How many of you guys use them on your DMR/SPR role guns? Playing with a T-1 micro w/ DD 1 o’clock mount paired with a 2.5-10x32 FFP and still kind of unsure.
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Im playing with the idea as well. Prior to spending the $600 for a T1/H1 I placed a PrimaryArms micro I had on a DD 1o’clock mount next to my NF 2.5-10x32. So far its not bad, I can roll the gun and use the red dot. Seems like a workable setup. I zero’ed the RDS for 50y and it works well. I can transition from 100y+ through the NF to the Micro and engage at targets at much closer ranges.
I don’t know how well this would work in the real world and I have not taken a DMR or SPR type training class thought I would love it so my only experience is the flat range.
Ive considered doing this, but in order to understand it a bit better and get a feel for it, I gave it a try with a 10-22.
It’s a inexpensive way to learn a bit and get a feel for if it would work for you.
It’s nothing more than an experiment and a cool range toy, but I did the same thing with a Ruger Mark I before get a RMR for my Glock.
In the end I like both concepts and I’m now ready to try this on my DMR.
I have an RMR mounted in a LaRue offset ring half that seems to work well. No expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it requires very little rifle cant and cheek weld change to use the dot. It does take a bit of practice to get the rifle cant right, but after that it’s as easy as pie.
i’m not a fan anymore. it was cool a few years ago, but i think the current 1-6x and 1-8x offerings have made it obsolete
I like them and currently run an aimpoint micro on my POF 308. They take a little bit of training to get used to but after you do they are just about as fast to use as a red dot in the normal 12 o clock position.
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I used to have a fast fire 3 on one of the blackhawk 45degree mounts. Worked very well with the 1-4x main optic I was using at the time
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How I’ll try it for now. Other than it has a tan Tango cover on it now lol
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A 1-6 is great it an off set sight still has some tactical advantages. For instance you are covering a area at 300 yards at 6 x and a threat emerges at 30 feet flipping the rifle over is faster than changing the power on the scope eve with a cat tail. An off set red dot also serves as a back up sight if your main optic goes down
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I have been testing the concept on my SPR with a 3-9 using the DD 1 o’clock and a TRS-25. My stock is a UBR and it rolls over just right. So far I am liking it. I probably would not add it to a 1-4 or 1-6, but Alaskapopo makes a good point.
I’ve shot setup using a scope and an angled rds, also setups with offset irons. As much as I love my T-1 when it is serving as a primary optic, in the secondary role I thought it was slower and more cumbersome to use. A good offset DUECK style set of irons was to me much faster when used with a scope. Now RDS by itself compare to irons, the RD’s are way faster for me, just in this particular case irons are faster.
My own use for a magnified optic reduces the need for an offset red dot. I always keep the low power Leupold Patrol optic at it’s bottom setting of 1.25-1.5 and use it in conjunction with a high lumen weapon light for flash, acquire, pop, flash, acquire, pop. The only reason I have 45 degree iron offsets is in the unlikely event that environmental issues or a critical failure makes the scope temporarily or permanently unusable when I have to get shots off quickly. The environmental issues could just as likely affect a RDS, and the red dot is not as quick to pick up when used in conjunction with a weapon light.