Primary Arms quality

[Frosty]

Man, I bought a red dot a couple years ago, the battery went dead, so I go to Change it and have to use pliers to get the cap unscrewed because the threads are all jacked up. I email them and get a return authorization, send it in, they email me back after a few days and tell me they are replacing it. Sweet, new red dot. I got the new one tonight and the damn thing won’t turn on!?!? I already tried new batteries with no luck. Be on the lookout for a brand new red dot in the classies

 

[akrylov]

Man, I bought a red dot a couple years ago, the battery went dead, so I go to Change it and have to use pliers to get the cap unscrewed because the threads are all jacked up. I email them and get a return authorization, send it in, they email me back after a few days and tell me they are replacing it. Sweet, new red dot. I got the new one tonight and the damn thing won’t turn on!?!? I already tried new batteries with no luck. Be on the lookout for a brand new red dot in the classies

Congrats, Chinesium, the strongest material on earth

 

[jd4320t]

Definitely not the norm. Idk if I’ve ever heard of a bad Primary Arms red dot.

Which one did you get?

 

[Frosty]

The SLx Advanced 30mm. In peanut butter color The first one was fine until I tried changing out the batteries, and this one wouldn’t even flicker. I contacted them to request another return. With that said their customer service has been prompt and easy to deal with…

 

[Gabriel]

I really haven't heard bad things about PA quality, but I still can't make myself stray from Aimpoint when it comes to red dots.

 

[tv1217]

I have an older RDS from them that has bounced around a lot, both literally and figuratively. It's lived on/in multiple different guns and drawers, been dropped probably several times. Still solid. I only buy their prism scopes now due to astigmatism turning dots to comets(and rarely wearing corrective lenses) and all of those are too new to call just yet.

 

[Frosty]

Small update, finally got the red dot sent off to PA, they kindly provided me with a prepaid return label for this one. I bought a Vortex Spitfire to replace it, much cleaner dot since the glass is etched, it plays much nicer with my astigmatism.

 

[Ziggy01]

I have several PA products and have never had an issue. Have one on an AR-10 with no issues…glad to know their customer service is good!

 

[DadSmith]

Man, I bought a red dot a couple years ago, the battery went dead, so I go to Change it and have to use pliers to get the cap unscrewed because the threads are all jacked up. I email them and get a return authorization, send it in, they email me back after a few days and tell me they are replacing it. Sweet, new red dot. I got the new one tonight and the damn thing won’t turn on!?!? I already tried new batteries with no luck. Be on the lookout for a brand new red dot in the classies

Maybe they sent you a refurbished RDS.

 

[Frosty]

Maybe they sent you a refurbished RDS.

If they did, they did a horrible job refurbishing it