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Posted: 6/25/2014 8:59:46 AM EDT
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I recently picked up an aimpoint pro. The dot isn't completely circular from my perspective, but I understand that it's probably due to the lighting/my astigmatism. However, there are also 3 visible dots on a singular viewing plane at times. Is this normal as well in certain light levels?
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I have an astigmatism and the "dot" appears as a smear to me but it's all one thing - not seeing three dots. The higher I turn it up, the more distorted it gets. For me, even though the blob is heavier at the bottom than the top, centering the blob on the target finds the POI.
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| This may be a stupid question, but does it look like that at all brightness setting? I have astigmatism and get a blob, but if I look more at the object to shoot it becomes a crisp red dot. If you do have a problem contact aimpoint they will get back to you within 24 hours. |
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Do you have a back up sight on your rifle? If you do, look through the round aperture at the dot. Even with an astigmatism, the dot should look perfectly round. Neat how that works.. Will tell you if it's your eyes, or the sight. That IS a neat trick. Took all the funk right out of the dot. |
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I went and looked at my PRO. I can replicate the picture you took when the brightness is all the way up. I think what you're seeing is the laser dot being reflected by one lens towards your eye as it is designed to, and the laser is refracting slightly as it passes through the other two lenses in the optic, producing the other dots. As I wiggled mine around, I was easy to see that the big dot was farthest away from my eye, the other two were sequentially closer, and they were all in line.
I wouldn't worry about it for the same reason I'd never noticed it before: once you center the dot in the optic (which is what you need to be doing anyway), all the dots line up and you only see one dot anyway. Also, I have never turned the brightness up that high anyway: I try to find a brightness that is as dim as possible while still being easy to spot peripherally. Of course, if yours does that on any brightness level and the dots don't line up like mine do, maybe give Aimpoint a call. Hope that helps. |
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The dot looks like a clover leaf to me, especially at higher intensity settings. You're not supposed to look at the dot anyway, you're supposed to superimpose the dot on the well focused target. The less attention you pay to the dot's image, focus wise, the better off you'll be.
For finest accuracy turn it down so low you can just see it clearly. This will refine the dot to it's smallest possible image and reduce the blobbing effect common to brighter settings. |
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