The Department of State released this photo in a series of images depicting “2016 Diplomatic Security Service Day On The Hill“.
A DSS special agent (left) lets a visitor peer through a high-tech rifle scope used on DSS weaponry, Washington, D.C., June 23, 2016. (U.S. Department of State photo)
State Dept Image / Jun 23, 2016 / Washington, D.C.
Reportedly, it is a AAA battery powered variant from Aimpoint. Said to be a downsized M4 with T2 capabilities, the battery choice is to make logistics easier on agencies like DSS which operate in remote locations and may have difficulty sourcing the 2032 battery.
Coming SHOT Show 2017?
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T4S is what I’d be hoping for. Get that battery compartment down.
Unfortunately the battery compartment can’t be moved down due to the space needed for mounts.
Maybe it’d get in the way of the rheostat but I can see it being moved to the other side and out of the way.
Aaron, I’m guessing by your response that you have first hand knowledge of the issue. From this small picture, I’m not sure I see a reason why it couldn’t be moved down to the bottom right side of the body rather than the top right. However, I’m not an engineer, and have zero knowledge of the internal workings of this optic. Thanks for the response.
Pat, yes I have first hand knowledge. I’m the guy in the picture. All I know about battery compartment/switch placement is what we were told. Preference was for low location like the COMP M4S, but were told due to the design and internal components it wasn’t possible.
What about Comp M4s, this has battery compartment moved down
Better yet put it underneath in an internal lower 1/3 cowitness mount. Make it one solid unit and make it compatible with a Larue base.
Good idea.
I like the idea of the optic being separate, and not integral with the battery compartment and mount. Having just installed a T-1 on a pistol, and being very happy with my personal (short term) testing, I really like it. However, if it had a battery compartment / mount built in, I wouldn’t be able to do that without excessive height over bore issues.
Yeah, not everything is an AR and versatility is always welcome.
Larue base = no thanks
Finally out in the wild. I heard about this one a few months ago…
I like it. Can’t wait to see it in more detail.
Moist.
Everything should be AA.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Nice scoop!
How about a scope that is battery powered but that’s for backup power, the charge of the round powers the light and can store a small amount of that energy in cells?
Now, at SHOT 2017 I will see this and be out of any damn royalties!!
No
Sig has a red dot that is battery and solar powered. We have one at Cabela’s and have never changed the batteries. While with the EOTechs, vortex, aimpoints, Burris, and any other battery operated optic or red dot. (btw we leave everything in the on position.) the EOTechs turn them selves off. While aimpoint Burris and a few others must heave the batteries changed once some times twice a week. Depending on the brand.
Vortex is auto shutoff to.
It is odd, I have changed my aimpoint pro battery twice in 3 years and keep it on its lowest visible setting. None of my shooting friends have an aimpoint so no input from them but by reading other users input they go years on one battery ?
My original CompM68 which I purchased back in 2006 is still running the battery it shipped with. Granted, I don’t keep it turned on 24/7, but there have been some periods where I’ve forgotten it was switched on for several months at a time. I should probably change it out, but I’m kind of curious to see how long it’ll run before it finally dies.
Totally had a flash back to that Seinfeld episode where they ran that car dry of gas as soon as I read your last line!!
Airborne_fister, there’s something SERIOUSLY wrong with your Aimpoints if you have to change their batteries every few weeks.
We have to change them because we get display optics that are not ever going to be sold to the cust. Keep the new in the box in back. And sell them. Let the customer play with the ones out in the case. Let the kids too. They get dropped. Batteries get put in wrong. Non lithium ion batteries put in. Just basically we treat the display ones as show piece.
My god. It would be everything I ever wanted.
I’m down for a few
We can expect longer usage time on this one compared to T1, right?
are we joking right now or isn’t 50000 hours good enough for you?
I know it’s pointless but I’m kinda want to see happan complete overkill, almost batteryless-like time with many years of constant daylight usage. Hell, why not? It would be hilarious and almost death sentence to other fiber or phosphor powered optics.
