Thats really suspect. You may have gotten sold a clone.
Oh no don't tell me they're clones!! The guy was at the gun show, and said he gets all his merchandise from military and he seemed to have a lot of them, they sure looked authentic, how do you tell the difference?? So if they're clones does that mean they're **** or what??Ajcrash said:At that price it would be my guess that you got a Hong Kong replica/clone. You may have gotten a hell of a deal.... but I doubt it.
Don't mount them or shoot with them until you verify they are authentic.
Do you have contact info for the folks you bought it from? You also may try to call or email Aimpoint to verify the serial numbers with them. Perhaps a long shot, but it may work.
If they do turn out to be clones and the seller won't give you a refund, see if you find them at the next gunshow, don't say anything to the guy but just stand their. Every time someone comes along to look at the Aimpoints, tell the potential buyer they are clones, and can get the same thing on ebay for around or under $40. It'll cost the guy in lost sales, and by then he may offer you a refund so you go away.
Yeah i was just gonna say, you can tell they are clones by the power switch. Its a dead give away.Mac45 said:Ah something I just noticed both of them read the exact same numbers....
Aimpoint CompM2 4MOA
10338#240944
It looks like they are clones, he was selling a lot of them to people when we bought ours. I just thought maybe we where getting a great deal. I should have wondered when they didn't come in any boxes...I just hope they still work fine, and don't crap out or are inaccurate.
What do you mean?? I don't know what you're seeing that i'm not.nikon777 said:Yeah i was just gonna say, you can tell they are clones by the power switch. Its a dead give away.
Well if your used to the real thing, you notice small subtleties that some one unfamiliar may not. The rubber ring/gasket on the power switch in your picture did it for me. In your pic it sits flush with the diameter of the power switch. On a real aimpoint it doesn't, the gasket is recessed and doesn't sit flush.Mac45 said:What do you mean?? I don't know what you're seeing that i'm not.
That is exactly like mine, I noticed the paint first then the lettering on the covers. My caps are embossed and the side has a lazer-etched lettering, not paint.GaryTx said:Another difference, although it doesn't affect quality, is that it is tagged differently with all that gold lettering.
My aimpoint has no such lettering painted on the side. The lettering on the protective caps is not gold...it's embossed into the caps.
lOOK AT WHERE THE E-BAY VENDOR IS LOCATED. CHINA. THAT IS A GOOD CLUE IT IS BOGUS.Corey G said:Its funny even the ebay ones represent it as the real thing. I see a lot of knock off stuff on ebay for many items Car Stuff, Electronics etc etc not just gun stuff and usally somehwere they let you know its a fake by using works like style or others. This one they don't for $40 I am almost intrested in trying one. Sucks that dude ripped you, I know the gun shows around me rarly is there a good deal to be found from a vender, and when there is I always wondering why.