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Chad Wallace

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Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

And of course, the A1PE 330 uses that industry standard RMSC footprint, which is like the micro micro red dot footprint, or it's the one that everybody should use.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

A lot of pistols use this footprint for direct mounting to the slide.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Of course, oddly enough, the RMSC footprint is also used on some 1911 and 2011 full-size pistols.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Having that industry standard footprint really makes the 330 stand out for mounting on various styles of pistols, of course.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Included with the optic is a bunch of various size mounting screws, so finding the correct screw for your mounting surface is super easy.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

I always like it when companies put those extra mounting screws in.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

That way I don't have to hunt them down in my screw bin, which my screw bin consists of a whole bunch of other parts, unfortunately.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

So we all know how that goes.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Now, when it comes to powering the PE330, they use a CR1620 battery.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Now, of course, this is slightly thinner than the 1632s that a lot of the RMSC footprint red dots use.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

AimWin states a 20,000-hour battery life.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

So even though it's not as long as some of the others, it's still plenty long, which is still technically like four years.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Yeah.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

AimWin also designs the P330 with a side load battery.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

So when you do need to change the battery, it's super easy to do.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

It won't affect your zero.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

Now, of course, something I don't see a lot with other red dots is they do include extra battery tray screws.

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

So, of course, if you strip one out or do something like that,

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

you can always find they give you an extra couple which i thought was pretty cool because those are the ones you're most likely once it's mounted gonna lose now

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)
Gun & Gear Review 617 – Ranging Tanks

The PE330 just isn't a red dot alone.