Shake awake..

[Shanghai McCoy]

OK, I know this will sound stupid but how can you tell if the shake awake dot sight on your rifle is "sleeping" without picking up the rifle and activating the sight ?

 

[jmorris]

Put it muzzle down?

 

[brasscollector]

Occasionally they snore a little bit, but you gotta listen really close...

I'd place it in a position so you can look straight thru the RDS without moving the rifle. Then after while peek through, and right after move it a bit and look through again.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Thanks Gents.
Shoulda thought of those myself...

Occasionally they snore a little bit, but you gotta listen really close...

^^^
I thought of that but it's in the bedroom and I couldn't hear it over the wife's snoring...

 

[CapnMac]

Sneak up behind it with a air filled bag and pop same? []

In reality a cellphone camera can work,
Mechanic's mirror can let you peek in, too.

They are a sneak as the light in the fridge.

 

[weeniewawa]

put it in your refrigerator and when you look in to see if the light is off, check the red dot at thee same time.

 

[trackskippy]

I picked up a couple of the SIG Romeo5's over the summer for a couple of 22's. They have the shake awake feature, and it seems to work as advertised. I was curious if it would shut off after the alloted 2 minutes, and stood the gun muzzle down, and it did, right on the money too.

There is something you may want to consider with the shake awake if youre planning on leaving the sight on. As long as you dont touch the gun, and by "touch", I mean exactly that, you dont have to pick it up or shake it, simply lightly touching or bumping the gun will turn it on. Thats probably not going to be a problem if the gun is in storage in a place with no vibration, but if youre planning on keeping it in your vehicle, or somewhere its going to get jostled a lot, you will be better off just turning it off.

I picked the SIG's up because I had picked up a similar model that didnt have the feature, and of course, it was dead the next time I grabbed it from the safe as I hadnt turned it off. Ive been using Aimpoints for the past 20 yers or so, and just leave them on. The battery issue was why I went with them in the first place.

For the 22's, I wasnt going to drop a grand on a couple of sights for them, and after the dead battery thing with the other sight, the SIG's sounded like a good idea for what they were. At least they do shut off if you do forget but as I said, if there is any jostling involved, its going to be going on and off a lot.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I did the muzzle down trick and it seems to be working as advertised. It sure is a light "sleeper" tho. First time I checked I barely touched the rifle and the dot was on. Was more careful the next try.
Thanks for all the input .

 

[Varminterror]

It sure is a light "sleeper" tho.

My 8yr old shutting his bathroom door or running down our stairs halfway across our house can wake mine up leaning against my dresser.