Cheap Red-Dot Scope

This is a cheap red-dot scope I made using house-hold materials. The only thing you might need to buy is electrical tape.

Step 1: Materials

These are there materials you will need:
1 toilet paper roll
1 Roll of electrical tape (scoth tape can be used, ut will look much better with solid black tape)
1 Pair of Scissors
1 Sharpie, color of your choice (Red for Red-Dot, I used Green in this one)
1 Saran wrap roll
1 Gun to mount it on (I used my Airsoft UTG MK23)

These are house-hold materials, except maybe the electric tape.

Comments

[crazycommanche=US=]

that is actulally not gonna be an acurate redot sight because the scope lenses that a red dot sight have lase emitters that converge in the center.in order for this to work you would need a laser apparutus that can be zeroed in for the right distance.for example that wouldnt work for a high powered rifle because it was show wher the scop is pointed it wouldn tdeal with the arc of the bullet thats how long range shots take place .you got one thin right about this instructable....cheap

[infinityLAO]

dude hes making like a 10 cent scope and your criticizing it. I dont think any one here that is actually making it is gonna care if there spring m16 cant hit a target on the left nipple from 60 feet away.

[halogirl]

nipple hehe

[(seabear)]

stop being so cynical, its a pistol so its for short range and its supposed to be cheap cos not all of us can afford $50 lazer sights.

[iBurn]

 You'd be better off using the Iron Sights already on your pistol. In order for this thing to be even remotely accurate you could at least put another piece of seran wrap on the rear of the scope and draw another + sign lined up with where the gun hits at a certain range, this "scope" won't be accurate unless you're exactly behind it.

[GalaxyX]

yeah but he is just trying ot explain that this isnt even gonna be close to as acurate as a red dot sight because it ISNT a red dot sight its an aperture sight

[SpaceDucky]

dude this is made to be a cheap solution for those w/out a scope give him a break id like to see you make a perfectly accurate scope for like $2. really.

[mikmkt93]

this is nice, but its an aperture sight or acog...not red dot...just sayin

[infinityLAO]

you play too much cod or something. his title is correct. notice it says red dot SCOPE

[pandaboy292]

how hard does your gun shoot?

[Jplaz]

230 FPS with .20 gram BBs 290 with .12 gram BBs. It's a great gun,only 20 bucks comes with two mags and a silencer, but i recommend using .20 because .12s curve up way too much.

[swimmer95]

just saying 230 is horrible and so is 290

[pokerstud001]

Doesn't go that much further up than that. If 290 is horrible, you can't call 320-350 fantastic, can you?

[infinityLAO]

No but you can call 450 fantastic, no offense but ya 290 sucks. Like i would not be able to use it for anything but a boomerang because i doubt you can feel the bullets when you get hit. my first gun was a crappy mini uzi that you can not feel 3 feet away shooting you right in the chest

[firebird11692]

I take it that's not the gas version....for 40 you can get the gas version of it and it comes with a silencer...i have it and it's pretty sweet

[pandaboy292]

online or store?

[Jplaz]

online at Shortyusa.com, and i buy my BBs at dicks sporting goods.

[robertjames]

will this work with a nerf gun

[kve23]

I don't see why it wouldn't.

[poellmac]

cool scope!!

[superhornt]

i have a gun with no sights, just a scope rail. i was in idiot, and didn't get a scope, so i aim off the rail, or attatch a tube. should i do this to the tube i have as a "makeshift scope"? or should i just aim with the scope rail?

[superhornt]

technically, this is a sight. i added a red dot to my gun, its only a little better ( i  still want a real one, homemade ones don't work very well)

[snook123]

use a rubber band

[Tannersdumb]

Good for an airsoft gun but i wouldnt go near my .45 with it

[imshanedulong]

Not bad, but for more realism, make it light up. a white LED under it would work!

[hammy10809]

if you tape the slide to the rest of the gun on a gas blow back of a 9mm or something it probley wont affect it at all, good instructable though

[thing 2]

cool instructable!

[MegaMaker]

Will it break when it gets hit?

[chinnerz]

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Not a very good tape job, but that's my fault.

y not fix it?

[fldhkygoalie]

thats clever. its a good thing to use as a cheap airsoft aim-er. would you mind if i added this to my airsoft/MOH Heros 2 team site? www.freewebs.com/whitewolf-air-soft

[Landon Sullivan]

whitewolf airsoft? would you be getting that from redwolfairsoft?

[fldhkygoalie]

no.actually the name dates back to WWII training. my grandpa and his group were doning a field training thing(much like airsoft and paintball but lower tech) and they had to come up wih a team name. being from wisconsin my grnadpa chose white for all the snow that was there. and one of the younger ones went to a highschool where their mascot was a wolf. so they smacked um together to get whtiewolf. to keep the story alive thats what ou rairsoft team is named.

[Landon Sullivan]

ok, thanks for the clarification. that's cool, my grandfather was only 14 in WWII. He fought in Vietnam, though.

[paulm]

that would suck (fighting in vietnam)

[Derin]

yeah ur right(i played BF vietnam)

[Landon Sullivan]

Well, technically he didn't FIGHT, he was a gunner on an armed cargo plane.

[Jplaz]

nope, go ahead.

[Molybdenum]

so how do you get it to be on target? WHat happens if it gets shot? What if you play at night?

[Jplaz]

Just keep fooling around with it, make another, use a laser or something.

[AirsoftMaster1213]

This is a great idea. Tried it on my airsoft gun and its dead on!!!