Exploding Red Dot Sight

I went paintballing today and my red dot sight took a hit. It just exploded infront on my eyes. Damn! Does anybody know a good brand of red dot sight? I play woodsball mostly so it has to be able to take moisture, adjustable brightness, not NCstar, and most importantly be able to take a hit without disintigrating.

notom66866 wrote: I went paintballing today and my red dot sight took a hit. It just exploded infront on my eyes. Damn! Does anybody know a good brand of red dot sight? I play woodsball mostly so it has to be able to take moisture, adjustable brightness, not NCstar, and most importantly be able to take a hit without disintigrating.

I'd get an occluded dot sight.  All you need is ambient light.  No batteries needed.  Mine has taken dozens of hits with no ill effects.

You can see examples of the Armson Dot sights here:  http://www.proteamdirect.com/armsonsights.html

Mine looks like the Pro Dot Max duty.

I hate to admit it but my last red dot was an NCstar. To good a price to say no. Thats whay I don't want another red dot that going to explode.

Edited by notom66866 - 06 April 2008 at 2:39pm

Cool thanks.

I don't understand the NcStar comments?

NcStar's come with a clear lens cap.

I took a dead-on direct hit on my 42mm yesterday with no problems.

Did you have the other guy chrono after he hit you then?

The guy who shot my red dot was using a rental so I hope it wasn't hot.

My NcStar experience concerns two red dots. 

This sight has red/green dot capability but the dots are not bright enough in full daylight.  I rectified that by adding automobile window tint to the glass piece in the front.  Additionally, the adjustment system for "sighting in" has limited range of movement and does not seem to hold position well.  I bought this one because I didn't know any better.  (So actually, I guess I can't make fun of notom6686.  What the heck, I will anyway. )

This is my other NcStar sight.  I bought this one because it came apart in my hands when I was looking at it at the shop.  (The owner's a friend and he gives me good deals anyway.  He didn't insist, and I didn't buy it until a later trip.)  A different piece had fallen off in the box by the time I got it home.  I pulled and tugged at it to see how much it would fall apart, then used super glue to reattach everything that came off.  So far it has stayed together, but I don't expect it to survive the first solid paintball hit it takes.  When that happens, I'll just scrap it for parts.

You can occasionally find them in Wal-Mart in the $30 range.

notom66866 wrote: I went paintballing today and my red dot sight took a hit. It just exploded infront on my eyes. Damn! Does anybody know a good brand of red dot sight? I play woodsball mostly so it has to be able to take moisture, adjustable brightness, not NCstar, and most importantly be able to take a hit without disintigrating.

Dude you seem to come from Montreal, I you are and are playing at Action 500. My friend did something very clever for his red dot and he did it for me as well. He cut a circular piece of clear plexiglass of about 3/8 deep. We simply put it at the front of the red dot tape with electrical tape (nobody ever noticed). Since it's clear you see through like there was nothing there and no paintballs will ever break your red dot ever again even at point blank.  range.

Si tu es de Montréal laisse moi savoir mon chum pourrait te couper un morceau de plexiglass pour une couple de $$. Achète le Red dot que tu veux sa change rien, avec le plexi c'est bullet proof!