Check your assumptions, dummy!

Another one of those busy days.

As you may (or may not) recall, I recently bought a new shooter, and before that, I bought a new optic and magnifier.

In my immensely clever way I told you that I'd had a disaster with the new optic, a Holosun Micro Red Dot.

The disaster was that the cement holding the objective lens in place failed, ruining the sight. I knew (assumed) it had failed because when I put it on the new shooter it wouldn't hold a zero, which was odd, because it had worked perfectly on the rifle I'd first mounted it to. I took a close look at the sight and noticed that the objective lens was tilted in the mounting, and I knew that wasn't right. I knew without a shadow of a doubt that it hadn't come out of the box that way.

So in the fullness of time I received an "are you satisfied and will you write a review?" email from Primary Arms, the supplier of the optic. I quickly replied, basically, "WTF, O?"

Well, let me show you the email thread.

Dear Shaun,

Thank you so much for purchasing from PrimaryArms!
We appreciate your business and putting trust in our products.

Did you like your purchase?

If so, would you mind taking two minutes to leave a product review on Amazon? In doing so, you’ll share your opinion with millions of fellow Amazon shoppers who are awaiting your product review.

If, for any reason, you are not completely satisfied, please reply to this email so that we may address your concerns before you leave a product review. We would love to hear from you and are committed to your total satisfaction. As a growing business, reviews less than 5 stars actually reflects negatively and we would greatly appreciate it if you contacted us first so we can improve our products and services to go that extra mile to ensure your happiness and full satisfaction.

Thank you,

The Primary Arms Amazon Department

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Glad to receive your email and I appreciate your follow-up.

Here's the problem. I loved the sight out of the box and for the first 50 rounds.

But...

After about 50 rounds the adhesive/cement holding the objective lens failed, rendering the sight useless.

I'd like to have it replaced because I liked it so much before failure, but I'd hate to get a replacement only to have it fail again.

What should I do? I read somewhere about a similar failure with a holosun sight. Can you reassure me?

(I attached a couple of pictures)

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Hi Shaun, 

Has your red dot stopped turning on or is that lens moving? The cant in the objective lens looks perfectly normal. The cant on the lens is what reflects the dot from the emitter back to your eye, much like using your watch to reflect sunlight back into your buddies eyes. 

Regards, 

Marc 
Veteran, U. S. Army 
Customer Service Manager

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(DOH!)

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I didn't notice the cant until I mounted the sight on a different AR and couldn't get it to hold a zero. Let me give it another try and see if I was making an incorrect assumption.

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Hi Shaun, 

Please let me know how everything works out. 

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Thanks Marc,

Just back from the range. I'm very pleased. Got rained out before I could get it completely dialed in but it's holding zero nicely now. Must have had a bit of wiggle in the mount when I attached it the first time. Thanks for politely pointing out the possible flaw in my assumption. I'll be posting a review in a little bit. Here's 20 rapid from 200 yards from an impro rest. Rifle is an Auto-Lok AL-15 with 10.5" bbl shooting IMI sourced M855.

Thanks for your service, Army.

ar 27, 3:50pm It was an honor to serve, Shaun! Glad everything worked out! That's some fine shooting!  ### Of course Marc was laying it on a little thick about the fine shooting, but that's life in his line of work. I'm pleased that the sight was fine and pleased at how well it works and even more pleased to have had, for the thirty-seven-millionth time, a silly assumption fail me. In case you're wondering, I'd recommend Primary Arms and the Holosun Micro Red Dot sight.