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daishi January 14th, 2015 11:40

Doctor Sight Protection
 
Simply put, how do you go about protecting a doctor sight? I personally haven't seen any third party lens protectors for them, and I don't really want to run it unprotected....

waylander January 14th, 2015 12:46

Shield mounted in front of it?

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNj...UD9U3/$_57.JPG

Just be careful with those ones, the shield is made of acrylic which I've had shatter from a bb hit. It did it's job but I ended up making my own out of lexan which is 10 times harder.

ebfud January 14th, 2015 12:55

I plan on attaching a small piece of polycarbonate or similar directly in front of the lens.
Just not touching the lens to prevent the transfer of energy if it ever gets hit.

daishi January 14th, 2015 13:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by waylander (Post 1928657)
Shield mounted in front of it?

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2NlgxNj...UD9U3/$_57.JPG

Just be careful with those ones, the shield is made of acrylic which I've had shatter from a bb hit. It did it's job but I ended up making my own out of lexan which is 10 times harder.

Cant do that since its sitting on top of a sight already.

Wilkie January 14th, 2015 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebfud (Post 1928658)
I plan on attaching a small piece of polycarbonate or similar directly in front of the lens.
Just not touching the lens to prevent the transfer of energy if it ever gets hit.

This is pretty much all one can do, though if it's a permanent modification, it will bar the optic from ever being turned off via the plasic cover, unless you have a replica with and on/ off switch

waylander January 14th, 2015 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by daishi (Post 1928661)
Cant do that since its sitting on top of a sight already.

Then what ebfud said is your only option. I would suggest a thin plastic piece to use as a hood of sorts. You don't want it too far from the actual sight as you'll start to block the view but something to keep the plastic from touching the sight itself. Then just some really good tape.

ebfud January 14th, 2015 17:37

My sight has an angle between the base and where the glass actually is.
I will be cutting lexan to match the profile of my sight then glueing it directly
to the base of the sight itself. This will leave enough movement room to absorb
any potential impacts.

waylander January 14th, 2015 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebfud (Post 1928691)
My sight has an angle between the base and where the glass actually is.
I will be cutting lexan to match the profile of my sight then glueing it directly
to the base of the sight itself. This will leave enough movement room to absorb
any potential impacts.

Only problem with this is that a lot of those sights are curved at the front from side to side so you'll only have the middle part in contact to glue. Plus, it wouldn't allow you to replace easily. I don't think the lexan will break but it can get scratched to the point where you may want to replace it.


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