Looking for a red dot site for a .22 Rifle. Something that is size and caliber appropriate. Any Ideas ?
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Looking for a red dot site for a .22 Rifle. Something that is size and caliber appropriate. Any Ideas ?
Vortex parc, Sig Romeo or a Primary Arms. Should be able to get a Sig for $125 and will work just fine for your 22LR
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Primary Arms or Holosun. If you surf the primary arms site they have blems every so often fir under $100. Great bang for the buck. I’ve got a Holosun on the AR I built for my son. No issues to date.
I like the company so my Vortex Crossfire seems good for the money.
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I've had good results with the Bushnell TRS 25, they are small tough and don't cost a lot. I have four of them
Another on the TRS-25, if you shop around... can be had for about $55-60 bucks
I would go with Primary arms rotary knob model with 50k battery life. The other options recommended will ask work as well. This one has upgraded internals compared to Holosun (made in diff factory to PA specs) Holosun does their push button models.
The dot is $149.99 if not on sale, but also gives you the ability to mount it to an ar or shotgun at a later time and not worry about durability
All things being equal with cheap red dots and none are made in the US, I would go Crossfire too for the warranty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wake27
Sig Romeo 5, or the equivalent Holosun. Primary Arms makes good ones. If you have the scratch, Aimpoint ACRO, or Micro H-1 .
Can’t go wrong with Primary arms, used them before had zero issues
I’ve got an EoTech on my M&P15-22, rattlecannned pink and purple, like the rest of the gun.
Primary arms or holosun
I'd rock a primary arms or an Eotech when I am feeling fancy
Primary Arms or Holosun. Google on youtube the insane torture tests these optics have been through and then you will see that it does not make sense getting another budget brand at about the same price. To put things into perspective, I sold my Aimpoint Micro 4MOA on Arfcom to purchase 2 Primary Arms advanced Micro Dots. They are of the same quality as far as durability goes.
I don’t get why a .22 should be any less reliable or durable than a 5.56.
I run a T1 on my .22 pistol and a Nightforce on my .22 rifle.
It's all relative to what you want to accomplish with a red dot. You find them in assorted sizes like 1, 2,3 5, 11 or so MOA as a guess. In certain matches I put the smallest Nikon red dot on tiny targets at close range and it's great. Never lost yet. Use a different brand with a larger dot and you obscure the targets. Use a bigger target and then you don't obscure the target. Depends on what the size is of what you want to hit. I tiny pinpoint red dot needs a lot of intensity in daylight. A larger dot can get by with less. For steel plates and bowling pins many red dots are suitable. For steel chickens my Nikon dot can work but other lower cost brands aren't much good.
Primary arms and holosun are pretty much the same thing. Have them on ARs and Aks and they hold zero and just work..
PA/Holosun are great, but their mounts are crap. For a .22lr they’re adequate but for anything more I’d highly suggest upgrading.
Have 2 Vortex red/green dots & they were right for my price range & range use. Have found that green dot helps me acquire faster. And Vortex is also good with their warranty, having had to send my first one back & they got it back to me quickly & no problems since. Dealer had also recommended them too.
I've always been a Vortex man through and through.
Holy necro-thread, OP raised this question in March 2019, assume he has his RDS by now. :-)
But adding 2 points to the general question of RDS that have come up more recently due to world events.
* IMHO, I wouldn't buy ANYthing--when you have a choice--that was primarily manufactured in China. They knowingly spread the coronavirus all over the world, then were pirates about selling PPE made there, and are working to undermine democracy in multiple countries including here. They are the mortal enemies of the US and democracy, they hate freedom they hate our guts and want to destroy us. Don't keep enriching them when we can get the same stuff, better made, elsewhere. To find out what RDS are available, features, where they're made, SageRatSafari has an awesome list of RDS specs for all the available RDS. Examples of RDS that are NOT made in China: Aimpoint, Eotech, some Vortex (like the Venom, and Viper), some Sig (Romeo 1, 3, and 4 series), Trijicon (everything), Sightron, some Burris.
* If you get a .22 that is a training rifle similar to your home defense AR, then I'd use the same or very similar RDS that your run on your AR. So if you have an Aimpoint T1/T2 on your AR, I agree with Euro, go with the same on your trainer.
* If it's mainly a plinking/fun/hunting .22, like a Ruger 10/22, to save a few $$$ over something like an Aimpoint or a Trijicon, you could get a Vortex Venom. I have one on a 10/22 and a Ruger .22 pistol, really like that sight and it's made in a friendly country (Philippines).
Romeo 4T is made in *****.Quote:
Originally Posted by maximus83
*see below; my mistake.
Are you sure about that? 10 months ago someone asked SIG and they responded that some of the Romeo4 line had been moved back to California (in this case Romeo4m):Quote:
Originally Posted by 1168
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...05#post2700005
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No, I’m not sure. I bought one 06 May 2020 after there were posts here saying the 4T was good to go, FBI approved, and totally not *******. And shake-awake is a super useful feature that will definitely not result in a dead dot at a time of need. When I got it, sticker said made in *****. Also, it failed to wake up twice, and has been moved to a range toy. I was already a little skeptical of SIG optics; they’re not getting a second chance.
*see below; my mistake.
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Anything's possible. I am relying on SageRatSafari's research and his database here, that says the Romeo 4 series is made in the US. If you confirm otherwise you should ping him and let him know.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1168
OK,
I’m the ass here. I just pulled it off its mount and it says “designed in Oregon assembled in USA”, on the bottom, same as the box. The sticker came off my Vortex Micro 3x, it seems. I need to stop buying shit of unknown origin.
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Thanks for checking. That makes you not an ass. [emoji851]Quote:
Originally Posted by 1168
+1, it's good to check all this stuff. And it's not always easy to tell, even SageRatSafari acknowledges his information is hard to find, sometimes he can't figure out where an item was manufactured, and indicates that in his data.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Shannon
More of the companies are aware that people want to know this information, so they're working harder at obscuring or hiding the place of manufacture.
Willing to bet that “designed in Oregon assembled in USA”, indicates “with parts manufactured in China”.
Thought I read on here somewhere that Aimpoint imports their electronics from China.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaijin
I would not bet against you, and I also wouldn’t be surprised if “assembled” just meant flip caps installed and transferred to a different box. I’m still a little disappointed in myself for buying one.
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Is there proof that Aimpoint is different? No one responded to this.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1168
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