red-dot scope

robby.1911

October 02, 2009 20:48

i have just acquired a tasco accudot scope and mount for 1911. the scope has no instructions, no on-off switch and has me baffled. if i tighten down the battery cover the thing stays on all the time. that can't be right, as you would lose a battery every few days. does ANYONE care to lift this fog from my life. it has to be simple, and that's why i can't figure it out.--many thanks, robby[:(]

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  He Dog

  October 03, 2009 05:00

  Try contacting Tasco to get an owners manual.

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  craig 25-06

  October 03, 2009 07:02

  Hi Robby, Does it have a rheostat for brightness of the dot?
  If so does that rheostat have a zero on it?
  
  Regards

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  beantownshootah

  October 03, 2009 08:37

  This?
  
  
  
  
  
  I think Craig has it right. See if the brightness control also acts as an on/off knob.
  
  Note that some of the newer/better dot sights use special battery conserving electronics and can literally run at full brightness for over a year on one battery. These models you literally don't even have to turn off, but I do NOT think yours is one of these.

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  dcs shooters

  October 03, 2009 09:08

  There is a 0 on the turret that is a rheostat for dot brightness.
  Put the 0 at the dot on the body. If it is still on send it back.

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  wireless

  September 12, 2010 03:56

  I have this scope and that is the correct solution for someone who may stumble across this post after another year. Place the brightness control to "0" and that turns the scope off. Like most battery powered devices,(at least many I have) never store with the battery in place, especially for long periods. I stored my TASCO Accudot and 4 months later, with Scope definitely turned off, battery was dead.[:(]

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