What sight??

[Spanky]

I put my new 30-30 barrel on my survivor frame and am thinking about putting a red dot sight on it.

Does anyone on here use a red dot sight and how does it work for you??

Any recommendations on which sight to use??



Spanky

[trotterlg]

My experience with red dot sights has not been good.  Ones I have tried have had paralax problems, and I somehow have a problem with a sight that can be useless if the battery dies.  I do have a low power illuminated cross hair scope on a 22 Mag, but it works even if the battery is dead.  I just went with a 2X shotgun scope on a Savage 24 30-30 over 20 gauge and am happy with it.  Larry

[cwlongshot]

Personally,
   I would only do this if it where a target only proposition. Even then I would get a better one, like a Aim-point. (read expensive)

Like trotterlg already mentioned, cheaper ones really have parallax problems and their batteries never last in the cold temps we usually hunt in. They are not bad at all in the warm.

 I shoot bulls-eye competition and use both open and red dot scopes. I have had some good luck with ULTRA DOT brand scopes. these are about half what a Aim-point will cost you. I have also not had the parallax problems with them. But I am shooting them at only shooting them at 25 and 50 yrds. My main and first choice is the Aim-point.