Aimpoint Electronic Mark Iii Manual
Mark III Aimpoint® Mark III. Overview Tech. Mounts Accessories. Product Images; Action Images; Product Movies; SHORTCUTS. Product sheet. Where To Buy. Please refer to the owner's manual at the bottom of this page for further information. Discontinued January 1986 Launched 1983. Technical Specifications. Reflex Sights are rugged precision electronic optical red dot sights developed for civilian, military and law. MPSII; Mark III; 2000; MPS; and Laserdot LSR-2.
The MkIII is the first one I had. I bought it at a closed gun shop auction in, I think, 1985. I got it for around $100; I think they ran about $175 then.
I ordered an Aimpoint gooseneck carry handle mount from Natchez Shooting Supplies and mounted it on my SP1 AR. Having an AR back then was unusual around here. Having the Aimpoint was downright bizarre. I rolled a running rabbit with it within a day or so and thought it was the greatest sight on the planet. The MkIII, if I'm not mistaken, is basically the one in the link modified to having internal adjustments instead of having them in the base.
Aside from the soft plastic caps, it seemed to be a pretty rugged sight. Battery life was poor, but that was expected then. That battery was not easy to get back then, though. It is odd looking through that small diameter thing now. It's like looking through a 7/8'.22 scope.
I had to work at it to keep both eyes open. I still have mine. I was just recently thinking about putting it on a 10-22 or maybe a Browning takedown.22 rifle. Not a thing wrong with it for that. For that matter, I still have a Comp on one of my regular ARs. Vertex tools sketchup crack for mac. Not a Comp M or Comp C, but a Comp. The MkIII is the first one I had.
I bought it at a closed gun shop auction in, I think, 1985. I got it for around $100; I think they ran about $175 then. I ordered an Aimpoint gooseneck carry handle mount from Natchez Shooting Supplies and mounted it on my SP1 AR. Having an AR back then was unusual around here. Having the Aimpoint was downright bizarre. I rolled a running rabbit with it within a day or so and thought it was the greatest sight on the planet.
The MkIII, if I'm not mistaken, is basically the one in the link modified to having internal adjustments instead of having them in the base. Aside from the soft plastic caps, it seemed to be a pretty rugged sight.
Battery life was poor, but that was expected then. That battery was not easy to get back then, though. It's still hard to find. I'm curious--if the Mk2 was the first red dot in 1975, what was the Mk1? As I recall, the first Aimpoint was a tube with a fiber optic in it which gathered ambient light to make the dot. You had to shoot with both eyes open. One eye picked up the red dot and the other picked up the target (the sight blocked the view to the target) and your brain merged the two views into one with the dot floating on the target.
I am a battery-phobe when it comes to firearms. My first Aimpoint is an H1 which I bought almost a year ago and I am very satisfied with it's performance and very impressed with it's battery life thus far. Aimpoint technology has certainly come a long way. I do think that those sights weren't Aimpoints, i think they were Singlepoint sights.
The first sight available commercially were the Aimpoint Electronic. Look here: And almost repeating myself I did pick up one of these too a few weeks ago.
I haven't tried it out yet though. I have been thinking about mounting it to my M1A but the mount I have won't let me mount it without changing out one of the attachment screws. Old skool is nice:) As I recall, the first Aimpoint was a tube with a fiber optic in it which gathered ambient light to make the dot. You had to shoot with both eyes open. One eye picked up the red dot and the other picked up the target (the sight blocked the view to the target) and your brain merged the two views into one with the dot floating on the target.