All your most recent posts are about Holosun. Tell us aklance, do you work for Holosun? Or is there something else going on?
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My two cents:
The only problems we were having with our CompM4s were the rheostat dials would break off or spin freely, and some guys has cracked the lenses from sim rounds. The older CompM2s only real problem was the shitty battery life combined with they didn't get anywhere near as bright as the M4s. I have seen a few (meaning very few) that were pulled off of the line for failing to hold zero or weird electronic failures. I've also seen drawers full of deadlined ACOGs, which I have no idea how and means nothing because optics are deadlined for many reasons.
Electronics failures were few and far between, especially with the M4s. I never once saw an M4 flat out break in my 4 years in Alaska (with 2 years of Afghanistan sprinkled in between months of Arctic training) or my 3 years at Bragg (with another 9 month safari thrown in, too).
I recall being on DZSO when a jumper jettisoned his equipment roughly 800ft AGL. Upon inspection, the M4 barrel was bent, the receiver was cracked at the barrel nut, his PEQ-15 had shattered into little PEQ'lets, and the receiver extension had a perfect stress crack through right at the castle nut.
The CompM4 was still turned on, and apart from being banged up, it appeared functional. We had a range a few weeks later and for shits and giggles we tossed it on a rifle to see if it worked. It zeroed up just fine and appeared to hold its zero for the following months of training, including numerous Squad and Platoon Live Fires and shoot houses. And a few more jumps for good measure.
I could be dramatic and tell you stories about them holding their zero following IEDs. Being dropped 20+ft off the side of qalat because a cheap QD sling attachment failed, or other such stuff. But that's not the point, because we all know this to be par for the course.
They aren't perfect, and anything made by man can fail. But Aimpoint sights have the reputation they do for a reason, and until data is published from a controlled lab setting proving the durability of Holosun optics in comparison to Aimpoint, we're only left with anecdotal range reports that hold no more merit than the anecdotal experience of a Soldier.
Just the observations of this former-GI who was also a LGS employee for a period of time, in which I learned that almost everyone who works at LGS' are a bunch of barrel bellied Frito fighters who talk out of their ass.
DD is PAID to test optics. If no one is paying you to do lab testing on optics, then you are knowledge is less than his.
The military still has the old M68's. Yes, the electronics did fail in them. Those issues are thing of the past since the birth of the M2 (which was a long time ago). Also, don't know if you were ever in the Military or not, but generally speaking people treat gear and guns like a used lawn mower. So never take ONE opinion on ANYTHING failing. Do more research to come to a better conclusion.
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Sorry to revive this, but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere else. Does anybody know if eotech is still sending out checks? I have a XPS3-0 2012 date of manufacture.
Thanks in advance.
May 23, 2017 was the last date to ask for a refund.
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