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Kid · January 8th, 2006, 08:02

So yeah,
I ordered one of those generic brand $70 aimpoints from ebay, said to be from the same people that G&P gets theirs from... It works great but...

It's too bright.

What I've basically tried to do is put some tin foil on one side of one of the batterys and a piece in the middle between them... then two, and three... and on until I short the batterys.

You see, I'm basically trying to increase the resistance, but I've failed. Tin foil isn't a bad conductor.

Does anyone have any better ideas? for materials or anything?
Like, the thing is really bright, anyone know a bad connecter that will cut the current by ALOT with only a couple milimeters of space?...

It runs on two button batteries.

To be more detailed on the brightness, purely because I have nothing else to do and I don't have a good story to tell except my springer pistol kill, but that has nothing to do with this.

In a lit room, about normal lighting, the dot is there... but it has a big fuzzy star around it... on lowest brightness. It's not bad, increases size by able two.

But, in the dark, the thing is a STAR. It glows and is about 4 times the size of the regular dot, and my eyes get adjusted to that and I can't see anything else... It's impossible to see anything through the site at this point.

Short story short
RDS Too bright. Any suggestions to fix it?

January 8th, 2006, 08:02	#1
Kid Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Moose Jaw, SK	RDS too bright. Need electrical type help. So yeah, I ordered one of those generic brand $70 aimpoints from ebay, said to be from the same people that G&P gets theirs from... It works great but... It's too bright. What I've basically tried to do is put some tin foil on one side of one of the batterys and a piece in the middle between them... then two, and three... and on until I short the batterys. You see, I'm basically trying to increase the resistance, but I've failed. Tin foil isn't a bad conductor. Does anyone have any better ideas? for materials or anything? Like, the thing is really bright, anyone know a bad connecter that will cut the current by ALOT with only a couple milimeters of space?... It runs on two button batteries. To be more detailed on the brightness, purely because I have nothing else to do and I don't have a good story to tell except my springer pistol kill, but that has nothing to do with this. In a lit room, about normal lighting, the dot is there... but it has a big fuzzy star around it... on lowest brightness. It's not bad, increases size by able two. But, in the dark, the thing is a STAR. It glows and is about 4 times the size of the regular dot, and my eyes get adjusted to that and I can't see anything else... It's impossible to see anything through the site at this point. Short story short RDS Too bright. Any suggestions to fix it?