LED Shotgun Sight
LED Shotgun Sight
The LED Shotgun Sight is ready to serve you during Day and Dusk (unlike fibre optics).
This LED Shotgun Sight is the latest addition to the CADtec3D range of Sights. The driving force behind this design was to give you the clearest Sight Picture under all ambient lighting conditions. In turn will give you improved Situation Awareness, Accuracy due to the elimination of cross eye dominance, and the way it ensures the circle of light aligns the gun to target. Last but not least, Reliability due to the method of construction and the protection of the internal components. Sight is illuminated by an LED with the choice of 2 switchable intensities. The electronics enables the shooter to select high or low intensity depending on the current ambient lighting conditions. The section below illustrates the optical, mechanical & electronics layout.
The switch can be easily accessed when your gun is mounted but is invisible in your field of view.
Switch and electronics are totally encapsulated and sealed for life in silicone rubber to protect the parts being subjected to the shock loads from 12G shotgun recoil, dust and water ingress.
The switch is rated IP67.
The Picatinny Quick Release Mount has some pretty awesome features that can best be explained in the movie below. Please play the movie for an in-depth explanation of the functionality of the mount.
Please note, the movie shows an SGS-200 Sight on the picatinny mount but the mount is exactly the same as supplied with this SGS-300 Airsoft Sight.
For an overview of the LED Shotgun Sight, please play the Video below, it covers the following features:
- Switch functionality
- LED colour choices
- A visual comparison of the Blue LED at low and high intensity settings
- Charging your Sight
- Charging times
- About the charging indicator
- Details of the internal battery
- How long the charge lasts for both high and low settings
- The Sight shown on our very 1st customers Keltek KS7 shotgun
- How it solves cross eye dominance
- What errors down range can occur if the Eye Dominance issue goes unchecked
- Recap of the Picatinny Rail interface features
The SGS-300 enhances accuracy by ensuring the sight picture is only seen when you are looking axially into the sight. The image below shows, if you are misaligned, you cant see the LED.
Image below showing the airsoft sight for picatinny rail's ability to show the shooter if gun is aligned with target.
The Barrel of the gun is coaxial with the sight body so whenever the disc of light from the LED is superimposed on the target, you know the axis of the Barrel is looking at the target. If you think of a fibre optic bead at the end of a shotgun barrel, that can be seen all the time from any angle so it plays no part whatsoever with the alignment. The image below shows the actual sight picture confirming either "Aligned" or "Misaligned"
This Sigh is ambidextrous
It now doesn't matter what your dominant eye is.
If you mount the gun on your right shoulder, you can only see the LED from the Right eye. Perfect.
If you mount the gun on your left shoulder, you can only see the LED from your Left eye. Perfect.
As long as the Right eye can see the LED when gun mounted on the Right shoulder, its seeing it from the "correct eye", because the target, the LED and your eye are all in line.
As long as the Left eye can see the LED when gun mounted on the Left shoulder, its seeing it from the "correct eye", because the target, the LED and your eye are all in line.
Some people close an eye when acquiring a target. Most people that know they are cross eye dominant close an eye to ensure Eye, Sight Picture and target are all in line. Yes, it solves the cross-eye dominance but you have created 3 other problems. If you close an eye you become "monoscopic" in other words you no longer have stereoscopic vision.
- Without Stereoscopic vision, your ability to judge Distance is impaired!
- Without Stereoscopic vision your ability to judge Speed is impaired!
- If you close an eye half your field of view has disappeared seriously diminishing your peripheral vision which effects situation awareness.
Being able to judge speed and distance is imperative if you want to shoot moving targets. You cant accurately elevate your gun for range or estimate the required aim-off depending on speed without stereoscopic vision!
Clarity of Sight picture
With fibre optics, you are reliant on ambient light to get light through to the ocular end for sighting purposes. On bright days there isn't a problem. On overcast day the Sight Picture is dull. The LED enables the intensity to be consistent Night and Day. An important thing to mention about the clarity of the Sight Picture is if it is dull, and without stating the obvious, you will struggle to see it. The point is, if you are struggling to see it, you will be hard focused on it. That means you are NOT looking at the target. The Target is what you should be hard focused on "all the time". You cannot be hard focused on both, which is why we recommend you never hard focus on the LED, just the target. Being "aware" of the sight picture in your secondary vision is all it takes.
Battery life
From a fully charged battery, in high intensity mode, the battery will deplete in approximately 40 hours of continuous use.
From a fully charged battery, in low intensity mode, the power will deplete in approximately 80 hours of continuous use.
The battery is a Lithium High Capacity 550mWh which serves the very low current demand of the LED. As with all Lithium batteries, there is a limit to how many times they can be recharged.
To ensure high reliability, the battery and electronics are fully encapsulated in silicone rubber to protect against the shock loads of gun fire and ingress of dust and water. As a consequence, the battery cannot be replaced, however, the battery can be charged nominally 1200 times. 40 hours per charge = 48,000 hours for its lifetime at high intensity mode. 96,000 hours for its lifetime at low intensity. That has to be a lifetime worth of shooting!
The LED Shotgun Sight fitted to a Keltek KS7 shotgun
Curtesy of Steve from Long Beach USA
If within 30 days of purchase you are unhappy for whatever reason simply return it, undamaged and we will refund your money 100% no questions asked!
Please note, a shipping charge based on your location will be added at checkout. You will be able to track the progress of the shipment in transit.
If you have any questions at all, feel free to call or email us using the contact info at the very top of the page. We will get back to you as soon as we can!
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