Thanks for the update.
Hex Wasp - Anyone’s randomly stop working?
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compensated
Alpha
I own the Hellcat and the P365. Be sure you shoot a P365 before making that trade. I do like the P365 but I like my Hellcat better. I like the trigger and the sights better on the Hellcat and that makes me a little more accurate. I get on the fence of letting my P365 go every now and then.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
OK, whatever works I'm for ya', but I just gotta' ask why in the world you would not want 100%. On a long gun I can sorta' understand, but on a short handgun...... no comprende.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Why not just sell the Wasp and keep the Hellcat? I respect your opinions, but I wouldn't trade my Hellcat for 2 365's. Not because I'm knockin' the Sigs, there absolutely great guns, but then so is the Hellcat. It just seems to me like letting go of a really good gun because of not liking the RDS is like cutting off one's nose to spite his face. I'm really curious.
Can’t answer for anyone else, but will answer for me. The glass is already small on a micro red dot. Irons are not needed at all to use a red dot. The last thing I want is to have the irons take a big part of the glass. It would be distracting. The Hellcat with a Wasp or 507K and no plate provides a lower co-witness. That is all I want. If for some reason the red dot failed (common with the Wasp) I just want the irons to still be usable.OK, whatever works I'm for ya', but I just gotta' ask why in the world you would not want 100%. On a long gun I can sorta' understand, but on a short handgun...... no comprende.
Its fine to witness if thats what some like. I agree i want to rely only on my target with the red dot. But in case the red dot fails i can still see my front sight. Its just the battery issue. Well not battery. Its the wasp unit. I was changing batteries out every month. That's nuts. Anyway springfield received my wasp back. I got confirmation from them that they received it, they paid the fed ex shipping to them. So they are doing something to at least help out. They told me 2 to 4 weeks before i get another one. Lets see if this one works out. Fingers crossed..lol
BRANTZILLA
Alpha
I am having battery drain problems also. Battery lasts about 30 days, maybe. On my 4th battery.
Contact springfield they will get you a new one. Call them. Its fastest way to get it resolved. They will send you a fed 3xp. Return lable cia email. Print it out and when you drop off your wasp. Make sure you get a receipt for the drop off. It's obvious its rhe wasp. We don't need to be scientists to figure the issue is the wasp. Come on springfield fix the issues. You are aware of the problems we are having..
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Yeh, lots of folks having problems with battery draining. SA will get hold of the problem soon and make everyone whole with a revised version of Wasp.
Annihilator
Emissary
Ah, they do make the WASP, mabye not there in Geneso, don’t know where you got misinformed at, it’s there product.
HEX Wasp Micro Red Dot Sight - HEX by Springfield Armory
Designed for low-profile, direct mounting, the HEX Wasp is perfectly suited for compact applications like today's concealed carry pistols.
www.hexoptics.com
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jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Funny thing but for some reason I decided to go to the SA site to look around re the Wasp. While there I found a place to 'register' my Wasp. I had not thought about registering it since I had not yet mounted it and only put the battery in it back in December even though I had actually bought in August of '21. At any rate, the registration for calls for the serial # of the sight and I cannot find any serial #. Anyone happen to know the location of the # on the Wasp sight? Thanks.
Annihilator
Emissary
SpringfieldGOTfan
Alpha
Serial number is located by one of the screw mounting holes on the underside. It should be opposite the "made in China" print. Serial number has letters and numbers in it.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Thanks, I'll look for it there.
Keystone19250
SAINT
Thanks I stand corrected that Springfield “doesn’t” and I’m not splitting hairs but like there XD line they contracted with an outside company to produce the Hex lineup and it has turned into a nightmare, unfortunate.Ah, they do make the WASP, mabye not there in Geneso, don’t know where you got misinformed at, it’s there product.
HEX Wasp Micro Red Dot Sight - HEX by Springfield Armory
Designed for low-profile, direct mounting, the HEX Wasp is perfectly suited for compact applications like today's concealed carry pistols.
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inspectagadget
Operator
I guess the way I understand 100% co-witness is that the irons are in the middle of the RDS window. Since my Trijicons are at 1/3 co-witness, and that’s what/how I learned to shoot w/ an RDS, I want to keep all my RDS’s the same.? On all my handguns and my rifles. MaybeOK, whatever works I'm for ya', but I just gotta' ask why in the world you would not want 100%. On a long gun I can sorta' understand, but on a short handgun...... no comprende.
I should try 100%, I might like it.? Don’t knock it till ya’ try it. Right? Thanks for your input….
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
This is how it usually works on long guns with a very long sight radius and often requiring tall mounts. It does not however work like the above pictures a hand gun with a short sight radius. The real key is to find a couple guns you can beg, borrow or steal and try with both options. You might be surprised.
On short sight radius small hand guns, you most likely will not be able to use the iron sights at all with a lower 30% co-witness. On a long gun and with the proper mounts all it usually takes to use the BUIS is to tilt your head just a little.
SpringfieldGOTfan
Alpha
Replacement wasp came in today. Wish me luck guys. Set a calendar reminder to call springfield in 4 weeks. Lol