Red dot or green ?

[Pagans]

I was thinking about getting a red dot sight for my Bergara 30-06 single shot take down rifle. Basically to stick in the UTV bag, jump out and grab for a quick shot. Never used one ,are they any good ? What's best green or red ? What brand ? Are they easy to zero ?Local shop has some they recommend a Aimpoint MICRO H-2 MOA weaver mount approx 500 pounds ,any thoughts please.

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[Franchi Matt]

I use them on C02 guns and air rifles, brilliant things, have held it at arms length and still taken stuff down. Mine have both green and red switchable and dimmable. Saw a bloke at a clay ground using one last year.

 

[Heym SR20]

Couple of thoughts. Whilst the idea is good I have never been that impressed with the optical quality of a red dot sight. I thank a 1 power scope is much better. Yes eye position is a bit more critical but a decently fitted rifle sorts that. If you can find a little 1” tubed Leupold or Burris 1-4x20 that would be perfect on a B13. And 4x you can still shoot a deer out as far as you can shoot deer.

But does the rifle have open sights. With a bit of practice open sights allow quick and accurate shots, and £500 buys a lot of practice ammo.

 

[Pagans]

I use them on C02 guns and air rifles, brilliant things, have held it at arms length and still taken stuff down. Mine have both green and red switchable and dimmable. Saw a bloke at a clay ground using one last year.

Thanks Matt for your reply.

 

[Pagans]

Couple of thoughts. Whilst the idea is good I have never been that impressed with the optical quality of a red dot sight. I thank a 1 power scope is much better. Yes eye position is a bit more critical but a decently fitted rifle sorts that. If you can find a little 1” tubed Leupold or Burris 1-4x20 that would be perfect on a B13. And 4x you can still shoot a deer out as far as you can shoot deer.

But does the rifle have open sights. With a bit of practice open sights allow quick and accurate shots, and £500 buys a lot of practice ammo.

Hi Heym , the rifle does have open sights but with my ageing eye sight I would struggle. The sort of shooting would be extremely fast ,I have from time to time wild dogs coming through attacking my cattle,I don't like baiting just humane dispatch to me is the way to go. I might check out your idea of the 1-4 x 20 .Thanks for your thoughts.

 

[Taff]

I have used several e o tec, aim points and bushnell, usually fitted to lever actions, but my mate has one on a bergarra single shot.
I used them while shooting deer in areas of gorse and ferns in the uk, very fast for those under 100 yrd shots, remember both eyes open, only used red.
All models held zero, possible best value was the bushnell TRs25, and still the biggest seller.
E o tec 512 great on a semi for squirrel
I have a aim point at present on my marlin 336 bl 30-30 at the moment for bush hunting. Only ever had red coloured scopes.

 

[Adyb]

Red much better, too much green background when ur hunting so you can loose the dot

 

[jb1]

Variable brightness is a huge benefit and of course if your colour blind so will the colour.

 

[Pagans]

I have used several e o tec, aim points and bushnell, usually fitted to lever actions, but my mate has one on a bergarra single shot.
I used them while shooting deer in areas of gorse and ferns in the uk, very fast for those under 100 yrd shots, remember both eyes open, only used red.
All models held zero, possible best value was the bushnell TRs25, and still the biggest seller.
E o tec 512 great on a semi for squirrel
I have an aim point at present on my marlin 336 bl 30-30 at the moment for bush hunting. Only ever had red coloured scopes.

Thanks for the reply very useful, sounds like red is okay will check out the Bushnell.

 

[Pagans]

Thanks for the reply very useful, sounds like red is okay will check out the Bushnell.Hodoes your mate go with his Bergara ?

 

[Taff]

He likes it a lot, has a dpt on it in 308, spot on at 50 with the red dot.

 

[Deutsch - Drahthaar]

Got an aimpoint Micro H2 on my 308 for close driven pigs and rate it highly. Prefer a 1-4 or 1-6 scope for longer shots though and on 1x power its very similar to aimpoint

 

[Pagans]

Red much better, too much green background when ur hunting so you can loose the dot

That's interesting some internet reviews say green, sounds like red is the way to go. Green would disappear on a green background

 

[Pagans]

Got an aimpoint Micro H2 on my 308 for close driven pigs and rate it highly. Prefer a 1-4 or 1-6 scope for longer shots though and on 1x power its very similar to aimpoint

Thanks for your advice ,I can now head to the gun shop on Monday with some knowledge.

 

[Optics Trade EU]

Regarding the color... Green dots were developed for people who struggle to see red color, but lately, green dots completely overran red dots in terms of popularity.

The best thing to do would be to test them out yourself because it really mostly just comes down to personal preference. If that is not an option, and if you never experienced any color-vision deficiency, then we think we can safely say that you can pick whichever you think you would prefer.

In regards to the brand, Aimpoint and Holosun are currently the most popular.

 

[scotch_egg]

Green can be better for astigmatism.

If you don’t want to spend a fortune the Holosun red dots are very good.

 

[Smellydog]

I thought this was about powder. Alliant red and green dot powders

 

[scrumbag]

I thought this was about powder. Alliant red and green dot powders

Me too a little

 

[Pagans]

Regarding the color... Green dots were developed for people who struggle to see red color, but lately, green dots completely overran red dots in terms of popularity.

The best thing to do would be to test them out yourself because it really mostly just comes down to personal preference. If that is not an option, and if you never experienced any color-vision deficiency, then we think we can safely say that you can pick whichever you think you would prefer.

In regards to the brand, Aimpoint and Holosun are currently the most popular.

Thanks for that info

 

[Pagans]

Green can be better for astigmatism.

If you don’t want to spend a fortune the Holosun red dots are very good.

I'll check the Holosun out ,thanks