Please explain the differences between the Aimpoints for me.

[leroy]

Dear fellow TGO'ers:__________________

I need to round up another red dot type sight for our bushmaster. Have been looking at the Aimpoint M series red dots (....we've got an EOTech, so i know about them...). In a nutshell; what is the difference in the M2 vs M4 series red dots (...we dont need the NV settings...) other than price? I like the Aimpoint because of the great battery life and the fact it has a single red dot. I would appreciate your collective opinions on them.

Thanks in advance.

leroy

[Capbyrd]

I haven't used the M4 but I have an M2 that was mounted on my first AR. It is now on a GSG5. I really like it. I think the M4 is just the newest version of the M series. I know a major difference between the two is that the M2 uses a weird battery and the M4 uses a AA.

[Guest BenderBendingRodriguez]

Of course, the weird battery from the M2 is a fair amount more shelf-stable than AA, so if you were looking for a zombie apocalypse gun it would be a more viable power source (plus they're physically smaller).

[Dolomite_supafly]

Look at the Zoom Dot. It used to be made by Millet but now made by Bushnell.

It auto adjusts the brightness according to ambient conditions. The knob changes the dot size from 1 MOA to 10 MOA. It takes AImpoint batteries and they last a long time (not as long as an Aimpoint though).

I carried one overseas with me and never had an issue with it. The best aprt, like I said, is not having to constantly change the dot intesity for changing conditions. I can go from a dim indoor enviroment to a bright outdoor enviroment without the need to take my hands off the gun to change dot intensity.

Dolomite

Zoom Dot on Google

[leroy]

Thanks Cap, BBR, and Dolomite. I took a look at the zoom dot and i like it. Seems to be a great idea.

Thanks again.

leroy

[Magiccarpetrides]

Look at the Zoom Dot. It used to be made by Millet but now made by Bushnell.

It auto adjusts the brightness according to ambient conditions. The knob changes the dot size from 1 MOA to 10 MOA. It takes AImpoint batteries and they last a long time (not as long as an Aimpoint though).

I carried one overseas with me and never had an issue with it. The best aprt, like I said, is not having to constantly change the dot intesity for changing conditions. I can go from a dim indoor enviroment to a bright outdoor enviroment without the need to take my hands off the gun to change dot intensity.

Dolomite

Zoom Dot on Google

Looks nice but the bushnell ones are supposedly made in Mexico unlike the usa made millet....how good are Mexican built scopes?

[mikegideon]

Made in USA... by Mexicans

[MacGyver]

Made in USA... by Mexicans

Sometimes the truth hurts

[Magiccarpetrides]

Made in USA... by Mexicans

Well as long as their not illegals LOL

[leroy]

Guys:_______________

Ive got a 99 gmc suburban with 226K miles built in mexico. It's doin pretty good.

leroy

[Magiccarpetrides]

Guys:_______________

Ive got a 99 gmc suburban with 226K miles built in mexico. It's doin pretty good.

leroy

We are talking about intricate firearms....not hulking pieces of metal ;-D

I always laugh to myself when someone on my car lot says they are gonna "buy American cause I want to support Americans" and dont realize a lot of fords are built in canada and mexico while most Nissans are built in Tennessee and Mississippi.

[Capbyrd]

We are talking about intricate firearms....not hulking pieces of metal ;-D

I always laugh to myself when someone on my car lot says they are gonna "buy American cause I want to support Americans" and dont realize a lot of fords are built in canada and mexico while most Nissans are built in Tennessee and Mississippi.

People just don't know. Of course, if its a Ford, they just need to look in the windshield. If it was built in the US, it will have a sticker saying which plant. My truck says Dearborn and I hope that I never have to change the windshield so that sticker will stay forever.

[leroy]

I will grant that there is a difference between building magic components in electronic sights and assembling suburbans.

PS-- i also got a toyota prerunner. proudly built in kalefornia by non union (...to some "rat"; but im ok this that.....) labor. HEHEHE. Toyota didnt need no stinkin bailout!!!

Heep up the good work!

leroy

[mikegideon]

I will grant that there is a difference between building magic components in electronic sights and assembling suburbans.

PS-- i also got a toyota prerunner. proudly built in kalefornia by non union (...to some "rat"; but im ok this that.....) labor. HEHEHE. Toyota didnt need no stinkin bailout!!!

Heep up the good work!

leroy

AFIK, NO piece of electronics gets done without touching Asia in some way. Even semiconductors that are made in US foundries get packaged overseas.