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shawn1172
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Red Dots that can handle 12ga recoil?
Is anyone using a red dot on a shotgun? Last week I bought a Truglo Tru Brite to use on my Remington 870 12ga for deer hunting.
http://www.truglo.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;MULTI_ITEM_SUBMIT
I had it set on the small red dot for sighting in and got through a dozen shells before it died. Checked all four red reticles and they were dead but the green reticles were still working.
I really liked the small size, simplicity, design and reticle options on this one. And the price wasn't bad. I could return it and try another one but I'm skeptical now. Any suggestions for one that will hold up without being Eotech price range? Not that I wouldn't love to have one, but at 5x times what I paid for this- ouch.
Edit- I did see the Triton sight next to it on the red dot page, http://www.truglo.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;MULTI_ITEM_SUBMIT , but the pic of it on a shotgun at the bottom looks like the reticle dial would be too much in the line of sight, like it would be distracting.
http://www.truglo.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;MULTI_ITEM_SUBMIT
I had it set on the small red dot for sighting in and got through a dozen shells before it died. Checked all four red reticles and they were dead but the green reticles were still working.
I really liked the small size, simplicity, design and reticle options on this one. And the price wasn't bad. I could return it and try another one but I'm skeptical now. Any suggestions for one that will hold up without being Eotech price range? Not that I wouldn't love to have one, but at 5x times what I paid for this- ouch.
Edit- I did see the Triton sight next to it on the red dot page, http://www.truglo.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;MULTI_ITEM_SUBMIT , but the pic of it on a shotgun at the bottom looks like the reticle dial would be too much in the line of sight, like it would be distracting.
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Sights - the primary devices that allow you to hit your target - aren't where you want to save your money. Same goes for the bases that attach them. For a red-dot, I like Aimpoints. They're durable and the battery life on certain current models is such that you can just turn them on, leave them on, and forget them. Personally, though, I'd be more for a low power variable scope with a light up reticle that doesn't render you totally dependent on batteries.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Yup. Or the Bushnel TRS-25
EDIT:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/593456/bushnell-trophy-trs-25-red-dot-sight-1x-25mm-3-moa-dot-with-integral-weaver-style-mount-matte
I have the TRS-25 on my saiga, and it has put up with bump-firing of a 20 round drum with alternating slugs and buckshot. It gets flat out HAMMERED on that thing, and has never once stuttered. Plus, it is the only sight I have ever mounted on a gun that was actually dead on when I put it on. That seemed kinda special for me.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/719427/vortex-strikefire-red-dot-sight-30mm-tube-1x-4-moa-red-and-green-dot-with-extra-high-weaver-style-ring-matte
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
They're tough little sights for an affordable price; I know several guys on AR forums that did some T&E on them and were impressed.
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