aimpoint knock off

[markm]

Wow!

I had no idea how bad this had become.

[ddemis]

And a knock off of the Acog too, what a bunch of swindlers, probaly made in china they make most of the fake products on the market today.

[C4IGrant]

Hmmm, now where can one find an authorized Aimpoint dealer???

The knock off thing is off the chart. What makes me really mad is when people believe when they are equal to the real deal and start fights about it on certain forums.



C4

[ddemis]

I wonder if Aimpoint or Trijicon can do anything to stop airsoft from selling and advertising those products. The web can be a hard place to control with all the Pirating going on.

[twodollarbill]

Leupold has posted a "Counterfeit Mark 4 Riflescope Warning" on their website.
They know that counterfeits are a big problem for us and them.
Leupold tracks their scopes by serial number, so if you find one for sale
from someone you don't know, you can call them to confirm it's the real deal.
I used this service on my last M1 16x I bought on the internet, I'm glad I did.

[czydj]

Glad I never found that site...

[nationwide]

It makes me mad just thinking how people can blatantly copy someone else's design/product

There's a market for it




Just not in MY safe!

[User Name]

[QUOTE=ddemis;91891]I wonder if Aimpoint or Trijicon can do anything to stop airsoft from selling and advertising those products.

In the US absolutely. Not in China or Japan (the countries of origin) where I believe the copyright law's don't apply. I have an airsoft "Colt M4" with identical proofs as a real one that I ordered from overseas. They are great training aids if used properly. Much cheaper obviously than Simunitions sp?. I'd personally rather see knock off quality equipment for airsoft training than not. Though I would be just as happy if it did'nt say "Aimpoint" so that people would not be dooped by fake Aimpoints sold as the real deal. Just my 2 Cents.

[Boom]

Hmmm, now where can one find an authorized Aimpoint dealer???

The knock off thing is off the chart. What makes me really mad is when people believe when they are equal to the real deal and start fights about it on certain forums.



C4

Oh God please don't let that start again.

[supertac]

Yes / Sometimes.

The most common and best forgery I have seen to date has a few things to look for:

1. "Aimpoint" will be written in white on the side of the sight and on the flip covers.

A real Aimpoint will have the logo laser inscribed (NOT STAMPED) and then anodized over in black. I have seen one fake where the logo was stamped in and then painted over in black.

Real Aimpoint flip covers are raised lettering out of the black plastic itself.


2. The fake has the markings "Comp M2 4 MOA". Below that on the sight it will have an incorrect part number "10338". They also all have the same serial number "240944". 10338 is the part number for a Comp ML2

These are the correct part#'s for Aimpoint sights.

10336 = Comp M2 4MOA
10338 = Comp ML2 4MOA

3. On fakes the windage and elevation adjustments look like small sheet metal screws.

A real Aimpoint will have adjustment screws with slots for an adjustment tool cut all the way across the top of the screw spanning the entire inside diameter of the adjustment turret. Assuming you have the on/off switch at the two o'clock position for a right handed shooter, the top turret adjustment screw for elevation will be marked "UP-L" and the windage turret adjustment screw on the right side will be marked "UP-R". These markings will be on the screws not on the turret.

4. The on/off switch on the forgeries fell like &^%!@ and are pretty stiff. Some also keep rotating through the last position back to off.

Real Aimpoint sights have clean breaking and very distiguished indexing. ALL Comp M2, ML2, M3, ML3, Comp C3 and 9000 series sights have 10 positions including the off position. All Aimpoint switches stop at the last setting.

5. Aimpoint DOES NOT and never has made a green dot.

I have heard people paying upwards of $250 for the forgeries. Don't let the price tag make you think it is a real Aimpoint.

EBay? = Let the buyer beware.

If you suspect you are looking at a fake you probably are. There are many Authorized Aimpoint Dealers to purchase from. Don't trust your life to a knock off. The reliability of the knock off's are very bad.

Please call us if you have any questions about Aimpoint products.

1-877-246-7646

The inside diameter of the sight is smaller and the glass has a bluer hue on most knockoffs. I bought a rifle once that had one on it. The clonepoint was not paralax free like they advertise, it had poor quality glass, it didn't hold zero, overall, a POS...