The CPSC Issues a Ridiculous Recall of the SIG ROMEO5 Red Dot Sight

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of more than 200,000 SIG SAUER red dot sights. The reason? An “ingestion hazard.”

No, the red dots in question aren’t so small as to be edible. The ingestion hazard is the CR2032 button cell battery that powers the 230,000 ROMEO5s covered in the recall.

The CPSC is requiring the recall for two reasons, neither of which is directly related to the operation of the optic.

It seems the included battery isn’t in child-resistant packaging. That’s required under Reese’s Law, a 2022 law named for an 18-month old child who died after ingesting a button cell battery.

The law says “Individually packaged button/coin cell batteries (sold individually or packaged separately with a product using these batteries) must comply with 16 CFR 1700.15 poison prevention standards for child resistant packaging.”

If you’re wondering why you have to fight to open button batteries included with optics and other similarly powered products, now you know. The child-resistant packaging isn’t an option -even if the battery’s included inside another package.

Additionally, the CPSC says, SIG failed to meet the warning label requirements for the batteries on the optic itself. A warning label is required to be on the red dot, warning users that the product contains a button cell battery. You can check the image above to see how SIG has been forced to fix the issue.

It’s important to note that despite the recall, there have been no reported injuries.

As far as specifics, the recall covers SIG SAUER ROMEO5 Red Dot Sights, Models SOR52001 and 7400579 (a part included with Model SORJ53101). The sights covered in the recall contain either a letter “K” or “M” as thelast digit of the serial number. ROMEO5 owners can find that serial number printed on the bottom of their sight.

To check that, you’ll need to use a T10 Torx driver to remove the optic itself from the mount. The serial number is on the bottom of the optic assembly.

The red dots in question were, according to the CPSC, sold at Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Academy Sports, Scheels, and “other stores and independent firearms and equipment stores nationwide.”

They were also sold online at Sigsauer.comAmazon.com, Opticsplanet.com, EuroOptic.comPalmettostatearmory.com, Midwayusa.comChattanoogashooting.comGritrsports.comBereli.comBattlehawk.com, “and other online websites” from February 2023 through December 2024. The prices ranged from $130 to $200.

Consumers are told to stop using the recalled firearm sights and contact SIG SAUER for instructions on how to submit a picture of the serial number to receive a free recall kit. That recall kit will include a new battery cap (with the required labeling) and an updated instruction manual.

Questions? You can contact SIG SAUER at (603) 610-3000, via email at ROMEO5Recall@sigsauer.com or online here.

As always, we’ll keep you posted.

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8 thoughts on “The CPSC Issues a Ridiculous Recall of the SIG ROMEO5 Red Dot Sight”

  1. Hmmm… A warning label on the side of an optic that is attached to a firearm that is probably in a safe, or at least should be if there are children in the house. A recall seems perfectly reasonable…🤨

    (Apologies to Haz for appropriating his pic, but it seems to fit best)

  2. Me thinks not a lot of people are going to be taking their Romeo 5 off rifles and removing the mount so they can get a free ‘recall’ battery cover.

    Even if they did, Its pretty unlikely some small kid will even know what the ‘warning’ on the ‘recall’ battery cap means, and even more unlikely they would remove the original battery cap to get to the battery.

    But oh well, no more passing out silver CR2032 skittles to the kids at Halloween.

    1. a button battery would slide right into the huggies, just like a coin, a bb or a pebble.
      zero people will do this. and sig should offer the non compliant knurled item for those buying the updated models.