Red dots on riflescopes

[grizzly63]

There was a feller at the range that had one and he couldn't get it so that he could see thru it. Eventually figured he needed new batteries so off to town he went. When he came back, he admitted he had it mounted backwards. LOL

 

[Robert N]

I see it more as a use case thing. Hunting a Cape Buff with their black hide…a standard black reticle can disappear. An illuminated dot is a big help.

Hunting pigs in low light where the reticle disappears is another good example.

At least for the couple I have, the reticle is not dependent on the red-dot. That is, the cross hairs still work just fine on their own even if the dot isn’t working.

Personally, I find those crazy Christmas tree reticles impossible to hunt with.

 

[Hertervillian]

IIRC Leupold illum dots turn off after so many minutes. Otherwise it would behoove the shooter to turn it off themselves, tho it's easy to forget.

Well I’m glad they got that figured out. My old VX III needs that. I’m forever finding it on. There isn’t a good detent at off and I’m busy about the time I need to shut it off I guess.

 

[Bonasababy]

As my eyes got worse the iron sights, then flip up peep, then Williams peep gave way to a Burris fast fire red dot on my 356 Winchester. I got one with as small a dot size as I could. Feel pretty good out to 75 yards or so and that works for me.

Not pretty and kind of ruins the aesthetics of a traditional lever gun, but it works well.