Anyone else like red dots on long guns..?

[std7mag]

We just got these for some AR’s. A lot cheaper than the black colored ones.https://www.eurooptic.com/Vortex-SPARC-AR-Red-Dot-2-MOA-Bright-Red-Dot-Tan-SPC-AR2-TAN.aspx

Interesting!
Thank You for that.

 

[std7mag]

I think the Burris FastFire III is a good deal at the moment. Nice balance of quality and not too expensive

I was checking these out last night, online.
Comes with picitinny rail mount included.
$199 at my "local" shop.

Henry shows their bases as being made by EGW.
So i checked with EGW.
They state i have to remove the rear sight.

I'm thinking i might modify the base instead.

 

[Scrumbag]

I was checking these out last night, online.
Comes with picitinny rail mount included.
$199 at my "local" shop.

Henry shows their bases as being made by EGW.
So i checked with EGW.
They state i have to remove the rear sight.

I'm thinking i might modify the base instead.

Which Henry rifle is it?

You can get rails with a rear peep sight for pistol cal and the bigger Henrys. I'd use that as in QD mounts you can pop off your optic and have the peep ready to go.

Scrummy

 

[std7mag]

It's the Brass Single Shot in 45-70.
H015B.

 

[DumpHollow]

It's the Brass Single Shot in 45-70.
H015B.

I’ll bet that one gets your attention!

 

[std7mag]

I’ll bet that one gets your attention!

I may have to take the brass butt plate off and put a soft butt pad on. I'll see after i shoot it.

Picked up some 300gr Federal ammo when i picked it up.

I was really surprised that Hornady makes subsonic ammo for 45-70.
Can't imagine a lot of people shooting with cans on their lever action or rolling block.

 

[SecretCode]

I run a Trijicon MRO on an AR carbine frequently and I also use them on specialty pistols for short range (100 yards and in). I have been toying with the idea of putting one on a turkey gun. I have also become a fan of Aimpoint's Wild Boar Fever show and thought a red dot equipped rifle would be the way to go on running game, I often shoot at running hogs and occasionally take a shot on a running deer.

That's the same train of thought I had for my wife's deer rifle years ago. I like watching wild boar fever and the fast shooting. I did end up switching back to a scope before she ever had an opportunity to test it out. She missed a gimmie shot at a doe that ran up to 45 yards this year because some dingus didn't put the scope back down off of 12x after he finished Checking zero before season started..... Torn between a red dot and a fixed low power scope for next year on her rifle. Geuss I'll have to have her try both.

Definitely not to astheticly pleasing but was just trying to see of it worked well or not. Bushnell TRS-25. Only one I had at the time and still wasn't that bad for how cheap they were.