Electronic or Red Dot sights

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I have a S&W 617 (10 shot .22LR) that I really enjoy shooting, however as I get older I am finding it more difficult to see the sights and the target. Would any of the Holo or Red Dot sights help? I know very little about them so any recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks for your help, Jay
 
Youd have to put a weaver rail to mount an optic on there most likely. This can be vary heavy and unnessessary, IMHO, optics should be reserved for rifles and pistols that are shooting >50yrds. Why don't you look into getting some tritium nights sights? maybe you can find some that will mount to your setup. Good luck :)
 
I have the same target acquisition problem that you have. I have an NcSTAR tubeless red dot on my Ruger Mark III and can now shoot 1/2" groups at 10 yds. You do need a Weaver rail but the set up I have is not all that heavy. I have Tritium night sights on my other pistols and they really don't cut it for me. I'm switching to the TRUGLO Tritium/Fiber Optic ones for better visibility.
Some of us older guys no longer can no longer see as well as we used to and need some help. The purists should not hold that against us. ;)
 
An aimpoint Micro R-1 would look good on that S&W.

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http://www.aimpoint.com/o.o.i.s?id=28&prev_id=28&product_id=367
 
There are some inexpensive open framed red dots out there that are intended for BB and pellet guns. Canadian Tire sells one for as little as $16. The same model but unbranded can be had from Ebay for around $10. The are cheap, light, plastic but should work fine on a .22 with the low amount of kick that they have. Best of all they are dovetail mount rather than weaver so your 617 may be set up for them already.

I've used the open framed one for paintball and it works just fine but if the sun is at your back or strongly overhead glare in the optics can be an issue. The closed "tubular" red dots would help there but then they are more money and rather clunky and heavy or, as noted on that one above, quite expensive. Also with these virtual style sights if you have a dominant eye things can interesting.

There's always the projecting laser style that "flashlights" a red or green dot onto the target but isn't that sort of cheating? :D
 
I have these Bushnell Trophys, have the same problem not being able to focus on sights and target and these work great, about $90 with weaver style rings which I chucked. Leupold QRW's on the 629 which has the integral rail. The 686 has a dual dovetail base with 30mm ext ring on the front. My accuracy improved 1000% using these, so did the GF's shooting although she's still a bit leery of the 44 mag;)

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