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Offline Walk

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Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« on: January 28, 2007, 05:37:16 PM »
I live in Nebraska where you can only use a 1X scope.  Will any of the Red Dots hold up to a 50 Cal Muzzleloader?

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Re: Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2007, 01:28:02 AM »
I know my Ultra dots hold up to my 460 and 500 Mag handguns and the recoil is a lot more than a muzzleloader.
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Re: Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2007, 03:34:10 AM »
Walk,

I live in NE also.  Just about any red-dot will hold up to a ML.  I reccommend an Aimpoint, but thier very expensive.  I have tried red dots and 1X scopes, but prefer open fiber optic sights myself.

The main reason I like the Aimpoint is that it is totally parallax free, so you don't have to worry about centering the dot to be on target.  Also I can see better thru it.  My wife has one on her ML.  Millet is the only other company I know that makes a parrallax free red-dot that doesn't need to be centered.

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Re: Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 04:18:46 AM »
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The main reason I like the Aimpoint is that it is totally parallax free, so you don't have to worry about centering the dot to be on target.  Also I can see better thru it.  My wife has one on her ML.  Millet is the only other company I know that makes a parrallax free red-dot that doesn't need to be centered.

Have you looked at the Ultra-dot's?
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Re: Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2007, 07:16:41 AM »
I have a Bushnell on mine and it holds up to the recoil it has 3 min dot, 6 min. dot cross hair, and circle dot.

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Re: Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2007, 02:12:05 PM »
Red,

No I have not.  Are they Parallax free also?

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Re: Red Dot on a Muzzleloader?
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2007, 04:10:28 PM »
The dot is always centered, no matter where I move my head the dot stays centered. So I don't have to worry about being right in line with the red-dot.  So I guess you can say it is Parallax free.
I like the ability to adjust the dot size and light intensity on the Ultra-dot Match-dots also.
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