80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

[Brandon]

Anyone know what type of scopes US Special Forces would have had on their rifles in the mid-late 80s..if any? Im taking it Aimpoint/ACOG didnt show up till the 90s??? any help would be great, cheers.

[ste887]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

you want the official colt carry handle sight, it's like a tube that sits in the carry handle used from Vietnam till the end of desert storm by some units

[Brandon]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

Cheers, is that the one you see on the pics of the Son Tay raid in vietnam?

[Alfer]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

M733/655/654s with aimpoint acupoints looks like a colt scope but a red dot, starlights and early trijicon sights

[Abbadon101]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

As above really. Scope's on individual weapons wasn't really ever in the US Doctrine until quite recently. But the Colt AR Scope (can get a decent airsoft replica) or one of the very first aim points (rare as hens teeth stuck in rocking horse poop) are kosher.

But they were widely used so standard Iron's are probably the most accurate.

[screwdriver]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

the sight in the son tay photos was a single point reflex sight, exactly the same as those sold in the uk in the 80,s by sussex armoury and origionally made in canada ,i have one.
the early ones had a conical transparent front cover the later domed i have the later version.

[Brandon]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

As above really. Scope's on individual weapons wasn't really ever in the US Doctrine until quite recently. But the Colt AR Scope (can get a decent airsoft replica) or one of the very first aim points (rare as hens teeth stuck in rocking horse poop) are kosher.

But they were widely used so standard Iron's are probably the most accurate.

Know where i can get on of those replica ones???

[Apurturesci]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

Something like this would look the part:

http://www.zerooneairsoft.com/produc...oducts_id=2485

[FunkycHUNKY]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

What they are are Aimpoint 3000s

[screwdriver]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

not the one in the sontay photos mentioned earlier

[FunkycHUNKY]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

Oh sorry Son Tay! That would've been an Aimpoint 1000 or 2000 then :P

EDIT: No I'm wrong again! Its a Singlepoint OEG, http://pullig.dyndns.org/retroblackr...nglePoint.html

[screwdriver]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

thats the one, have had one of these since the 80,s.
the only strange thing is they dont work at night as they use a fibre optic light source generated by natural daylight

[screwdriver]

Re: 80s US Special Forces Rifle Scopes

this is it.