Monthly Archives: August 2007

A customer asked if it would be okay to put a red dot sight on a rifle. He asked because they were usually advertised for use on shotguns and handguns. This is true, but there is no reason you can’t use them on a rifle. Most rifles are capable of shooting into a couple inch group at a hundred yards. The dot on most red dot sights will cover three or four inches, thereby making your rifle much less accurate. If you’re only shooting at a hundred yards or closer at vital areas the size of a pie plate, that’s

The latest offering from the Swedish company Aimpoint is the Micro red dot. This tiny unit is built to the same stringent quality control standards as all the Aimpoint products, but is in a minuscule package mountable on almost any firearm with Weaver style or Picatinny rails. The Weaver base is integral with the unit, and being one power, has no particular eye relief requirements. You may install it on a shotgun, rifle, or handgun, and it is parallax free. It uses a single CR2032 battery and will last in the on position for five years continuously on setting eight