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huff143
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Posted: November/02/2012 at 11:56 |
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My nephew is going to start hunting this year and my brother wants to set a red dot (easier for young children) on the rifle. His shots will be short; a max of 100yds and obviously doesn't want to drop a lot of money for this one.
Question: Which one (if any) would be best in the sub-$200 range?
The only experience I've had with red dots was a friend's junker BSA.
FWIW, I think it'll be on a New England .243 as he wants to keep the entire package at $400.
Thanks for your help!
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supertool73
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Vortex makes a couple that a decent. I had the strike fire for a while. I ended up selling it, but it was a decent red dot.
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Do you think the 1/2 MOA dot on that scope was plenty big enough to make it easy for a kid to find? I've no clue about these things...crosshairs and mil dots only for me..
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2MOA will cover roughly 2 inches a 100yds, 1 inch at 50 yds....
That will certainly cover the vitals of any deer.
1/2 would be to small to see. 2MOA is about my all time favorite is terms of size
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The strike fire has a 4 moa dot. 1/2 moa would be tiny indeed
I dont think i would like 2 moa. I borrowed cheapticks 4 moa and thought it was perfect. I wouldn't want any smaller |
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The 4 MOA dot on the Aimpoint Micro "seems" to be 3 MOA or so, doesn't it? Other Aimpoints I've owned/used that had 4 MOA dots appeared to be larger than the Micros 4 MOA dot. I say that never having them side by side to compare, so maybe I'm wrong.
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huff143
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I checked it again and the listing shows "Choice of 4MOA dot color..", but when I clicked on the individual item it shows that it has a 1/2 MOA in the Specifications section. Is it just listed wrong? Also, the low mounts would be better than the high mounts for a bolt gun, right?
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I think the 1/2 moa is the adjustment per click.
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Yes low would be better. The high is for an AR
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Thanks much for all the help!
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