RMR Flickering, with flicker plate installed

[WickedWillis]

Hey guys. I have made it my goal this year to learn how to get comfortable and proficient with a red dot on a handgun. I have been dry firing, practicing on picking up the dot from the draw, as well as picking it up after reloads at home.

Last weekend I went to my local indoor range, as the winds were really bad to go the outdoor range, and zeroed my new Leupold Deltapoint pro. After getting a solid zero, and doing some drills with it, I moved onto my Glock 19 milled with an RMR.

The RMR is a type 1 RM06 I have had for a few years. I also have a Zev flicker plated mounted underneath the dot for fear of the flickering issue. The dot was already zeroed so I moved right into doing drills with it. Every 10-15 shots or so I would lose the dot completely for the next several shots. It kept repeating over the 150 rounds I fired through it the rest of the way.

It would not matter if I adjusted brightness up or down, tried to turn the optic off and back on completely, I could not get it to stop doing it. Then magically a few rounds later it would pop back on. This was not me losing the dot in the optic, or moving my head position either, it was just flat out vanishing.

Has anyone else had this issue? I searched the forums and found nothing. I'm not sure if this is the common 'flicker' that most people speak of, or a separate issue all together. I haven't contacted Trijicon as of yet.

[.45fan]

Try gently bending the thin contact tab the battery touches. Again I say gently, if you break that off you're done.
If that doesn't work try contacting Trijicon.

[yoni]

Very gently. I had the same problem and fixed it in just that way. I figure recoil after so many rounds things need to be adjusted.

[glocktogo]

Running one on a 10mm and reading up on the flicker issue, I prevented it by putting a buffer between the contact tab and side of the tray, ensuring the tab always remains in contact with the battery under recoil. I used an exacto knife to cut a wedge shaped sliver off a wooden shaft of a 6” q-tip for the buffer. I’ve had no issues.

[dwhitehorne]

My type 1 flickered too after adding a new late. I switched to a Duracell battery and added a small piece of electrical tape on top of the raised bump on the plate. That was about 400 rounds ago and it hasn’t blinked since. David

[WickedWillis]

Try gently bending the thin contact tab the battery touches. Again I say gently, if you break that off you're done.
If that doesn't work try contacting Trijicon.

Very gently. I had the same problem and fixed it in just that way. I figure recoil after so many rounds things need to be adjusted.

I will look into this tonight, thank you both for the heads up.

My type 1 flickered too after adding a new late. I switched to a Duracell battery and added a small piece of electrical tape on top of the raised bump on the plate. That was about 400 rounds ago and it hasn’t blinked since. David

This seems like the safer "Will is clumsy as hell" option. I will see how sketched out I get trying to bend the contactor. Thank you for the suggestion!