Trijicon
| Private | |
| Industry | Optics |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Glyn Bindon |
| Headquarters | Wixom, Michigan, United States |
| Products | Optical sights, Night vision equipment |
| Website | http://www.trijicon.com |
| Footnotes / references Contractor for the United States military |
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Trijicon (pronounced Trîj-î-(kòn)) is an American company, based in Wixom, Michigan, that manufactures and distributes optical sighting devices for firearms, including pistols, rifles, and shotguns. Trijicon specializes in self-luminous optics and night sights, mainly using the low-energy radioactive isotope tritium, light-gathering fiber optics, and batteries.[1][2][3]
Additionally, Trijicon is a contractor for the United States military and supplies the Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) and RX01 reflex sights. The ACOG, Reflex, TriPower, AccuPoint, and Night Sights are available to military, law enforcement, and civilian markets.[4]
History
Trijicon was founded in 1981 by Glyn Bindon as Armson USA, the sole US importer and distributor of the Armson OEG. The Armson OEG was an occluded type gun sight that used tritium and fiber optics in its construction and was manufactured in South Africa.[5]
In 1985 Bindon reorganized the company as Trijicon and began manufacture of night sights for pistols.[2] Trijicon introduced a tritium filled scope for the US Military called the TA01 4x32 Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) in 1987.[6]
Controversy
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On January 18, 2010, ABC News reported that Trijicon was placing references to Biblical verses on the side of the ACOG sights sold to the United States military.[7] Legal and religious organizations spoke out against the practice and Trijicon subsequently ceased the practice and provided clients with kits to remove the Bible verse numbers from existing scopes.[8]
See also
References
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External links
- Official website
- Trijicon AccuPoint, Shooting Times magazine
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