Trijicon Mount Product Warning. DOES NOT WORK and NO WARANTEE HONORED

[Davejohnson]

I bought a Trijicon ACOG scope with the 6.8 caliber reticule (TA31H-68). I mounted a Trijicon Miniature Reflex site (RM08A-38) to the ACOG using a Trijicon mount (RM38). The mount wraps around the the eye piece end of the ACOG scope. It was sold to me as a package by Planet Optics for $1,850.00.

The mount that holds the reflex site to the Acog does not stay in one place. I called Trijicon twice to insure that it was mounted correctly. I also had my gunsmith try his hand at it. Despite a lengthy trial, over $200 of ammo used up, and multiple calls to Trijicon, the reflex site mounted on top of the Acog still slipped. Shooting the rifle caused the Reflex sight to slip out of place.

PLANET OPTICS response was "you bought it, you own it". No refund, no exchange, no repair.

Trijicons response was that I could send the kit to them, and they would mount it using locktight. Yes... they offered to GLUE THE $1,850.00 SCOPE PACKAGE TOGETHER. Trijicon offered nothing else... NO REFUNDS, NO EXCHANGES, NO WARRANTY.

So now I have a Trijicon scope and reflex site kit that will not hold zero and I am stuck with it.

If anyone else has been victimized in this manner by Trijicon please contact me. We don't have to accept this if we could gain power in numbers and deal with Trijicon as a group.

[VLODPG]

Is this what you are talking about loosening?




If so, you have 2 choices:

Using loctite (it is not glue BTW). Might I recommend 242 Blue.

Sending it back to Trijicon for them to do the same thing!

[Davejohnson]

I redid this response below...

[Davejohnson]

It is not the screws you are pointing to that loosen. They were tightened using a torque wrench by my gun smith. The mount band that wraps around the scope is what slips; causing the Reflex sight to be worthless. Trijicon was talking about smearing locktight on the inside of the band that wraps around the scope. Perhaps this is a temporary cheap sollution, at least until the forces dislodge it once again. But it is not a sollution that I would bet my life on; let alone pay $1850 for!

[C4IGrant]

First, I know it is frustrating to have something not work.

If you notice the Trijicon ACOG's that are sold (from the factory) with an RMR don't use this mount (clue). They mount the upper part of the RMR mount DIRECTLY to the ACOG body.




Second, if you want to fix it, use some green loctite around the bottom of the ring. You might be shocked at what this stuff can do. If that is a no go, a strip or two of black 100mph tape inside the ring might do it as well.


Third, an RMR mounted on top of an ACOG is just about the worst place for one. I would move it off there and mount if on an offset mount on the rail or upp receiver. This is much more optimal (for many reasons).



C4

[Urban_Redneck]

I find the aversion to locktite amusing in light of the fact in Germany, many scopes are epoxied to the rings. I guess it's all about commitment

In the electrical department at Home Depot find a can of 3M ScotchKote (used for waterproofing elec connections) coat the inside of the ring, wait 5 min, and tighten.



It won't "glue" the parts together, but it will keep them from slipping. This has been SOP for mounting large scopes on hard kicking rifles for years.

[C4IGrant]

I find the aversion to locktite amusing in light of the fact in Germany, many scopes are epoxied to the rings. I guess it's all about commitment

In the electrical department at Home Depot find a can of 3M ScotchKote (used for waterproofing elec connections) coat the inside of the ring, wait 5 min, and tighten.



It won't "glue" the parts together, but it will keep them from slipping. This has been SOP for mounting large scopes on hard kicking rifles for years.

Thanks for the info the Scotchkote!



C4

[Urban_Redneck]

Thaks for the info the Scotchkote!



C4

My pleasure, I've learned 1000 fold more from reading your posts.

More scopes get damaged from over tightened rings than any combination of hard use and recoil.

[Davejohnson]

Using an off center mount for the reflex site would require placing the reflex site in front or behind the ACOG scope. Then the eye releif would be an issue. Either the scope or the rapid site would be less than optimal.

[SHIVAN]

Trijicons response was that I could send the kit to them, and they would mount it using locktight.

So Trijicon offered to solve your issue, and you disagree with their methods, and now you are asking people to line up for a class action?

Please tell me I am missing something?