Anyone else like red dots on long guns..?
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Reflex sight on a bolt may seem weird but it is basically the best peep sight ever. The dhield rds is very small, super tough, and fits on a receiver ring with ease. They stood up to military use on long guns, and when I emailed shield to ask if they could handle 458 wm recoil they basically laughed at me while saying absolutely.
I know it does not fit with the tactical communities beliefs on field of view, but I like putting them further back, really comes to eye well when shouldered and is very similar to using a receiver sight.
We used to shoot a silhouette pig we had dragged to 500 yards with a 2 moa sight. Just like irons if you visualize and have a consistent hold you can shoot groups smaller than your dot size.
A ~1oz shield sight on their qd weaver/pic mount may be the best "backup irons" in the game.
I've heard concerns about this style of sight not working in the rain but never experienced them.
I'd like to try the holosun chevron reticule dot sight.
If you have astigmatism green dots, adjustable intensity and glasses lenses with the computer glare coating help a ton
I know it does not fit with the tactical communities beliefs on field of view, but I like putting them further back, really comes to eye well when shouldered and is very similar to using a receiver sight.
We used to shoot a silhouette pig we had dragged to 500 yards with a 2 moa sight. Just like irons if you visualize and have a consistent hold you can shoot groups smaller than your dot size.
A ~1oz shield sight on their qd weaver/pic mount may be the best "backup irons" in the game.
I've heard concerns about this style of sight not working in the rain but never experienced them.
I'd like to try the holosun chevron reticule dot sight.
If you have astigmatism green dots, adjustable intensity and glasses lenses with the computer glare coating help a ton
I haven't tried one on a shotgun, but for anything that is not wing shooting I can see it would work well. I also haven't used one for hunting yet, but that is because I hunt mostly more open prairie and need magnification optics for the longer shots. For closer range hunting inside 150yds or so I would happily use a red dot on my rifle.
I, too, like good iron sights. But the big advantage the RDS has for hunting is low light visibility. I have had plenty of shots taken early/late when the light was simply not good enough to be able to shoot with iron sights.
This is also my issue. While I really like irons, as I get older they work less and less well for my eyes.
Mark
good tips, and yeah most of these small reflex sights ride on the slides of pistols, getting literally hammered thousands of shots every single shot
With the tube style the fov concerns make a bit more sense but with reflex style pistol sights further back you are basically looking through lens only and with most rifles I've tried them on mounted back the dot is centered when you shoulder the gun
I do not like red dots with no magnification on rifles. I used to shoot irons to 500, but that was when I was much younger. I find straight red dots imprecise at rifle ranges, say past 50 yds. That said, I really like 1-4 or 8 scopes with an illuminated Center dot. Best of both worlds to me. I am not a fan of complicated reticles in LVPOs. I am not working on a death squad so human sized reticle are not applicable for me.
The older you get, the better red dots are - if you're looking for magnification, they do make 3x magnifiers. Since it might make the difference between someone getting out of shooting and hunting, and staying in, they might be worth a look. As far as unhelpfully looking down your nose at them as "tactical" - whatever that means - goes, call me when you're 60 and remembering what it was like when you could still see your sights and go shooting.
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There's an undeniable value to a red dot. The looks may take some getting used to, but you cannot say that they're not effective.
I see that police in the USA are accepting more and more RDS mounted on sidearms. Watching some videos where the shlt-rat pulls a gun, the speed getting on target and making hits by officers day or night is impressive. I see them as a safety device and have no problem if some of my taxes pays for them.
First time I put a RDS onto a 10-22 and sighted it in I had one of the best times ever while 22LR plinking. Every shot was a pinging sound from steel targets while shooting fast and I was laughing like a kid. I'm going to check into mounts for adding 2 of mine to hunting rifles and my last one onto a BT-99 trap shotgun with a vented rib mount. Always wondered about how it would workout on a target shotgun.
First time I put a RDS onto a 10-22 and sighted it in I had one of the best times ever while 22LR plinking. Every shot was a pinging sound from steel targets while shooting fast and I was laughing like a kid. I'm going to check into mounts for adding 2 of mine to hunting rifles and my last one onto a BT-99 trap shotgun with a vented rib mount. Always wondered about how it would workout on a target shotgun.
