Burris Fastfire red dot

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hey guys

im looking at getting a Burris Fastfire red dot for my M14,

has anyone had experience with this sight ? let me know how it performs and handles recoil .

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thanks heaps

Fenix
 
i'm not sure how the higher quality ones are, but i bought a dr. optic clone from 1337 tactical for my 870 and it seemed to hold up to the recoil fine, but the illuminated reticle wasn't visible once outdoors, especially on sunny days:(
inside it was perfectly visible.
 
I have one on my Ruger MKIII Hunter.

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I used it on the Ruger rail with the pic mount for a bit but when Wolverine told me they had the Ruger dovetail mount at their supplier I jumped all over that to give it a lower profile look and make it look much sleaker.

Its a great sight, but my only complaint is that instead of having the light sensing diode on the front it would of been nice to manually control the brightness. Has not been that big of an issue indoors or outdoors but still...

I paid about 220 for the sight from LeBaron and 40 for the mount from LeBaron so it was about $300 in total and has now given me my favourite plinking pistol.
 
sounds good to me, yeah i noticed that it auto adjusts brightness, which isnt ideal, but beggars cant be choosers :) .
good to hear that they stand up to the recoil.

most of our hunting is done in winter here.. which can get pretty soviet.. so cloudy n raining for the season - the brightness issue shouldnt be a problem
 
They advertise them for Slug Guns so I'll think that if it can handle 3" magnum slugs it can handle some 308.
 
Yes put those under the three screws that you use to mount the lower half base to the upper half with the circuitry. This way you don't need to use locktite to keep the screws together.

Remember you have to loose both locks before you can adjust the windage and elevation and then re-tighten them before you shoot or else you could damange the unit.
 
No no. There are the two small dials marked UP and RIGHT IIRC, those adjust the position of the dot to sight it in. When you are looking at the sight, on the front of it you will see to "locks" and if you refer to the manual you will see where it talks about adjusting them.

So there are the three assembly screws that mount the lower to the upper so to speak, the two locks that loose the adjustment "locks" so you can sight it in and then the UP and RIGHT adjustment aka elevation and windage.

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You need to loose those two screws on the front of the sight called the locks. These hold the diode in place to keep the zero. When loose you can adjust the elevation and windage via the UP and RIGHT dials. However, before you can shoot it to test your zero you need to re tighten the locks or else the shock of the shoot will internaly move the dials and your elevation and windage corrections will move. The system is already hard enough since it has no clicks and you have to use that screw driver with the wheel.
 
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