Hunting with a red dot?

[kodiakjack]

2 weeks is really poor. The better quality red dots would last at least 6 months of the same procedure of turning it on and off daily.

Yep. But it’s a $50 tasco from Walmart, for $300 less than the Burris.

No question, the Burris is a better optic. But for the same price, I could feed the tasco batteries each hunting season for 900 years lol.

I agree though, the Burris is the better option, but there’s a reason the tasco is a seventh of the price.

 

[Daver_II]

I use a 30-30 marlin with a sig romeo4 red dot. great little bush gun.

 

[regulate34]

The first Burris Fastfire sits upon a CZ Springfield M6 in 22 LR/410. Three MOA dot is zeroed for twenty yards with CCI Minimag and co-witnessed 410 #7.5 shot.
Cleanly harvested many rabbits boreal forest. Longest shot about 30 yards.
No real complaints, but to change battery need to dismount and rezero.
So this is a late summer ritual as I must shoot it at the gun range confirm it's actually sighted properly.

You didn't mention the brand name your red dot optic?

I got a bushell Rsx-100. Wanted a vortex but the Dlask/Kidd biuld got a little out of hand. Lol.

 

[regulate34]

Well I got out today with the red dot on the H&R 30-30.
Just got 6” of snow and it’s wet. So did have some fog issues when shooting with the bipod.

Most groups were under 3” when sighting it in. Not bad for a 4MOA dot I thought.

I got steel plates in the field off the back porch. 8” and 12” at 75yds Furthest is a 16”x16” at 150yrds
Ran the standing smallest to biggest with the 30-30 and then my 375ruger with a scope.

Red dot red dot is definitely faster to get the shot off then the scope.
But being a single shot slows it down.

Now I think a red dot of a lever gun would be a lot of fun.

 

[yorgi]

Yep. But it’s a $50 tasco from Walmart, for $300 less than the Burris.

No question, the Burris is a better optic. But for the same price, I could feed the tasco batteries each hunting season for 900 years lol.

I agree though, the Burris is the better option, but there’s a reason the tasco is a seventh of the price.

Wasted my money for years, buying expensive sabot shells trying to get little-bitty groups from rifled shotgun barrels. In the end, my workhorse smooth-barreled BPS shooting cheapo Federal Truball Foster slugs beat them all.
Topped it with an identical to yours secondhand Tasco red dot and loaned the rig to my buddy, he managed to score on a decent buck a few weeks ago, boiler-room shot at over 80 yards.

 

[kodiakjack]

Wasted my money for years, buying expensive sabot shells trying to get little-bitty groups from rifled shotgun barrels. In the end, my workhorse smooth-barreled BPS shooting cheapo Federal Truball Foster slugs beat them all.
Topped it with an identical to yours secondhand Tasco red dot and loaned the rig to my buddy, he managed to score on a decent buck a few weeks ago, boiler-room shot at over 80 yards.

Nice!

 

[FLHTCUI]

Burris Speed Bead............

 

[Brutus]

Burris Speed Bead............

Never been very impressed with thier mounting system.
I refuse to permanently alter my stock for that cheesy mount.
One season Speed Bead optics/mount are a frequent flyer on the EE.

 

[351 power]

I have been playing around with a red dot for a few years. Hunted some with one this year. On a Remington model 7. It's a small package to carry in the woods. Which is where I like to be