Outside of iron sights and backup irons, what are some of your favorite red dot optics? Here is my personal choice and review of the Sig Sauer Romeo 5. The Romeo 5 is budget friendly and reliable. Also it pairs nicely with magnifiers.
Old eyes don't do well with iron sights nor often with optics. At distances that I can reasonably expect to be able to use a weapon, a dot is most likely the quickest and most probable to give usable results. Allows me to keep up on things with distance glasses, which render iron sights difficult to use.
I prefer not having to rely on a battery. Murphy tends to show up when least desired A scope is ok, but around here it is a vine catcher...and our vines can have 2-3 inch long needles on them.
A good aperture sight is as accurate as a scope up to 100 yards, in my experience. Assuming the shooter has good eyes, of course! Give me a good peep sight.
I have run it. works well un-magnified and like the shake to wake function. Is it the best optic probably not. but after 5 years it still does it's job and only used one set of batteries. I think I prefer the smaller foot print of a reflex sight like the Trijicon RMR or maybe even a Holosun but those might be better suited to pistols or maybe a shotgun. I ran an old aimpoint red dot long long ago when I used to shoot bullseye. Today's tech is way better than back in the late 80s
With my advance age and eyesight, Trijicon ACOG. IMG_0084 by RouteClearance posted Mar 28, 2024 at 6:13
I use what always worked for me in the 20 years i did it for a living, the Awesome ACOG! Never failed me, always ready to go, no batteries to fail, light, fast and handy, lightning quick on target, and ACCURATE! If you find a better optic, it won't be as good as these!
I'm a big fan of the ACOG. They are not cheap but you will get what you pay for. Very simple to sight in and maintains that zero through a lot of abuse and climate exposure. The entire sight is built with precision and ruggedness. Very simple to use with no adjustments after that. No on, off buttons. No brightness or magnification settings. The other nice part is you don't have to worry about your batteries going south on you. The company stands by their product with fantastic customer support.
I have a Red dot but was reading something about using an IR light with it. It seems like a poor man's night vision setup. Like a laser it tends to give you away also. Otherwise, it's a few offroad lights I can turn on.
Sorry for the late response. Yes, these contain Tritium, the same stuff used in night sights for pistols. Will be doing a rang report next week on the ACOG.
I practice shooting from the hip. On the rifle I use a scope. This for 2 reasons. 1. red dots can't be seen at a distance during the day. 2. red dots indicate a shooter in the dark. Learning to shoot from the hip allows me to take the shot with out raising the gun to see sights. and I don't need to see the sights to know where the bullet is going. Life and death can be a matter of 1/10th of a second. I'm not great, but I'm not bad either. I practice shooting at steel bean cans and aluminum soda cans. This picture always changes by what's facing you and distance,
I think you may be confusing red dots with lasers. Red dots don't actually project a beam. It projects a dot on a lens / screen in the optic that the shooter sees superimposed on the target. No beam to be seen outside of the optic.
RC, looking forward to your report! Saw your old M16A2 targets in the albums section recently, and added them to the list to work thru with Crafty Jr this summer. He thought the ACOG was amazingly easy to hit 8" steel targets at 200 yards.
