r/aimdownsights • u/Mrthebobjr • 13d ago

A bit of a nitpick

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Don’t know if anyone has seen this before but I have a 407c x3 and decided to get another one in gold. The gold seems to be missing a small chunk out of the dot (yes I cleaned the emitter). Not the end of the world but makes it look lopsided like people describe having astigmatism. Had to make sure it wasn’t my eyes so took a picture.
Still going on a Glock 45 gonna shoot it because it shouldn’t make any real difference.

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u/-itsilluminati 13d ago

So it's just a different emitter. The fact that it's uniform leads me to believe it's not a defect or "problem"; it's just a different emitter.

Makes sense, since it's a totally different color.

Source; I work in optics, although I can't help explain much more outside of that about why gold has the gap. I've just seen different emitters

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u/Mrthebobjr 13d ago

Interesting. I just quit my job with an optical device manufacturer funny enough, but never worked with any emitters.

Good info to know but a bit of a disappointing design if that’s all it boils down to.

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u/-itsilluminati 12d ago

If you're not noticing anything else weird with it, unfortunately, it's just the shape of that particular emitter

Again, the gap is so uniform I doubt it's damage or defect.

If you have decent eyes you can probably see the gap looking backward into the optic, looking directly at the enitter

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u/Sefrius 13d ago

We have circle-dot reticle at home.

Circle-dot reticle at home:

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u/DotBetaSDK 13d ago

Is this a circle dot reticle for ants!?

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u/SnooKiwis7258 13d ago

Are these what dots look like to everyone else irl? If so i 100% have the this kind of tism too.

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u/-itsilluminati 12d ago

Easy way to tell; cowitness with irons and use the smallest aperture on the rear iron

It immediately stops bursting for me and I have absolute shit eyes

You'll be able to tell what the actual reticle looks like vs what you see

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u/TargetUnique3491 11d ago

Great info!

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u/rando_mness 10d ago

I'd RMA that 100%. That's bullshit.