Ruger pc carbine optics

Northern Shooter said:
I run a Vortex Sparc II on my Ruger PCC. Theyre around $300 but Cabellas will often have them on sale for $200.

It's a good 2 MOA red dot but does not have any magnification, something that I found out isn't ideal when one has a stigmatism.
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Prism sights are a great cure for that
 
Northern Shooter said:
Thanks, i'll have to look into those. My LGS told me basically anything with magnification should correct this issue.

My red "dot" looks more like a snowflake to me.
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The bigger 25mm vs 20mm is great, having holdovers and the donut of death make kept it far more intuitive and efficient than just a dot for my purposes.
Adding a simple 3x Magnifier when needed is great. I plan on purchasing more of these, although I'm going to petition PA to add an ecthed reticle to the model in the future eliminating the need to co witness altogether.

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I put an inexpensive Leupold knock off 1-4X scope on two of my PCC's. I got them off of Ebay for just under $100, Not sure what else to say to the OP the scopes seem to work ok and for the price...... Try Google and/or search Ebay. I am not sure what the OP is looking for or rather what he intends to do with his PCC....competition, hunting, plinking or all three.

Take Care

Bob
ps On one of my PCC's I used an angle mount to mount a Vortex red dot to complement the 1x4 scope.
 
I’m looking to plink only. 25-200 yards on steel only. I reload and cast so it should work out to close to the price of .22.
An update on my optics search…
I missed the sale on the sig romeo 5 for $239. I put a bunch of offers out on eotechs and vortex uh-1s. Ended up finding a decent deal on the vortex. It showed up and when I went to mount it, it didn’t fit. The ruger has a non mil spec picitinny rail. I then of course remembered reading about it a couple of years back… At least I didn’t buy new.
So then found a vortex 3x spitfire and am waiting on it. Shows delivery today! I also ordered a riser for a viper 6moa red dot I already have.
I was willing to give the sig a chance even though I’m a bit of a vortex electronic sight fan boy. It just didn’t work out.
 
I have the truglo ignite 30mm on a cantilever base i like it it works well and I've seen it on sale at one or two places for under $200. A few pluses is it that it takes one AAA battery it also comes with auto off push buttons and flip caps.
 
Fitzy999 said:
I have the truglo ignite 30mm on a cantilever base i like it it works well and I've seen it on sale at one or two places for under $200. A few pluses is it that it takes one AAA battery it also comes with auto off push buttons and flip caps.
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How do you like it? Any issues?

The AAA battery is very attractive.
 
GerardSamija said:
To each their own. My eyes turn 60 a little later this year, and while my reformed diet of a few years now (almost nothing but meat, after almost 39 years of no meat) has done wonders for my eyesight and a number of other elements of my health (skin elasticity most proveably - I almost don't get scratches any more, even play fighting with the cat), a red dot such as my 3MOA FastFire III still flares out a bit. My Holosun gold dot sight should have a 2MOA round dot, but for my right eye it's more like a 4 or 5 MOA oval. Which is fine for plinking with my GSG-16, but not something I'd want to aim with for anything important.

So on my PCC, the TNW ASR in 9mm, I opted for a scope. 2-7x Burris Rimfire at first. But I found the 7x level unsatisfying when putting groups on paper at 100 yards, so found a 2-10x 30mm FFP Visionking scope which seems about perfect for me. Excellent clarity with no distortion, wonderful reticle which zooms along with magnification. Very bright. Easy to quickly acquire closer targets at 2x. For older, less perfect vision, such a scope works very satisfyingly on a PCC, without being very heavy - about 17oz added to the 5.5lbs carbine.

But of course if a dot sight works for whoever, that's great. Wish it worked for me. I like both my dot sights, just don't have them mounted on anything I'd call 'serious' - the Burris FastFire lives on a side-lever air rifle intended as a backup squirrel gun, shooting at around 10fpe and with decent enough accuracy for 1 shot kills out to maybe 15 yards. Suits that job just fine. And if I were thinking of my 9mm as something like that, if for something like knocking down competition plates during a speed run, then sure, I'd put a dot sight on it. But I like that it's really quite accurate at 100, so may as well have an optic mounted with which I can use it to that range or a bit further.
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im coming back to this one.

I put a vortex red dot on my JR. its lots of fun at the range.
But im looking for something with magnification (my eyes are getting old too) for my Ruger PCC9.

Im really looking to make them two completely different set ups for different purposes.
Ill likely be putting it in the backpacker stock when it comes out. This wouldn't be for competition, it would be for bush carry.

Ideally in the $200-$300 price range
And what do I need to know about mounting?
 
Jmcc said:
im coming back to this one.

I put a vortex red dot on my JR. its lots of fun at the range.
But im looking for something with magnification (my eyes are getting old too) for my Ruger PCC9.

Im really looking to make them two completely different set ups for different purposes.
Ill likely be putting it in the backpacker stock when it comes out. This wouldn't be for competition, it would be for bush carry.

Ideally in the $200-$300 price range
And what do I need to know about mounting?
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I am getting the old man eyes syndrome myself.

I generally have lost patience with scoping anything due to the fact that I have limited tools, no gun vise and while I have some Wheeler bubble levels, it is a constant chore to get everything aligned - especially without a gun vise and setting the proper eye relief is a pain in the tush, for me (more than one occasion I have set it based on multiple cheek weld defaults that I thought was how I would hold it and then I get to the range and I see the almighty donut).

I did recently purchase through the EE a Holosun magnifier (HM3X) and stuck that behind my red dot. While it adds some weight to the gun, it adds it to the right part in order to somewhat continue to counteract the weight of the heavier aluminum barrel. The magnifier flips up and sideways and surprisingly it does the trick. Had to use the cowitness mount to make the magnifier on the same level as the red dot, but that set up in my view is better than a scope as I can just QD the magnifier to whatever carbine or rifle I am taking to the range that day
 
Jmcc said:
im coming back to this one.

I put a vortex red dot on my JR. its lots of fun at the range.
But im looking for something with magnification (my eyes are getting old too) for my Ruger PCC9.

Im really looking to make them two completely different set ups for different purposes.
Ill likely be putting it in the backpacker stock when it comes out. This wouldn't be for competition, it would be for bush carry.

Ideally in the $200-$300 price range
And what do I need to know about mounting?
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I don't have a Ruger, but from what I know of a friend's, the most reliable place to mount an optic is on the front half of the gun, integrating it with the barrel. Since that places a scope fairly far forward compared to a traditional rifle scope mounting position, it seems a better bet is a scout scope. There aren't all that many choices out there in your budget range, but this one comes up with an eBay search:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/185039682072

With 9" to 22" eye relief it offers a lot of flexibility for mounting on a variety of rifles. And this one offers a different reticle, according to your tastes:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/403143811388
 
I didn't want to start a new thread so hopefully this is ok to ask in this thread.

I'm trying to mount my optic on the barrel. I have the rail piece but I cannot get the rear sight off! The 2 torx screws are not budging. Must have been loctited on. Tried soldering iron. Propane torch. I have bent so many torx bits. Any suggestions?
 
Anyone have experience with the Vortex Venom? Just picked up the chassis version, and would like to mount it on the barrel mounted rail where the rear sight was previously located. Wondering if it sits relatively low enough for a reasonable cheek weld.
 
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