Red Dots on Encore pistols

[swampthing]

Anybody have any luck with red dots on Encores with hard kicking calibers? Ultra Dots survive on these monsters?

[adirondacker]

i use the bushnell multi-recticle red dots on my encore handguns $80-$90 range.one on a 12" 44 mag ,one on a 15" 257 rbts.the mag has a pretty stout recoil i shoot a 240 grn bullet at 1450 fps.without a shooting glove the frame will usually bust my trigger finger open after about 10 rounds.the 44 has the hardest recoil of any encore handgun i have personally fired.i do have a 50 alaskan that makes the 44 seem mild but that's a 21" carbine barrel,i use a nikon compact  scope on that.was considering one of the leapold/gilmore electronic sights for the 50 ak.i am sure they would withstand the abuse.
  i have never had any problem with a red dot due to recoil,ADCO makes a pretty good one,have one of them mounted on a marlin 444 outfitter,300 grn bullet at about 1900.pretty stout rcoil there as well.just some food for thought,adker

[Redhawk1]

The Ultra-dots will hold up. I only use Ultra-dots on my heavy kickers.  

[Heavy C]

I was using a Bushnell red dot on my 44 mag G2 and parts start flying off the thing after 60 rounds. :evil:

[7.62X63]

I had a tasco pro point red dot scope on an ENCORE .308 win. 15" bbl.
I did not have any problems with the scope.I changed scopes because
I was not happy with the target covering dot size out past 100 YRDS.
The scope appeared to handle the recoil fine,and I will probably mount
it on a RUGER SUPER BLACKHAWK or a 12 ga. shotgun for "up close
work"

[Swift One]

I was getting so mad at my accuracy probelmes with a handgun scope that I put the barrel, scope and grips up for sale.  I then tried on final effort for accuracy with a red dot and could not believe how things calmed down for me.  Everything is off the "for sale" list now and my Millet Red dot has saved the day!!

[flyfisher]

I used a Tasco PDP3 red dot on my 14" Contender .375 Winchester barrel for a couple of years, then switched to a bushnell scope...the red dot held up just fine on the several hundred shots I fired a year...never had problems with it hunting either, but wanted some magnification for longer shots, so I switched to the Bushnell scope.  The Tasco now sits on a Ruger GP100 .357 Mag. and does a great job there as well.  I was scared, from what I had heard, about the life of red dots and the big kickers, but like I said, no problems and that was hundreds of shots.

[VSSF]

I've got a Leupold/Gilmore Red Dot on my 45.70.So far it's holding up just fine.