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		<title>Creedmoor Sports Has First-Ever Micro-Sight for Service Rifles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Micro-Sight was developed by scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This revolutionary optical insert for iron sights allows you to see BOTH the target and your front sight in sharp focus. The Micro-Sight employs Phased Zone Plate technology to improve focus of both close and distant objects. Creedmoor Sports Now Selling Production Micro-Sight [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new <a href="http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2010/05/breakthrough-microsight-technology-improves-iron-sights/">Micro-Sight</a> was developed by scientists at <a href="http://www.inl.gov/" target="new">Idaho National Laboratory</a> (INL). This revolutionary optical insert for iron sights allows you to see BOTH the target and your front sight in sharp focus. The Micro-Sight employs <a href="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/microsight06.jpg" target="new">Phased Zone Plate</a> technology to improve focus of both close and distant objects.</p>
<p><img src="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/microsight01.jpg" alt="Creedmoor Sports Micro-Sight"></p>
<p><img align="right" hspace="6" src="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/creedmicro03.jpg" alt="Creedmoor Sports Micro-Sight"><b>Creedmoor Sports Now Selling Production Micro-Sight</b><br />
This summer we reported that the Micro-Sight was in development. Now <a href="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/" target="new">Creedmoor Sports</a> has the first-ever production Micro-Sight, a special hood for AR and service rifle rear sights. The Micro-Sight hood sold by Creedmoor replaces a standard AR-15 hood (1/4-32 threads) as found in most NM AR-15 rear sights. The Micro-Sight element is positioned in the center of the hood, where it is shielded from moisture and impacts. Licensed by INL, the new Micro-Sight for ARs will be followed in the spring by inserts for popular rear match sights. The new SR Micro-Sight insert for ARs, item MS-1, costs $139.95. Order soon &#8212; Creedmoor has sold nearly 100 sights in just two days! <a href="http://creedmoorsports.com/store/product.php?productid=889882&#038;cat=0&#038;page=1" target="new">Click HERE</a> or call 800-273-3366 to order.</p>
<p><img src="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/microsightjun02.jpg" alt="Creedmoor Micro-Sight"></p>
<p>The Micro-Sight really works, and it makes a huge difference, particular for &#8220;older eyes&#8221; that have trouble focusing on both the target and the front sight. For the first time you’ll have a sight picture where the front sight and the target are both in focus. Creedmoor&#8217;s Dennis DeMille, a former National Service Rifle Champion, tells us: &#8220;This is one of the most game-changing products to come out in years!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>WATCH the VIDEO below to see the Micro-Sight in Use and to learn how it works&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/01/creedmoor-sports-has-first-ever-micro-sight-for-service-rifles/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
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		<title>Amazing New MicroSight Technology Moves into Production</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, we reported on the new MicroSight invented by engineer (and shooter) David Crandall of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The MicroSight keeps both near and far objects in sharp focus, simultaneously imaging two distinct focal planes. This break-through technology allows the shooter to see a sharp image of the target and a sharp [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="right" hspace="6" src="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/microsightjun01.jpg" alt="Microsight Rifle lens Zone Plate">In May, we reported on the new <a href="http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2010/05/breakthrough-microsight-technology-improves-iron-sights/" target="new">MicroSight</a> invented by engineer (and shooter) David Crandall of the <a href="http://www.inl.gov/" target="new">Idaho National Laboratory</a> (INL). The MicroSight keeps both near and far objects in sharp focus, simultaneously imaging two distinct focal planes. This break-through technology allows the shooter to see a sharp image of the target and a sharp image of his iron sights at the same time.</p>
<p>The MicroSight is not a lens per se. Rather it is a phased <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_plate" target="new">Zone Plate</a> that focuses light beams through diffraction. Zone Plates, first studied by Frenchman Augustin-Jean Fresnel in the 1800s, focus light via a set of concentric rings that alternate between transparent and opaque. The transparent sections let some light waves pass through unchanged, focusing objects that are far away (basically, at infinity). But light passing the edges of the opaque rings gets diffracted, which brings nearby objects into focus. This produces a seemingly impossible result &#8212; sharp images of distant and near objects, simultaneously.</p>
<p><img src="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/microsightjun02.jpg" alt="Microsight Rifle lens Zone Plate"></p>
<p>The MicroSight is not just a laboratory experiment. Prototype versions have been crafted and placed on test rifles. INL has licensed the technology to <a href="http://www.apollooptical.com/" target="new">Apollo Optical Systems</a> which is right now working with gunsight manufacturers to adapt the MicroSight design to a variety of products. In the future, some MicroSight-equipped products might add refractive power to the Zone Plate, allowing target magnification as well as focusing.</p>
<p><strong>WATCH the VIDEO below to see the MicroSight in Use and to learn how it works&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2010/06/amazing-new-microsight-technology-moves-into-production/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p><img src="http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/microsight01.jpg" alt="Microsight Rifle sight Zone Plate"></p>
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