Shotgun red dot: RMR vs Aimpoint style?
- Thread starter Joel
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Oh damn. I was just thinking about how my shotgun could use a red dot for next years spring turkey season, and I was thinking about trying the Olight reflex sight... Never realized people were making these nifty little mounting plates though! I thought I'd have to use a pic rail and adapter.That it does hahaha
On the underside of an Aimpoint Micro (and clones with the same footprint) there are 4 screws, and a little square slot that interface with its mount, whether the Aimpoint factory one or any other.
If you want to cowitness irons, CROM smiles on us haha. Only game in town, but if you don't care about the irons as much there are options for half the price, like our own domestically made S&J Hardware versions. The two on the left are for Aimpoints, the two on the right for RMR style
Talley makes a very simple RMR mount as well, but I'd rather buy Canadian if possible.
Thanks Joel, definitely gonna have to give these a look. Have you seen the Talley one for sale in Canada yet? I don't need one with a rear sight, so that or the S&J models would fit the bill nicely for me...
Man you will like it! I grabbed a new Mossberg 940 pro Turkey 18.5” with the rmsc shield cut out and put a Holosun eps on it. I chose it over the 407/507c for two reasons, 1 it’s enclosed but 2 also slightly lower deck height. And man it’s got fov for days being closer to your face like that but also astigs less like not even there for me on this one. I went green and I love the 32 moa circle only reticle, which is 16 at 50 and 8” at 25 yards. Was easy to shoot near ragged hole groups at 40 yards with challenger slugs that way and Carlson extended IC choke.
I would not hesitate to run this for any bird situation, exact same site and reticle.
I had my first one come with no gas ports in barrel, the must have been in a hurry to get em out the door so sent for new barrel and bought another one and set it up. The first one is back with new barrel so if anyone in market...I know a guy.
I liked that eps so much that if I did a rifle set up again that’s what I would go for and on rear base and would be worth machinist to get me to pic rail or whatever if I couldn’t find easy way to get it on the rifle. I do believe there is a rmsc shield to picatinny adapter out there so that’s likely how I’d go. Would be good on a qd set up as back up to a qd scoped rifle also, could have it pre sighted in and in the pack as back up.
Battery optional, solar, 3 reticles, manual brightness adjust or full auto shake awake defence modes. I like manual mode. Top of the line imo.
I tried the green holosun 507c and I found it made my astigmatism worse. I went back to red which is nearly perfect. Weird.
Hey glad to hear that, gun internet has more disinformation than the normal internet (terrifying) and I'd hate to contribute to that
Probably shouldn't base my amateur optometry findings on a sample size of two, especially when those people are both from Alberta
Probably shouldn't base my amateur optometry findings on a sample size of two, especially when those people are both from Alberta
Nothing red is too successful in Alberta
I've found green the worst for my eyes. Dots look like stars and the green circles seem to pulsate in my vision. Red is much better. Blue is by far the best. I just put a blue illuminated optic on my crossbow and it's great.
I've been toying with the idea of another 1301 setup as a dedicated turkey and coyote rig. It's interesting to see what ppl run. I have a Walther reddot on my Stevens 301 turkey 410 and it's great but it leaves me with a chin weld but the bead is visible thru the rail
I've been toying with the idea of another 1301 setup as a dedicated turkey and coyote rig. It's interesting to see what ppl run. I have a Walther reddot on my Stevens 301 turkey 410 and it's great but it leaves me with a chin weld but the bead is visible thru the rail
I have a Mossberg 590a1 and have tried a few different styles including An eotech and my buddies trijicon ( just for s&g ) haven’t tried an aimpoint style but 3 different rmr styles and finally settled on the apex atom with cover. You can get the rmr/picatinny mount from them for 35$ I love it! But that is personal preference.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I've been using a Bushnell Holosight on my 870 Rem for trap shoots since 2010 & its' served me well.
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- Location
- On the edge of an "Inland Sea"
I find this a great set up on my shottie.....buddy of mine putting it through its paces...
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Anyone seen this yet, Vang Comp has been doing a barrel mounted set up. Would be nice to keep the receiver clear of things, I prefer a barrel mounted rifle sight set up and this would be a nice way to keep it barrel specific.
