Abstract: An articulating accessory mount for mounting a weapon sight accessory to a rail of a weapon includes base portion and an upper portion rotatable relative to the base portion between a use position and a storage position. The articulating mount includes a pivot pin extending through the base portion and the upper portion, the pivot pin being secured to the upper portion for rotation therewith. The articulating mount includes a detent mechanism formed in the base portion and arranged to engage a set of recesses provided in the pivot pin to bias the upper portion in one of the use position or the storage position. A weapon sight system includes a weapon sight supported on an accessory rail, a weapon sight accessory, such as a magnifier, and an articulating accessory mount supporting the accessory on an accessory rail for movement between the use position and the storage position.

Abstract: A holographic weapon sight with a low profile collimator has a housing with a viewing end and an opposed target end. The holographic weapon sight has a light source operable to project a light beam along a light path. The low profile collimator has a first optical element and a second optical element disposed in the light path of the light beam such that the second optical element provides a fully collimated light beam. The holographic weapon sight also has a first diffractive optical element (DOE), a second DOE, and a mirror. The first DOE or the second DOE reconstructs an image of a reticle and respectively reflects the reconstructed image toward the mirror or the NDE such that a user views a target along a viewing path through the NDE from the viewing end.