Hakko scopes-opinion?

If you go to www.ar15.com and go to the forums/ar15 section/optics there are plenty of posts about it. Most reviews seem positive so far.

I have a Hakko TacPoint. It is a new one with the blue ring around the body, and big "TacPoint/Blue Ring" words on the side of the scope. The build look ok, packaging is good. It come with:
- 30mm low ring which fit Weaver, 1913 mount
- Front, and back flip cap
- 4 LR44 batteries, 2 installed, 2 extra
- 2 batteries cap retainers (1xRubber, 1xWire)

The dot has 4 intensity level adjustment knob, and 1 for off. The dot looks round at all intensity level. The brightest dot is enough for bright sun light.

It is made in CHINA, not JAPAN. I don't have any preference, as long as it works well.

I mounted on my scope test platform - a Ruger 10/22 I am looking forward to try this out this weekend. If it works well, I'll move it to my something else to see how it works. I'll take a picture, if interested.

-Pat

tacpoint single ring

i have the tacpoint single ring mount on my colt 9mm. so far i'm happy with it, overall quality is excellent for the money. i did paint mine black to get rid of the "blue ring" lettering etc...

i can't really vouch for durability as i haven't really subjected it to more than shooting at this point. accuracy is excellent, as is it's ability to hold a zero. i sighted it in once and haven't had to mess with it since.

for the money i think it's hard to beat, i also have a c-more that i would and have trusted my life to. if it's to be used in a self defense/tactical role i would recomend spending the extra cash on an aimpoint or a c-more.

just my oppinion i could be wrong,
alan

Here's the picture as promise (not very good...) BTW, the scope came with a mount, but the one in the picture is not it. I use ATN's 30mm ring that I have, since it provide some off-set that I need.

I have a Tacpoint on the Oly AR. It's a good, low cost scope.

Test report...

As promise, I want to report back on how it performed...

I took it out last weekend, unfortunately, it was not working. I worked on the 10/22 a little bit on Friday night. After I was done, I left it in my gun back in the garage. It was a cold night.

Morning came and I went to the range... I tried to turn it on, but no dot. My guess was that the battery was gone. Too bad, I thoung, and I proceeded on shooting other rifles (always brings more than one gun to a range.

When I got home, I checked the TacPoint. The dot re-appeared, without changing the battery. I check the battery and it is a no name L44. Need to get a good brand of battery to see if it would work right. It may be that it failed because of cold weather. I will try to put it into a freezer and see if I can reproduce the problem.

More on this later....

Well, I put the Tacpoint in my freezer today for 3 hours. I took it out and it worked, so it probably is a bad battery.

Hakko TAC1 or Tac2

Any one know if there is much of a difference for sight aquisition between the Hakko Tac 1 and the Hakko Tac2. Also any other variables. Thank You