Is Aimpoint Micro supposed to be parallax-free?!

[Jicko]

I was loving the Micro T-1, but I have some doubt about their "parallax-free" claim...

I was shooting @ 50yds this past weekend... (w/ bipod and beach)

If I am shooting with 1/3 co-witness, ie, thru the iron-sight, but using the dot.... the POI is about 1/2-1" to the left of what my POI is when I am shooting near the middle of the sight...

And then I carefully look that dot at different portion of the sight, and it seems that there is a slight movement (ie. "parallax") at different part of the sight....

Do you have similar experience? Have you seen any similar reports?

Most people probably use this sight for CQB purpose... so may not be noticing something like this.....

[Jicko]

I guess, no issue then!

No sight is totally parallax free. Aimpoint sights are “essentially” parallax free. You will see a very minimal shift of zero/parallel infraction inside of 50 yards, ie. the 1” shift that you noticed. This minimal parallax occurs inside of 50 yards and does not occur and actually decreases to the point of 0.5 millimeters at 100 yards.

Also, you need to keep this in proper context even if you were making an ocular cavity/head shot at 50 yards, the 1” shift isn't really going to be an issue.

[Teletiger7]

I think you might be over thinking this one. Its a x1 red dot and not really a long range precision optic.

[Jicko]

I think you might be over thinking this one. Its a x1 red dot and not really a long range precision optic.

Yes and no....

At the end of the day, no, it is not gonna be an issue.

But I experienced this problem when i was zero'ing the sight (using iron as cowitness, while still using the red-dot)..... and after I zero'ed it, it saw the zero shifted(shooting using the upper half of the sight).... that's why I was wondering what's the heck is the problem.... i just want to get to the bottom of it...

I guess, no issue now...

[dchang0]

Jicko:

If you recall Travis Haley talking about the T-1 Micro at the class we took, he said that no optic is truly parallax-free but that the Micro gets pretty close.

The lenses on a 1X reflex sight would have to be very perfectly ground in order to completely remove any parallax.

[ar15barrels]

I was shooting @ 50yds this past weekend... (w/ bipod and beach)

I want to go shooting at the beach!