the mounting rings and bases are of high quality. An important detail that is often overlooked is the fact that the mounts and rings must be precisely aligned for best performance with any optical sight. The new generation of Aimpoint sights incorporates a very generous range of adjustment, which allows the user to compensate for any misalignment between the barrel, action and mounting hardware.
AIMPOINT PHILOSOPHY
The sight on a gun should improve and simplify the shooting process while meeting the highest demands for function, reliability and quality. Shooting conditions put unique demands on your equipment and when it comes to accuracy, the first priority is having the right sight. That's because you never know exactly when or where you will get the opportunity to take your best shot.
THE ORIGINAL AIMPOINT
Aimpoint is the recognized worldwide leader and originator of the red dot sighting technology. After more than 30 years of working closely with military weapon systems experts, experienced hunters and marksmen around the world, Aimpoint red dot sights remain the No. 1 choice for combining speed and accuracy.
AIMPOINT REFERENCES
For 30 years, Aimpoint sights have been used by hunters around the world to take virtually every type of game. From Cape buffalo in Africa to Kodiak bear in Alaska. Elite military and police forces around the world have used Aimpoint sights for more than 20 years. In 1997, the U.S. Army awarded Aimpoint the world’s first military contract for red dot sights. Since then, Aimpoint has continued to deliver large quantities of sights to the US Army, US Air Force, US SOPMOD Block2, French Army, Swedish Army, Italian Army, Danish Army and Finnish Army. Furthermore, top international competitive pistol shooters like Saul Kirsch and Rob Leatham rely on the accuracy of these rugged precision instruments to get them to the top.
WHY AIMPOINT
Because Aimpoint® sights can be used with both eyes open, your field of view is unlimited at any distance. Eye relief is also unlimited, so your eye’s position behind the sight does not affect how well you see the target or the aiming point.
The bright red dot is very easy to see and your eye instinctively aligns it with your target. Unlike the lenses in cheaper red dot sights, Aimpoint’s lenses transmit nearly 100% of all wavelengths of light. This means that colors appear natural and are not distorted. Because of Aimpoint’s unique double lens system, the sights are parallax-free, meaning that no matter where on the lens you see the dot reflected, your point of aim will be your point of impact.
Shots that have to be fired with little time to think are always difficult. At these times it doesn’t matter if the range is short or long or if the target is standing still or moving. It is in such situations that Aimpoint proves its superiority over all other sights.
Illustration 1
This is how the Aimpoint principle works: the red light from the LED is reflected back to your eye from the front lens (double lens). All other light passes through unobstructed.
Illustration 2
The difference between Aimpoint’s solution…
Regardless of where you position your eye, the re flection of the LED is always parallel with the sight’s optical axis thanks to the design of the double lens and its light refraction property. The points of aim and impact always coincide.
Illustration 3
…and other sights.
The conventional lens used in the majority of red dot sights gives an angled reflection when the dot is not centered on the lens. The farther from the center of the lens you have the dot, the greater is the deviation from the optical axis. In this case the point of aim and the point of impact can never be the same.
