Any value in an aimpoint 3x magnifier?

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Any value in an aimpoint 3x magnifier?

Post by mickb » 09 Aug 2020, 7:45 pm

Had a mate ask me about his, as he was gifted it and it sat at the bottom of a box for ages. Appears to have something called a larue LT649 mount attached to it. I assume these are for magnifying red dot or thermal imagers on the rifle? Junk, useful, overly tactical for Aussies? He doesnt use red dots for the record, strictly a scope guy.
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Re: Any value in an aimpoint 3x magnifier?

Post by mickb » 09 Aug 2020, 7:54 pm

Found a pic that looks like the same magnifier , the mount seems the same but could be slightly different.

https://www.lightfighter.net/topic/gett ... t-micro-t1
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Post by bladeracer » 09 Aug 2020, 7:57 pm

mickb wrote:Had a mate ask me about his, as he was gifted it and it sat at the bottom of a box for ages. Appears to have something called a larue LT649 mount attached to it. I assume these are for magnifying red dot or thermal imagers on the rifle? Junk, useful, overly tactical for Aussies? He doesnt use red dots for the record, strictly a scope guy.


I have one and it is useful with an unmagnified optic, red dot or reflex sight. It's on a flip-out mount so you only need to flip it into your line of sight when required. I tend to mount the electronic sights on rifles that are difficult to mount a conventional scope on though, which also means they have very limited rail space for the magnifier as well. I prefer the 2-7x32 scout scope, it gives more precise aim than an illuminated dot or cross, and offers more magnification when required. I have no idea if it would work with thermal.
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Post by mickb » 09 Aug 2020, 7:59 pm

Thanks mate, so they are used here. Any idea what these usually run new in Australia, cant seem to find many links. I think he is intending to pass it on. I am not interested myself as not into red dots anymore.v
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Post by bladeracer » 09 Aug 2020, 8:07 pm

mickb wrote:Thanks mate, what do these usuall run new in Australia, cant seem to find many links. I think he is intending to pass it on. I am not interested personally as not into scopes.


I couldn't guess, I only own the unbranded ones from Ebay, about $40 I think.
A genuine LaRue mount could be between $150 and $200, in the US.
https://www.larue.com/products/larue-tactical-qd-pivot-mount-tall-lt755/
If it's a Chinese copy, maybe $40.
This is what I use.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3X-Magnifier-Scope-Tactical-Sight-with-Flip-to-20mm-Rifl-Gun-Rail-Mount/133372131115
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Re: Any value in an aimpoint 3x magnifier?

Post by Medb » 09 Aug 2020, 8:46 pm

I own a couple of them and quite like them, nice to use with a red dot to get some extra range when needed, and just flip out of the way when not. You will find them mainly used on the "tactical" style rifles in Aus like the Warwick, 7615's, etc.... as well as the people lucky enough to have access to semi autos.

I own the eotech one, which was close to $1000, as well as the vortex micro one which was about $450.

The aimpoint 3x magnifier itself is worth around $1000aud mark new, but it's also somewhat hard to find here so that could be a bit more, the larue mount itself is worth a couple of hundred and also hard to find here.

Just for comparision since not many places in Australia stock it:

https://www.scopedout.com.au/aimpoint-3x-magnifier - $1,134.98 without the mount (the prices for it with the mount on this website seem overly high and wrong)

https://www.optics-trade.eu/au/aimpoint ... m_store=us - (Eu store but they ship to Aus - 1500 aud with a mount, different mount though)
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Re: Any value in an aimpoint 3x magnifier?

Post by mickb » 10 Aug 2020, 11:46 am

Thanks for the info mate.
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