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Hi guys, question about a USMC red dot. I was issued a brand new A4 for a deployment with the 15th MEU/BLT 1/1 in 2004. Just getting the A4 was special enough at that the time but because I was on the TRAP team I was givin a red dot in place of the carry handle. It was not a Trijicon. My question is does any one know what type of red dot the Marines would have been giving out at the time. It was new. I'm building a M16A4 clone and would be interested in getting the same type of red dot for it.
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ITL MARS?
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Our unit had ITL MARS issued to us mixed with ACOG’s in 2004 for Iraq.
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This look like it?
https://www.opticsplanet.com/fraser-...-wpic-adr.html
Sadly, if this is it they're a grand a pop and OpticsPlanet, only vendor I've found, says "Mil/LE Only, NO TOYS FOR PROLES!" on this one.
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I don't get the restriction status. Wonder if there's any quality difference between the U.S. manufactured (Fraser) and Israeli (ITL)? Both excellent companies. I don't currently know; in the past it was not uncommon to see them for sale.Originally Posted by Diamondback
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I know some laser modules, usually the IR or high-power ones, are Mil/LE restricted, so maybe that's a factor. Gotta nerf everything for the peasants, ya know... *snort*
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It definitely was not that ITL MARS unit, in fact I had never seen one of those before. I talked to a buddy that was on TRAP with me and he said Aimpoint, so I am thinking a Comp M4 maybe.
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Yep, probably a standard M68 CCO (the .mil designation for the Aimpoint Comp M series). If it used AA batteries, it was the later CompM4 style, if it used a thick button cell, it was the older CompM2 style.
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I know some guys got Eotechs.
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Yep, I had a CompM4 on a full-auto Colt in 2003... 2004 they gave us AA Eotechs.
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