Hootiewho
11-13-07, 16:24
OK, don't flame me too bad for a out of the box idea here, but I got to thinking, which I probably shouldn't be doing. My only experience with the Aimpoint mag combo was at the silencertest shoot, when the surefire rep let my shoot a few rounds. Why not make a magnifier that has a little bit more magnification than 3 or 4 power, so that it can double as a pocket monocular? Say get one up to 7x or 8x? I know that the field of view would be small, but it already is pretty small with the current magnifiers. If the longer shots were required, you'd have a true midrange red dot sight, like a 1-8x or 1-6x scope. I know it would not be as quick, but seems like it would pay off in the distance department. Maybe even have a very faint ranging reticle in the magnifier for general purpose ranging or target referencing. Now I have not played with one of these enough to know if they magnify the dot a good bit, so I may be way off base, just asking for opinions or thoughts. Seems like a good midrange monocular that you could keep in your pocket and have it function as a way to extend the range of the Aimpoint/Eotech would fill a nitch.