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Purchased the green one fir my P226 , and it installed fairly easily. Had it installed for about a year and fired the gun with it only a few times . The kast time i feild strupped my pistol to ckean it and reassembled it, the laser no worky. It now stays on continuously and wont shut off with fhd switch. I instalked everything correctly. I emailed LaserMax and got response weekd later that either i installed the guide uoside down (i didht) or some epoxy fell off of sometimg or other and i can order replacement parts. No thanks. Cheaiest POS $350 gizmo i ever bought. I regret buying it and consider the lack of durability only s liability in a handgun. Rip off.

My email to Trijicon :

Hi, I recently purchased an ACOG. Specifically model 100494, from Optics Planet .com
My intention was to use this optic on an A2 carry handle. It's a milspec, quality A2 upper receiver. Upon trying to mount it, I noticed that the optic base did not fully seat into the channel of the carry handle unless I mounted it fully forward using the last threaded hole in the bottom of the optic base. This put the optic only partially sitting in the channel of the carry handle and I was skeptical. Sure enough, I tried sighting in today and it would not maintain zero.

Is this model not intended or designed to be used on a carry handle? If not, why isn't this clearly stated ANYWHERE? It clearly has a base that appears to be compatible with a carry handle, but it doesn't have angled cuts to allow clearance for the slope of the handle channel.
I spent a lot of money on your optic. I wanted only this model with the variable LED illumination.
So I'd like an explanation on how this is compatible with a carry handle OR why it isnt stated anywhere that it's not.
At this point I'm going to have to file angled reliefs on each side of the optic base or drill an extra hole in my carry handle to accommodate two screws.
Either way, it's bullshit that I have to bubba up a $1200, purpose built optic.
I have not left a review on optics planet yet pending your response.

Thank you,

Aaron

Trijicons response:

Good morning Aaron, 

Due to the battery compartment, the LED ACOG

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