{"id":49059,"date":"2015-12-12T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=49059"},"modified":"2015-12-12T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T04:56:20","slug":"aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> <em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Max Slowik<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The long-running debate over which optic platform is better, Aimpoint or EOTech, may have come to a head. Electronics and aerospace firm L-3 Communications, manufacturer of EOTech optics, <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/2015\/12\/08\/l3-communications-eotech-issuing-refunds-for-holographic-weapon-sights\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\" title=\"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is now offering refunds<\/a> to customers after settling out of court for falsely representing the capabilities of their holographic weapon sights to the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>And last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsandammo.com\/news\/fbi-adopts-aimpoint-micro\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\" title=\"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the FBI selected Aimpoint<\/a> to supply their specialized Hostage Rescue Team and Defensive Systems Unit with updated Micro T-2 and Micro H-2 red dot sights, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>These wins and losses have a huge effect on public perception and will influence buyers in all markets for some time to come, from individuals to law enforcement and military customers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of EOTech sights can apply for a refund if they have problems with their optics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eotechinc.com\/return-authorization-request-form\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\" title=\"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through the EOTech website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EOTech optics were pushed into the spotlight last September when the USSOCOM <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/2015\/09\/30\/ussocom-issues-safety-use-message-eotech-enhanced-combat-optical-sights-plus-goings\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\" title=\"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a safety warning<\/a> stating that several models showed significant shift in zero when subject to extreme high and low temperatures&#8211;122 degrees Fahrenheit and -40 degrees&#8211;and that a return to zero was not guaranteed even after the optics were brought back to ambient temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>At high and low temperatures the point of impact shift can be off by plus or minus 4 MOA, or about 4 inches every 100 yards, and remain off by as much as 2 MOA when brought back to room temp. They recommend that users verify and adjust their optics&#8217; zero accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>This warning followed an earlier notice in March, highlighting problems with optics that have been in service for long stretches that showed signs of fading reticles and parallax shift.<\/p>\n<p>Under the wrong circumstances, it&#8217;s possible to have up to a 10 MOA shift in zero, or about 10 inches of impact shift every 100 yards&#8211;more than enough to miss a target by a wide margin. Earlier cases reported up to a 20 MOA shift in zero under severe conditions in a series of incidents dating back to 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the second safety warning was issued the government filed a Federal suit alleging that EOTech committed fraud by misrepresenting the capabilities of their holographic sights. L-3 Communications settled on the same day, <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/2015\/11\/25\/the-details-united-states-of-america-v-l-3-communications-eotech-inc-l-3-communications-corporation-and-paul-mangano\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\" title=\"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paying $25.6 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone will have these problems. Many users, including private gun owners and law enforcement agencies alike, aren&#8217;t necessarily going to run their optics at these extremes. EOTech sights, for all these problems, still have their advantages including large windows and fast reticles.<\/p>\n<p>But with the option of getting a refund a possibility, more than a few EOTech owners are likely to &#8220;trade in&#8221; their older optics for money to upgrade to something else. The new question might be &#8220;What&#8217;s better, Aimpoint or Trijicon?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running debate over which optic platform is better, Aimpoint or EOTech, may have come to a head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":49060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,111,47,216,240],"tags":[458,132,457,612],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-industry-news","9":"category-gear-optics-sights","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-aimpoint","13":"tag-buzz","14":"tag-eotech","15":"tag-optics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The long-running debate over which optic platform is better, Aimpoint or EOTech, may have come to a head.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aimpoint Lands Contract While EOTech Gets the Door\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The long-running debate over which optic platform is better, Aimpoint or EOTech, may have come to a head.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/aimpoint-lands-contract-while-eotech-gets-the-door\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-12T16:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T04:56:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/military_2_new.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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