The face of Aimpoint sights

The face of Aimpoint sights comes with a gold bead that is meant to enhance the visibility of an object in dim light. Often, the front sight face of hunting scopes comes with an ivory, red or gold colored bead affixed to it. Most pro hunters and shooters prefer the gold bead tha is, in fact, a brass alloy. They reason that traditional gold bead offers more durability than other colored plastic beads.

One problem with the use of front sight beads is their tendency to aim away from the direction of the light. A highlight is reflected by the curved surface of front sight beads in the direction towards the sun that, in turn, results in a false aiming point. The non-reflective black surface around the front sight with an undercut gold bead face is the most preferred front sight type. Aimpoint sights are of this type. That is why there is no such problem with Aimpoint scopes for hunting and shooting rifles.