The battery life is supposedly comparable to the T1. Dot is crisper than our current issued T1s. I liked it. But not enough to justify replacing all of our T1s. He’ll of a replacement for DS’s Eotechs!
DSS must be the longest, most austere environment deployed mofos on earth if they have trouble sourcing a battery that only needs changing every five years.
Have you used a T series optic very much?
If you have, you’d understand that the setting for 5 years is not a setting you use during outside daylight hours. Hell, as a graveyard cop I kept it on setting 9 since indoors with WML, a 8 was to dim.
10-11 is a common daylight setting which can shorten run time down to 8 months.
I was an early adopter and have carried them to war. I realize that the setting that allows five years of life isn’t for optimal day use. I also realize that leaving it on setting 9/10 all the time is for stooges who don’t ever do anything at night or have the ability to turn a knob while getting their bearings while “the shit just hit the fan.” People are always acting like they need to have their ghn blazing the moment the lift it up. no one in theatre needs their sight on for months without end.
…unless you’re in a static defense with little to no standoff.
For months?
What happened to having extra batteries on hand? Or is that just a dumb thing to ask? I know I keep 6 cr123s in my range bag. But then again. All my optics run off of cr123’s along with my atpail-c laser, my surefire M952V ,and yes I rock an EOTech. But I don’t leave the EOTech in my trunk or to drastic temperature changes. The only thing I wish is that the aimpoint twist mount was compatible with the EOTech flip to side mount, and I could mount my nvgs on it as quickly as I can with the twist mount. Like the ability to switch from magnification to night vision and back. With a flip to the side. But I do have the IR laser which is nice. But at times I want to be able to hit a target or anything at a distance greater/less then my lasers are Zeroed for. Plus I won’t have to look thru my nvgs with my helmet on. And carrying a rifle all to shoot coyotes at night or really early morning when night vision is necessary.
You are still using an Eotech ?!?! OMG – we will all pray for your soul…..
I shot a 2-Gun shoot yesterday. Of the 37 shooters two of them had Aimpoints that were not functioning. 5 % failure rate.
FWIW.
The Eotech saga is proof positive that “buy once, cry once” and “you get what you pay for” are false statements.
Somebody wanted a link to info on the Aimpoint magnifiers.
https://ssdaily.tempurl.host/2016/01/26/post-shot-show-wrapup-aimpoint-magnifiers/
Sorry i just thought “Airborne_fister” might find the new aimpoint brand flip/qd mounts intriguing, haven’t seen pics of the magnifiers with mounts anywhere else yet
If SSD is good with me leaving a link here, I did a writeup on the new Aimpoint magnifier and mount, there are a bunch of pics shown in the article of it mounted as well as naked.
Eric and/ or Staff, if this violates a site policy you have my apology and feel free to delete this comment.
http://www.recoilweb.com/new-aimpoint-magnifiers-2-106327.html
In this day and age, with even Fedex and UPS shipping to the most austere places in the world, I find it hard to understand why a government entity can’t provide enough coin style batteries. Especially when they last multiple years in the T1/T2 series.
Because I don’t want to waste my limited budget on hundreds of dollars for each shipment to ship a few lithium batteries somewhere. Remember, lithium batteries are HAZMAT which costs a lot. Then add in the carrier costs to ship to some countries/areas well beyond the home/personal shipping you’re used to. By the way, FedEx and UPS don’t ship to every country in the world. Sometimes it’s DHL or another carrier. They’re even more expensive. I ship large quantities of batteries and constantly. Multiply hundreds of dollars for each shipment across a year of shipping and the cost would be staggering.
I need to spend my limited budget on weapons, optics, ammo and other gear instead of wasting most of my budget on shipping costs. It’s nowhere as simple as most assume. I’m supporting over 280 diplomatic missions in just about every country there is and with basically no organic logistical shipping capabilities. The scope of what we’re supporting is well beyond your assumptions.
Aaron
i would like to chat with you offline if possible.