What scope is this? (M4)

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Chris Phelps

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What brand/model is this scope?

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Yes a Aimpoint m-68. It's not bad but it is designed for shooting less than 200m. I carried one because it's what I was issued but later just ran iron sites. This particular sight offers no maginifacation. BTW these sights were supposed to be set off to the left side for right handed shooters it was never designed to set directly on top like that but everyone runs it that way. You can use these with PVS-14's for great night time use.
 
My unit fielded these sights and we got a short class by a factory rep on operation of the sight. After we were told that they were to mount off to the side so you could still use iron sights if needed we thought it sounded like a great idea. However if you you want to use your pvs-14's with the 68's it had to mount on top. If you kept them on the side and switched them to the top you wouldn't be able to keep a accurate zero. There was actually a special mount for running it to the side. Theres probably a entire warehouse somewhere with thousands in it collecting rust. I have seen lots of people run them on the side without this mount in different ways. Lots of Air Force guys use this sight with a mount on top that still allows for use of iron sights while still conected.
 
Erick is 100% correct. Not to mention that if you still have M16s, the issued gooseneck mount allows you to use your irons.
 
I'll see if I can find a picture of one of the brackets that I was talking about. Other than in trial phase I never used the bracket it was a real inconvenience because your weapon was hard to store because it wasn't flat anymore. When I say to the side it actually just mounted to the left of the top of your carryhandle about 1"
 
patton,

Look, if you guys mounted the M68 on the side, I'd really, really, really like to see it because, quite frankly that's asinine. I've been in for a while and have played with quite a few bits of equipment and tested a few and I've never heard of this.

What DTG did this occur?

Erick, you could zero it if someone did mount like that, but I just have a problem believing that such a mount was actually issued to a line unit. As far as offset optics are concerned, think about the Steyr AUG, with the optics built into the carrying handle.
 
Erick,

Dude, I've got a simple solution for you. You've seen it in National Geographic. Simply start sliding those thin metal rings over your neck until your neck stretches out like a giraffe's. Implied task here is that you do some kind of neck stretching exercises to keep your neck muscles strong and flexible. Then when your neck is long enough, simply lean your head over the stock and use the sights that way. :D

Or failing that, then turn the rifle upside down and fire it that way. The benefit of that would be that you'd no longer have to worry about the chance of brass coming back at you and hitting you in the face. :eek:

Of course, if you use method one, you wouldn't have to worry about that either, so I believe that I have come up with a great solution and will so submit that to PEO Soldier.

Take care

Peter
 
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't mounting the optic off to the side create a situation where your windage would be off at any range other than the range that you have zeroed in at?

Rich
 
I think that the side mount sounds like the same set-up that thousands of winchester lever action hunting rifles got. The small offset does keep you from a perfect zero, but there are sure a lot of dead deer that never noticed. It does actually reduce the vertical offset some, also I would think that lefty's would mount their optic to the right of the carry handle. It's not like these were designed for long range or sniper duty, it's a CCO for under 200 meters.
 
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