SHOT Show 2022: Aimpoint Duty Optic

The Swiss seem to know how to make great guns, cool clocks, and damn fine red dots. It’s not an exaggeration or fact to say they are the industry leader in red dot technology. It’s simply a fact and has been since 1975. This year Aimpoint released the Duty RDS. Aimpoint optics have always been priced on the high side, and that can often make it tough for individual law enforcement officers and smaller departments to adopt Aimpoint red dots.

Aimpoint Duty RDS Optic For Sale

The Duty Ready Aimpoint Duty

The Duty, much like the PRO, promises to lower the price to a more acceptable level. The MSRP is $499. Now you might wonder, how is this optic different from the already budget-friendly PRO? Well, the most significant difference comes from the size of the optic. Unlike the PRO, the Duty RDS is near micro-sized and will work with the Aimpoint micro footprint that’s found on the T1 and T2 series of optics.

Additionally, the elevation and windage adjustments are recessed and sit flush into the optic. This eliminates the need for caps and provides a simple but intuitive adjustment system. It also reduces the optic’s bulk. The Aimpoint Duty wears a digital keypad for quick adjustments, and the buttons are large and in charge. They’d be easily accessible with a gloved hand and tactile, so you don’t have to stop and look.

While small, it is mighty. The Aimpoint Duty can be submerged as deep as 80 feet without issue and works in some pretty extreme temperature ranges as well. Aimpoint makes optics for fighting guns, and they are known for their durability. Even though this is a budget sight, Aimpoint assured us you were still getting a fight worthy optic.

Banging Away

At the range, the dot glowed super bright and was crisp and clear. The front lens cover is solid, and the rear lens cover is transparent, so you only need to pop one down to start shooting. Like most Aimpoints, it has 2 MOA dot. Also, like most Aimpoints, it will have extremely long battery life. At 30,000 hours, you get plenty of time behind the old red dot.

I loved the buttons and found them easy to find, press, and adjust my brightness levels with. They have great feedback, and I don’t have to break my sightline to make quick adjustments.

The little optic comes with a mount that offers an absolute co-witness. Any other Aimpoint Micro mount with work so the Duty can be used with a wide variety of firearm types to include rifles, shotguns, and subguns. The micro-series mounts are extremely popular, and Aimpoint and various aftermarket companies produce them as well.

Aimpoints wise to target the budget market. In the last few years, more and more very capable red dot optics are appearing at prices well below what Aimpoint offers. I think the duty is a real winner and gives shooters, law enforcement personnel, and home defenders an optic they know they can trust their lives to without breaking the bank.

Aimpoint Duty RDS Optic For Sale