Aimpoint clone/knockoff any good?

[Dr_Fwd]

title says it all. I saw bunch of 'em on ebay for like ~$50... are they any good? can't afford the reall thingy... thus was thinking about buying one of those fakepoints...

[bjl913]

Never had experience with one in real life but my buddy has a fake acog on his paintball gun. works pretty good! its actually a red dot not a magnified scope. Seems to hold zero even if you drop it. I dont know how the aimpoints would do on a real gun though. holding zero and reticle brightness would be the 2 biggest issues.

http://i43.tinypic.com/muj5l5.jpg

[Dr_Fwd]

Never had experience with one in real life but my buddy has a fake acog on his paintball gun. works pretty good! its actually a red dot not a magnified scope. Seems to hold zero even if you drop it. I dont know how the aimpoints would do on a real gun though. holding zero and reticle brightness would be the 2 biggest issues.

http://i43.tinypic.com/muj5l5.jpg

Yeap....

I bet that paintball gun on pic cost like a reall one huh? [Coffee]

[GunTroll]

No warranty would be my guess and the warranty with anything is what I look for in an investment. Not to mention reliability when the thing is needed the most. I'd put it on a paint-ball gun but not an my ass saver!

[Dr_Fwd]

well, you see, I use a S&W M&P9 as my "ass saver" for now, and the rifle I wanted to put the fakepoint on is just for plinking...


BTW how is live Guntroll? [Beer]

[GunTroll]

Thanks for asking. Allsgood. Graduated and now full time Barista/babysitter. I've been told its not baby sitting when its your own kid but BS its work and I'll call it sittin! Selling coffee to the libs down in Cherry creek on saturdays at the farmers market. I love taking their money and buying things they despise!!!![Flower]+[Coffee]= [UZI]

[BadShot]

If you are looking to get a feel for a certain optic type... eh, it's a hit or miss thing. They are close but not nearly as good as a real EOTech, AimPoint or ACOG. They are meant for AirSoft weapons with no recoil and no real abuse. They will basically function, but don't bet your life on any of the knock offs. Save your pennies and get the real deal of which ever RDS you are inclined towards.

Real Optics on Real Weapons, knock offs on fakes.

[bjl913]

Yeap....

I bet that paintball gun on pic cost like a reall one huh? [Coffee]

haha that one belongs to BigPopa on here. Not sure what he has in it, but im guessing about 500-700 bucks in that one. I have the Tippman Alpha Black, which is modeled after an AR. We flat-topped it, and upgraded the barrel and im running a fake eotech. fake eotech that runs of button cells is a POS by the way... batteries only last about 45 minutes...

[Dr_Fwd]

Thanks for asking. Allsgood. Graduated and now full time Barista/babysitter. I've been told its not baby sitting when its your own kid but BS its work and I'll call it sittin! Selling coffee to the libs down in Cherry creek on saturdays at the farmers market. I love taking their money and buying things they despise!!!![Flower]+[Coffee]= [UZI]

[ROFL2]

[laportecharlie]

Don't know anything about Aimpoint clones but have had very good luck with the Vortex Strikefire. $150.00 with an AR mount shipped to your door. Comes with a warranty that reminds me of Dillon. Real good people to deal with.
Charlie

[blackford76]

I bought 2 NcStar red dots, look really cool, work great on my airsoft, so I put the other on my SKS, first shot caused the lens to fly out downrange. Airsoft one still works great.

[xjtwo]

I have a FakePoint on my 9mm set up, seems to hold zero pretty well. I had to replace the mount that came with it which cost twice as much as the FakePoint.......

Also, it takes button batteries which didn't last very long at all........

I bought it for the GSG-5 but ended up putting it on my RRA 9mm, all in all I would say save your money and get a real one. I plan on getting the real thing for my 9mm.

-J

[RRD3]

I bought 2 NcStar red dots, look really cool, work great on my airsoft, so I put the other on my SKS, first shot caused the lens to fly out downrange. Airsoft one still works great.


[ROFL1] I guess that lens wanted to get into the fight!