crow
12-16-2006, 11:35 AM
Hello,
I am curious to know what people in this community are using in the way of protection for their scope/optics during skirmishes. If anything at all.
I apologize if this has been covered previously, but I was unable to find any threads on this site, and Google only returned results for a shield for the Eotech holosight (oh yes, I want one, but it's way out of my price range right now, and it would go on my real-steel homeland security equipment anyway).
My reason for asking is that (years ago) I bought an Adco red-dot sight for my paintball marker, and during the VERY FIRST game, I was hit head-on by a paintball and the sight's lens shattered. If I'm going to throw $20 down the drain with nothing to show for it, I'd prefer to do it at a strip club. :love:
Is lens breakage even an issue within the context of airsoft? I realize that there is substantial difference in energy between an airsoft BB and a paintball. A while back, I think I recall seeing a product that was basically just a thin plate of Lexan or Lucite or something which attached to the RIS/RAS. But now I can't find it. Being a resourseful person, I know I could "rig something up," but I figure, why poke around like a hillbilly if there is expert advice/experience available?
FYI, the optic I'm interested in protecting is a BSA 40mm non-magnifying red-dot sight.
Thank you all in advance for your input, and again I apologize if this is something I should be able to find out for myself.
CROW
I am curious to know what people in this community are using in the way of protection for their scope/optics during skirmishes. If anything at all.
I apologize if this has been covered previously, but I was unable to find any threads on this site, and Google only returned results for a shield for the Eotech holosight (oh yes, I want one, but it's way out of my price range right now, and it would go on my real-steel homeland security equipment anyway).
My reason for asking is that (years ago) I bought an Adco red-dot sight for my paintball marker, and during the VERY FIRST game, I was hit head-on by a paintball and the sight's lens shattered. If I'm going to throw $20 down the drain with nothing to show for it, I'd prefer to do it at a strip club. :love:
Is lens breakage even an issue within the context of airsoft? I realize that there is substantial difference in energy between an airsoft BB and a paintball. A while back, I think I recall seeing a product that was basically just a thin plate of Lexan or Lucite or something which attached to the RIS/RAS. But now I can't find it. Being a resourseful person, I know I could "rig something up," but I figure, why poke around like a hillbilly if there is expert advice/experience available?
FYI, the optic I'm interested in protecting is a BSA 40mm non-magnifying red-dot sight.
Thank you all in advance for your input, and again I apologize if this is something I should be able to find out for myself.
CROW