Chris Schneck

I’ve been holding back my review on this NcStar red dot sight until I had sufficient time to actually use it, after 6 days of use ( approx 24 hours of play ) I can confidently say that it’s FAR superior to a standard single point red dot sight. I was admittedly slightly skeptical as to how the quality of the video game crosshairs would be in real life, but once again the Canadian distributor for NcStar products, KJ Sales, has delivered a fantastic functional tactical upgrade for my T9 MilSim paintball marker.

This red dot sight is several kinds of awesome and I have nothing bad to say about it. The rheostat for adjusting the brightness has 7 different levels of output and even on the lowest setting is powerful enough to be seen in broad daylight, I find the highest setting actually too bright! The construction is all aluminum and the entire unit is quite hefty weighing in at 4+ ounces. Windage and elevation are easily adjustable with the included allen key.

The only potential downside to this NcStar red dot sight is that the lens is not protected in any way, unlike the 42mm NcStar red dot sight. I haven’t taken a direct hit to the glass and although these units have come down in price substantially they still aren’t cheap enough to shoot it on purpose for testing sake. Since the lens is held in by an all aluminum shroud, and the lens is fairly thick, I would surmise that the lens would pop out instead of shatter. In either case with a broken lens or a missing lens the D4C would cease to function.

Talk about shock and awe, if anyone wishes to see the sport of paintball move away from being associated with violence and backyard guerilla action, Tippmann and the US Army have a surprise for you.

Say hello to U.S. Army Paintball and all its cheesy glory.

Ill start off by saying that I am Canadian and I have nothing against the USA or the U.S. Army.  But as an avid paintball player I am against anything that might expedite the regulation of use and or sale of paintball equipment, or tarnish the already somewhat poor image of paintball. The only press paintball seems to receive is when a bunch of idiots do a drive-by shooting using paintball markers or when property is vandalized. I cant see slapping a military endorsement on a paintball marker helping our games chances of establishing itself as a competitive sport.

If anything, introducing military endorsed paintball markers could turn fields across north america into recruiting grounds and training centres for future candidates. For those who aren’t organized or motivated enough to join a scout troop or cadets, you can skip all the valuable training and grooming to be a responsible citizen and jump into commando mode with your army endorsed marker and be one smaller step away from picking up the real thing.

Currently there are few regulations or laws denying minors access to paintball markers, rules are somewhat relaxed about how paintball gear is transported  and where it is used. Is this new union between paintball and military a step away from our current freedom? Will the U.S. Armies endorsement confirm what our sports antagonists have been arguing?

I cant say I’m a saint in this regard, I go into the woods with my camouflage and T9, but I’m also 30 and know the difference between a game and a lifestyle. For the most part I think the minors who aren’t eligible to join the armed forces know this difference as well, but its the unknowable margin of those who cant differentiate who concern me. Those affluent north american children who’s parents don’t pay enough attention and just buy their children off on their birthdays and Christmas. It’s the people who don’t really want to play paintball, don’t respect paintball as a sport and ultimately have no respect for others who will be our downfall.

Now put a product made by the largest name in paintball and endorsed by the largest name in conquest into the hands of that minority of people who aren’t wanted by our sport and the buzzards start to circle around the corpse that was our freedom.