Take it to those pawn shop guys in Vegas. Let him talk to his buddy who's an expert on red dots.

Seriously, that's pretty cool and I also know nothing about it. What is it, fiber optic in a tube?

Is that a Weaver Qwik-Point?

Nice.       Maybe we need a thread titled " Look what I found in the garage ! "  .

It is a "fiber optic in a tube."  There are reflex lenses in it to carry the dot down to eye level.  No batteries.  Sort if a pre-Trijicon without the tritium.

Because it is reflex you can block the objective side of the lower tube and still plainly see the dot.

The 40+ year old lenses are multi-layer coated and the FOV is somewhat bluish and not up to today's level of brightness, even for cheap stuff. The dot is very large and clear.  I estimate it to be 10-12 MOA, so it ain't for precision, but it gets on target very quickly, true to its name.

Made by Weaver in El Paso.

Saw them advertised in the gun rags frequently back in the day, don't think I ever saw more than one or two in real life.

I never would have guessed that the first red dot sight was that old. It seems so far ahead of its time in that year.

Armson OEG?

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It was the Qwik-Point, but your reply got me to thinking that I had never seen an OEG.  From what I gather, since it did not allow the eye that sees the dot to also see the field of view, it "tricked" the user into imposing the dot into the view through the other eye.  This supposedly produced a sort of "wandering dot" effect if you looked at the dot more than momentarily, according to the reviews I found.   

So, I view the Weaver QP as an evolution from OEG to Trijicon and modern red dots.

BTW:  I fired a few heavy slug and buckshot rounds (10 each) through the tactical 1100 on Saturday.  Here are my impression:

1.  This is an obsolete sight from the standpoint of optical clarity.  The bluish image is not very bright.  It's almost like looking through sunglasses.  Not dark sunglasses, but still sunglasses.  That is great on the skeet or trap range on a bright day.  Not so good otherwise.

2.  The dot is very conspicuous and very clear.  No distortion or fuzziness.  Perfectly round.  And huge.

3.  The sight and mounts are rock solid.  It was extremely easy to sight in.  The turret caps protect very nice turrets that have distinct 1/2 MOA clicks that can be both felt and heard without looking at the turret.  You do not need a tool.  Since the shotty did have adjustable rifle style iron sights and was sighted in for slugs, the darned QP actually co-witnessed, hovering just above the front sight!  On an AR this would require a riser to get up to or above standard height AR sights.

4.  Once sighted in, it held absolute zero every time.  No change even from these heavy loads.  Of course, I only fired 20 times and only at 50 yards, but that satisfied me. Given that the dot subtends at least 10 MOA, it's hard to tell, but slugs and buckshot all hit predictably, about the same accuracy as the open sights, by putting the top center edge of the dot on the bottom center of the bull at 6 o'clock.  Good enough for a shotgun.  Probably terrible on a rifle beyond 50 yards.

5.  The sight itself appears to be just about indestructible, or as much so as one could expect.  Nothing fragile about it.  Heavy aluminum.  The weak point is the  plastic light gathering nose.  Knock that off and no dot, although you can still see through the optic and co-witness with the iron sights.

My curiosity is answered.  The quality is there.  It has stood up well over time.  The dim image, however, would never pass scrutiny today.  Back in the box.  Relic of a bygone era.  Interesting trip down memory lane.

It was the Qwik-Point, but your reply got me to thinking that I had never seen an OEG.  From what I gather, since it did not allow the eye that sees the dot to also see the field of view, it "tricked" the user into imposing the dot into the view through the other eye.  This supposedly produced a sort of "wandering dot" effect if you looked at the dot more than momentarily, according to the reviews I found.   

So, I view the Weaver QP as an evolution from OEG to Trijicon and modern red dots.

BTW:  I fired a few heavy slug and buckshot rounds (10 each) through the tactical 1100 on Saturday.  Here are my impression:

1.  This is an obsolete sight from the standpoint of optical clarity.  The bluish image is not very bright.  It's almost like looking through sunglasses.  Not dark sunglasses, but still sunglasses.  That is great on the skeet or trap range on a bright day.  Not so good otherwise.

2.  The dot is very conspicuous and very clear.  No distortion or fuzziness.  Perfectly round.  And huge.

3.  The sight and mounts are rock solid.  It was extremely easy to sight in.  The turret caps protect very nice turrets that have distinct 1/2 MOA clicks that can be both felt and heard without looking at the turret.  You do not need a tool.  Since the shotty did have adjustable rifle style iron sights and was sighted in for slugs, the darned QP actually co-witnessed, hovering just above the front sight!  On an AR this would require a riser to get up to or above standard height AR sights.

4.  Once sighted in, it held absolute zero every time.  No change even from these heavy loads.  Of course, I only fired 20 times and only at 50 yards, but that satisfied me. Given that the dot subtends at least 10 MOA, it's hard to tell, but slugs and buckshot all hit predictably, about the same accuracy as the open sights, by putting the top center edge of the dot on the bottom center of the bull at 6 o'clock.  Good enough for a shotgun.  Probably terrible on a rifle beyond 50 yards.

5.  The sight itself appears to be just about indestructible, or as much so as one could expect.  Nothing fragile about it.  Heavy aluminum.  The weak point is the  plastic light gathering nose.  Knock that off and no dot, although you can still see through the optic and co-witness with the iron sights.

My curiosity is answered.  The quality is there.  It has stood up well over time.  The dim image, however, would never pass scrutiny today.  Back in the box.  Relic of a bygone era.  Interesting trip down memory lane.

That was a neat look at an old sight, thanks for sharing it with us!
I also wonder if the dot could fade with time? is any amount of tritium used in the old sight?