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AR Red Dot?
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02/28/21 09:54 PM
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Looking at getting the Sig Romeo5 red dot. Anyone have personal experience with them that might change my mind?
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Re: AR Red Dot?
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03/01/21 08:01 AM
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I recently bought a used AR that came with a Red Dot. I haven't shot it yet but did order a new hand guard with a picatinny rail and offset iron sights in case I decide I like the Red Dot. I didn't like the idea of relying in the battery and having no way to sight if it went dead. The offset sights will allow me that option.
If I decide I don't like the Red Dot I'll swap it and the offset sights out for regular iron sights or possibly a scope.
Are the Red Dots accurate?
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Re: AR Red Dot?
[Re: Lugnut]
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03/01/21 09:51 AM
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I recently bought a used AR that came with a Red Dot. I haven't shot it yet but did order a new hand guard with a picatinny rail and offset iron sights in case I decide I like the Red Dot. I didn't like the idea of relying in the battery and having no way to sight if it went dead. The offset sights will allow me that option.
If I decide I don't like the Red Dot I'll swap it and the offset sights out for regular iron sights or possibly a scope.
Are the Red Dots accurate? Look at a Burris AR 332. The reticle is etched so your sight works even when off/batteries fail. I'm sure there are others with etched reticles.
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Re: AR Red Dot?
[Re: Lugnut]
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03/01/21 09:59 AM
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I recently bought a used AR that came with a Red Dot. I haven't shot it yet but did order a new hand guard with a picatinny rail and offset iron sights in case I decide I like the Red Dot. I didn't like the idea of relying in the battery and having no way to sight if it went dead. The offset sights will allow me that option.
If I decide I don't like the Red Dot I'll swap it and the offset sights out for regular iron sights or possibly a scope.
Are the Red Dots accurate? I put a Romeo-MSR green dot on the AR I purchased and it co-witnesses with the iron sights perfectly. They line up in a train and one doesn't impede the other at all. It seems that's the goal with most AR optics.
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Re: AR Red Dot?
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03/01/21 10:13 AM
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red dots are more fast than accurate
I run a Vortex spitfire Prism 1X it is very fast but I feel like 200 yards is getting to the extent of what I can see.
however it claims a 79 foot field of view at 100 yards I would have guest about 70-75 but the manual says 79.
the Vortex uses a 3 moa dot which if your trying for little groups at 100 yards well you better have a much larger target and center it so whatever the specs for any sight your looking at if it has a 3 , 5, 6 moa dot that dot is going to look like that many inches at 100 yards
the spitfire also has a bold ring 44moa and a thinner ring 120moa forgetting about the center dot and centering the target in the bold ring has given me better groups when sighting in
being a prism if the battery dies you still have a sight just black not red or green.
I have mine mounted on an AR pistol so the whole gun is basically to be light and fast although it will still ring steel well at 200 yards
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Re: AR Red Dot?
[Re: Lugnut]
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03/01/21 07:44 PM
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I recently bought a used AR that came with a Red Dot. I haven't shot it yet but did order a new hand guard with a picatinny rail and offset iron sights in case I decide I like the Red Dot. I didn't like the idea of relying in the battery and having no way to sight if it went dead. The offset sights will allow me that option.
If I decide I don't like the Red Dot I'll swap it and the offset sights out for regular iron sights or possibly a scope.
Are the Red Dots accurate? Hey lugnut, a lot of the red dots, including the romeo 5 sit high enough that your sights will co witness, meanin you can use the sights looking through the "scope" and doesnt require offset sights. You may already know this but just FYI.
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Re: AR Red Dot?
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03/01/21 08:03 PM
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Thanks for the co-witness info guys. I wished I'd have known that before I bought the offset sights. LOL
This is my first AR (other than the one Uncle Sam issued me) and I'm just stumbling my way through the learning curve.
Eh...wot?
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Re: AR Red Dot?
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The used AR I bought came "Optics Ready" from the factory meaning no open sights.
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Re: AR Red Dot?
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03/01/21 10:18 PM
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Thanks for the co-witness info guys. I wished I'd have known that before I bought the offset sights. LOL
This is my first AR (other than the one Uncle Sam issued me) and I'm just stumbling my way through the learning curve. This is my first AR and I'm in the learning curve too. The recoil is more substantial than I was led to believe. It's not punishing but target reacquiscion isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I'm looking into a muzzle brake.
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Re: AR Red Dot?
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Thanks for the co-witness info guys. I wished I'd have known that before I bought the offset sights. LOL
This is my first AR (other than the one Uncle Sam issued me) and I'm just stumbling my way through the learning curve. This is my first AR and I'm in the learning curve too. The recoil is more substantial than I was led to believe. It's not punishing but target reacquiscion isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I'm looking into a muzzle brake. the AR stoner brake is an inexpensive way to make it flatter in the recoil cycle. also grab it and pull it into your shoulder like it is a heavy recoiling rifle or shot gun
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