Red Dot scope for Deer
04-09-2003, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 11
Red Dot scope for Deer
Looking to get a Red Dot scope for deer as I hunt in thick country and most shots are 10-30 yards and not a lot of time.Open sights work ok but want to try a dot.Looking at Millett muti dot and Leupold/gilmore,any opinions on these or others and what size dot would be best.Thanks
04-15-2003, 01:58 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Walker LA USA
Posts: 443
RE: Red Dot scope for Deer
I had a millet red dot on a muzzleloader.I think it was the 5 min dot.Nice scope.I found the rheostat would go lower and make the dot more visible in low light without blurring out.Some of the cheaper tascos were hard to use in low light because the dot was too bright.
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Personally i' d go with the Tru-Glow sights...no batteries to go dead or electronics to malfunction...just my own .02 cents worth....[:-].....Brampton Mike [8D]
04-22-2003, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 801
RE: Red Dot scope for Deer
I shot 3 deer last year with a 50 mm BSA Red Dot sight on my 12gauge 870 shooting Federal slugs. 3 shots .. 3 deer. Longest shot was 120 yards shortest was 40. I think the dot size is 3 moa
A word of advice to any hunter considering using them though, there was a good amount of snow on the ground and on the first day when the sun popped out and I looked through the scope I freaked. It was so bright my dot was washed out on any light covered background. I changed the battery thinking it must have died, but it was just because it was so bright. In mornings and evenings or cloudy days it worked awesome, but with snow on a real bright day I don' t care how bright you crank it up to (mine has 12 settings) it won' t be bright enough to see on a light background, you' ll only see it if it is covering something dark like tree trunk or deer and even then it will be faint.
To be fair it was only a problem when I set up on a field edge during the brightest part of the day, back in the woods even when it was bright it was noticably sharper.
A word of advice to any hunter considering using them though, there was a good amount of snow on the ground and on the first day when the sun popped out and I looked through the scope I freaked. It was so bright my dot was washed out on any light covered background. I changed the battery thinking it must have died, but it was just because it was so bright. In mornings and evenings or cloudy days it worked awesome, but with snow on a real bright day I don' t care how bright you crank it up to (mine has 12 settings) it won' t be bright enough to see on a light background, you' ll only see it if it is covering something dark like tree trunk or deer and even then it will be faint.
To be fair it was only a problem when I set up on a field edge during the brightest part of the day, back in the woods even when it was bright it was noticably sharper.
04-30-2003, 05:23 AM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: clarksville tn USA
Posts: 88
RE: Red Dot scope for Deer
I have a three Millet red dots that I have used for four years. One is on my TC Contender 45-70, then I have one on my Ruger Super Black Hawk .44 mag, and on my 870 Rem 12 guage for turkey. Millets are a good product. Unlike a scope, you are not getting a better red dot by spending more money.
05-03-2003, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wellston Oklahoma USA
Posts: 143
RE: Red Dot scope for Deer
The Leupold Red Dot scope you' re talking about is unbeatable. It' s so consistent. My uncle' s a gunsmith and he' s always getting complaints of guys whose scopes quit on them. The Leupold is very durable.
