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reflex red dot sight question??
dreher
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I have a Glock 17 gen 5 coming in probably the first of next week. I have decided that I want to put a red dot on it and try a few of the local shoots (When they start again.) I want the reflex style not the tube type. What I am looking for is the best sight for the money. I can buy a sight from $43 to $800! (And up!!) Now I'm only guessing but unless you are really lucky and hit that one in a hundred sight that is good at $43 the inexpensive sights are not the way to go. It also makes no sense to me to pay more for the sight than you payed for the Glock in the first place. There has to be some type of middle ground. I'm thinking $200 +/- $50.
I know some of you do a lot of shooting using the reflex sights. What, in your personal experience, seems to be the best $200 sight out there?? Plus or minus 50 bucks. Or do I need to add a little more $ to get the sight that will make me happy.
Talk to me!! I have come to value your opinion over the years!!
I know some of you do a lot of shooting using the reflex sights. What, in your personal experience, seems to be the best $200 sight out there?? Plus or minus 50 bucks. Or do I need to add a little more $ to get the sight that will make me happy.
Talk to me!! I have come to value your opinion over the years!!
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Why are you disappointed in them?
My opinion only, but I have ran alot of dots.
Vortex or the FF3 are both decent, the vortex has a crisper dot, the FF3 is a heavier duty.
I think the overall best value dot today is the Holosun 507C.
The really cool thing about this dot is it has a giant 38MOA circle and then a small 2 MOA dot in the center. If you are moving fast the circle is great, when you need to slow down & make a precision shot the 2MOA dot is there. You can buy red or green.
I am biased but I put Trijicon at the top of the line- and the SRO with a 5MOA dot is what I run, the RMR with the 6MOA dot was also very good.
It will take a few outings to get fast with the dot- but it is worth it.
I bought the Green Dot off Amazon, for around $40. It now has gone up to $70, but still a better deal than the Burris's. Below is the name, that it is sold by on Amazon. Course it's out of China, like most of the stuff from wally world and amazon. Although it kind of irks me, big time now, buying Chinese stuff. In light of this virus crap, they are responsible for.
Ade Advanced Optics RD3-006B Green Dot