Re: Red dot vs 1-4X
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: overkill</div><div class="ubbcode-body">depends on what your doing with it. I can shoot both eyes open with a 1-4 scope but its still slower then a RD. </div></div>
+1 on the above statement. I gave the 1-4 a full trial and ran it for a year, versus the EOtech that I had run for years previous. I got Schmidt and Bender Short dot and stuck it on top of a Noveske Afghan and shot the piss out of that setup. What I found was that with the clear glass and additional power of the Short Dot, I could engage steel targets quickly and easily from 80-430 yards with my Afghan and 75gr Black Hills ammo. Now, I took that same setup to a week long rifle class and ran drills with it, and inside of 100 yards, it was not near as fast as my Eotech. My face had to be right on the stock, and with the additional weight of the scope it was not as quick to move around with. During the same period, I took an Eotech 553 to a course and ran it out to 400yards, successfully-it just took a little imagination to figure out where to put the dot on the target. But, I was a heck of alot faster on all of the 100 yard and in stuff. Ultimately, I figure the scope has the edge on hitting small targets and for giving you stand off distance when identifying bad guys and seeing if they have weapons, etc, in a mil/le setting.
So, like was said before, it depends on your application. I have a low powered variable for 3 Gun and brush hunting, and I run an Aimpoint (now) for my short, home defense guns.
Oh, and one last point, I don't know what all the science is about it/why this is: but I do know that I can hang out of a moving vehicle at 60 miles an hour, and accurately (enough) shoot, support side, through a red dot site, and I just could not do that with a 1.5 powered ACOG. The lesson learned from that experience is that red-dot optic is WAY more forgiving in unconventional shooting positions-if that's a factor.
