For someone who tries to embrace technology when possible, I have been reluctant to try a red dot scope. No particular reason except that ‘iron sights are good enough’. As a result, I have pretty much zero experience using them.
I may have been missing out. I dropped the Sig Romeo4 XT Pro on my MP5 clone, sighted it in, and…wow. You can shoot a good bit faster when your not trying to line up your rear sight with your front sight, and then lining all that up with the target. Just put dot on target and bang. There is some serious advantage there.
Of course, there’s disadvantage as well since you’re introducing a new failure point…bad electronics, battery failure, etc. But, hey, thats why we keep the open sights, right?
I was really surprised how fast it was to get on target and shoot. I may have to experiment some more with this thing on a true carbine like one of my ARs.
As for the Sig sight itself…well, its a sample of one so I don’t really have anything to compare it against but…it worked and it worked well. Me likey.
Yep, there are definite applications for red dot sights. Feral hog in Texas have many hunting options, one of them night hunting is allowed. Iron sights and standard scopes can be difficult to shoot at night. A Bushnell TRS-25 on a Savage 24P 30-30 / 12 gauge works well.
Now only if I could get a hog into sight when having this combination could be coordinated, I’d be in good shape.
Following. I am an old school traditionalist with near luddite aversion to jump on new tech gadgets, mainly as a financial conservation reasoning. The refinement of red dot sighting systems, illuminated high power scope reticles, along with thermal and night vision items has basically changed the game out there. The troops on both sides of the line in the Ukraine meat grinder are utilizing such prolifically. Pretty much a field report of utility and performance over there in support of adoption. Many LEO folks utilize rmr type sights on their side arms with street action success results so there is credible support to the adoption of these items. Once a Prepster has rounded out their armory inventory then a graduation into advanced sighting systems of various forms should be undertaken. By that time most guys are aging out and will benefit from the eye enhancements provided. Myself included as well. Stay sighted on targets, so as to Stay Frosty out there.
I often refer to myself as ‘economically Amish’.
Kek. LOL. Quite based way to be really.
Red dots are absolutely and indisputably proven tech for long guns at this point. Arguably they are getting there for handguns.
Everyone shoots a red dot equipped rifle better than irons.
May be. Late to the party but at least I got there.
I have read those are really good sights. I think there is a small bit of extra quality in the sig builds compared to some others. Been looking at some sig sights myself lately. For just a lil more you could have gotten the 8T though at the expense of some weight. Anyhoo cool sight. Good luck.
The 8T is on my list for the AR carbine.
Can’t wait for a range report on that one!
Theres an excellent review of it on Inrangetv on YouTube.
The only red dot I’ve messed with is a freebie Burris Fast Fire 3 on a pistol set up for a silencer.
I should try some more, especially on the MP 5 I just got a stamp for.
I have been using red dot sights, predominately Aimpoint M2 and M3 models for for a long time. But now that Astigmatism has started to become a problem, I am migrating to LPVO scopes and prism optics. I have added low power prism optics from Primary Arms to several carbines and I really like them. I am slowly selling off my red dots and upgrading to the prism optics. Depending on your age and if Astigmatism is a concern you might want to look into the prism scopes.
I’m a cheap bastard, and I’m old-fashioned, so I was in my late 50s before I ever used a red dot sight (they didn’t have such things when I served, back in the Bronze Age). I love them!
I’ve used the Romeos quite a bit, but I found that I prefer the squarish semi-holographic sights. Right now I’m using a Bushnell First Strike. I stay in practice with my irons sights, but my dots are all lower-third cowitnessed, and you can always remove the optic. You have to maintain proficiency with irons, in case the optics dies or is damaged.
I see two too many esses in that. Reckon I should proofread.
I have a Vortex SPARC on one of my ARs, for testing.
The specs are interesting – solar powered! 150,000 hour life on the battery (that’s 17 years or so)…
So far, pretty good.
I use to think 20 years life on any equipment was great, but that was 35 years ago – I is old [as well as odd]
trijicon ACOG is failsafe. performs nicely!