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Oxford Lightning
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The Oxford Lightning (sometimes labeled the Oxford Illuminated Gunsight or just the Oxford Sight) is an early red dot sight. It uses a small incandescent bulb to generate a white dot in the tube. An optional 3x magnifier was produced that could be attached to the back of the sight. Unclear if the magnifier could be mounted on all sights.

The Oxford Lightning was tested by the US Army at Frankford Arsenal as part of the sight enhancement project. The project tested 66 different sights between 1967 and 1975. The project would culminate in the development of the RCS (Reflex Collimator Sight) by Frankford Arsenal and AAI Corporation. The RCS would fail to be adopted after testing in 1975 (Blake Stevens & Ezell, 2004).








Images



With weaver rings.




With and without 3x magnifier attached.




With packaging and manual.




Examples can also be found in red packaging.




Review published in the January 1969 issue of American Rifleman. The article has since been republished on americanrifleman.org.




Add from page 171 of the November 1972 issue of Field & Stream.




Image from US Army testing during the Frankford Arsenal sight enhancement project.




On a M16A1.




On a XM117.




Manual.




Reticle without magnifier.



References

Blake Stevens, R & Ezell, E. (2004). The Black Rifle: M16 retrospective. Collector Grade Publications.



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