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11-05-08, 00:20
Trying to think out of the box with this one.
The 5 oclock battery box of the M4S has me wondering if it would work to rotate a M2 or M3 Aimpoint 180 degrees from normal, placing the adjustment knobs at 6 oclock and 9 oclock, with the battery box at 7 oclock?
This would located the battery box/brightness switch to a position that is support-hand friendly, and less likely to be broken or inadvertently rotated.
Of course, by doing so, the knob at 6 is now the elevation adjustment, and the knob at 9 is now the windage adjustment.
Doing this would restrict access to the adjustment screw at 6 oclock, but mounting the Aimpoint in a QD mount like a LT150 would allow easy removal of the RDS to adjust the knob at 6 in order to zero the scope.
Post-zeroing, there is little need to have access to the adjustment knobs.
The lack of an adjustment knob and battery box on top of the optic (at 12 and 2 oclock, respectively) would make for a cleaner field of view.
Any opinions on this? Does it have merit, or not, and why or why not?
The 5 oclock battery box of the M4S has me wondering if it would work to rotate a M2 or M3 Aimpoint 180 degrees from normal, placing the adjustment knobs at 6 oclock and 9 oclock, with the battery box at 7 oclock?
This would located the battery box/brightness switch to a position that is support-hand friendly, and less likely to be broken or inadvertently rotated.
Of course, by doing so, the knob at 6 is now the elevation adjustment, and the knob at 9 is now the windage adjustment.
Doing this would restrict access to the adjustment screw at 6 oclock, but mounting the Aimpoint in a QD mount like a LT150 would allow easy removal of the RDS to adjust the knob at 6 in order to zero the scope.
Post-zeroing, there is little need to have access to the adjustment knobs.
The lack of an adjustment knob and battery box on top of the optic (at 12 and 2 oclock, respectively) would make for a cleaner field of view.
Any opinions on this? Does it have merit, or not, and why or why not?