JerryShoots Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Just because it came to mind to ask what was the "patient zero" of open guns? I've heard that the first red dot to go on an open gun was on Barnhardt's gun. Is this true? Does anyone know first hand? Also because it's of interest to me I'll post in the gallery asking for photos of old open guns say pre 1999. Link here: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=187621 Any factual data on the history of open would be much appreciated as well. Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I think they were used - sparingly - prior to Jerry's win. After that they became popular very rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildSF4 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) Guy Hammond Comps in the early 80's (I don't recall the year), Clark Pin gun - also early 80's. edited to add-(Powderfinger may remember) Edited January 2, 2014 by GuildSF4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 http://www.brianenos...howtopic=180110 Lots of info about early days in the "Hell, I was there" forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Plaxco in the early eighties might have one of the first true comps The early aimpoints were huge and the tube was small, almost no field of view Late 80's early 90's the aimpoint 5000? And the tasco pdp2 We're the 1st useable reddots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Also the early guns were in 45acp with 7 round mags When devel came out with his 8 round follower, we thought it was cheating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Earliest dots on guns would have been on Bianchi Cup guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 There was one that was featured on the cover of Front Sight around 1990 where a guy had mounted a small lens on his slide and had rigged the batter and electronics to fit under a grip panel. I know some of us were running Tasco PDP2s (PDP3s with their wider field of view were also starting to come in) on a NPC grip mount on single stacks with a Wilson LE comp kit back around 1990-1991. The NPCs were made of crappy aluminum and would tend to break and send scopes flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnut315 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 My first red dot was a Tasco on the grip mount. I had it on an open gun that Austin Behlert built for pin shooting, I had the red dot mount changed a few years ago as I thought about using this gun for open AP but never got around to trying it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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