Bushnell Holosight

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Has anybody used the Bushnell Holosight? Was thinking of it on a Guide Gun, wondering how they are for a shorter range, bush rifle.
Also, are they precise, as for getting a group size the rifle is capable of shooting?
Thanks in advance for any info.
 
I don't know about the Bushnell, but my EOTech hasn't changed zero. The center dot is only a third of a minute.

If the dot is on, the shot is on.


P.S.: Keep spare batteries handy.
 
Danny Boy said:
The heavy recoil doesn’t affect the Holosight.
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This morning I shot a few slugs through my shotgun. I was quite surprised when the 2 batteries from the Bushnell Holosight ended up in my face. :(

The lid of the battery compartment at the back of the holosight screwed into a little and weak plastic sleeve, and this sleeve broke off as the batteries was sent backward by every recoil. :( It was 1.5 years old, only a few boxes of slugs and turkey load, and a little more target loads through the gun.

And if you have astigmatism, you will see an oval thing instead of circle and a comma instead of the dot in the middle, don't send back the holosight :)

But I loved it, I think it is a great device under 100 yards.
 
Isn't the EOTech manufactured by Bushnell ...having the same internal technical specs...differing only because of a "beefed up" metal shroud on the outside to withstand rough military use??
The reason the military / police use the holosight technology is because it is one of the best "quick acquisition" sights and is very robust. Seems to me that is a pretty good endorsement and it should be quite suitable for hunting applications.
I plan to try one this fall for "bush" hunting. I will keep an extra set of batteries in my pocket as that is the only unknown I fear in cold weather.
 
I just can't see myself warming up to a sight that requires batteries to run. Call me old fashioned, but I still prefer iron sights over telescopes just because that's the one aiming device I know no matter what, I can always depend on. Scopes can be bumped, but electronic sights just seem too delicate and that's just for starters. Batteries can fail, cold saps juice from them. Wires and solder can come apart, and I just feel dirty talking about wires and solder on a gun sight. But that's just me.
 
Thanks guys, for all the opinions, I appreciate it.
And pharaoh2, I just could not find it in me to disagree with your opinion on sights! When I think of all the years I used a Lyman 48 peep sight on my 30-06 and almost no misses. I can think of four mountain goats I killed with it and none missed. On my first trip in the mountains with a "guaranteed fog proof scope," it fogged up so bad in a day of rain that I couldn't see through it!
I killed every moose I shot at with the iron sights, except one. Across a flat, snowy meadow, I guessed the range at 400 yards, as it stood in knee deep snow. The bullet cut the snow under him, just behind the front legs. The range must have been a bit over 500. A scope wouldn't have changed things.
 
for $330+ youd have to be out of your mind to buy a Bushnell.
another $100 gets you the real thing. if it was $150 i might understand.

i purchased the bushnell ACOG looking red-dot for $200 and it was not what i expected. i will never buy an inexpensive red dot sight again as long as i live.

for a guide gun id be looking at a ghost ring setup. for low-light use you could even get ones with tritium dots, and it would end up being much more durable, streamlined and still half the cost of a good red-dot.
 
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