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Old October 21st, 2015, 10:59   #1
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How many of you guys use a red dot?

Hey guys, I was curious as to how many people use a red dot or holo sight on their AEG and how many use non-electronic sights.

Which do you use?
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Old October 21st, 2015, 11:16   #2
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CQB, red dot on all guns (AEG/GBBP) except pistol secondary -- though I flirted with one on my G27. Took it off because I don't practice with it enough to have memory of where the dot is to sight in a pinch since it's a secondary after all.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 11:39   #3
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Red dot on my CQB, Vortex Sparc and Bushnell TRS25, and for outdoors a bushnell 1-4x 25mm for outdoors
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Old October 21st, 2015, 12:46   #4
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Depends. I use a Red Dot sight on my gun but its definitly not required. I always have my BUIS just incase and last might my RDS batteries died, so up the sights went.

BUIS are key. RDS for CQB, 4x optic for outdoor.

EDIT: Buis have a slight glow in the dark paint treatment
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Old October 21st, 2015, 12:56   #5
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I use reflex sights on all my guns, except pistols and mostly do not even have iron sights installed.


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Old October 21st, 2015, 13:06   #6
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I use a repro T1 on my AS VAL and Ak's. Its super handy at night when aiming with iron sights becomes a pain in the ass.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 13:21   #7
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I use either a replica xps-3 or t1 because it's quite a bit easier to aim with a single dot than it is to line up two points on your irons.

Also, using irons in the dark sucks ass.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 13:23   #8
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I feel like I'm getting old. I use a 4x for everything, even CQB.
If it's close enough for me to not need a 4x, I can just aim down the side of the gun lol
In all seriousness though, I'm the dick that shoots through the 9mm crack in the door that you thought was safe.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 13:30   #9
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Iron sights on everything except sniper rifles, where I use a 3-9x scope usually set around 4x. I sometimes use iron sights on sniper rifles too. A red dot is just another expensive accessory that will fail/run out of battery/be shot/destroyed that is mostly useless for Airsoft.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 13:35   #10
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A red dot is just another expensive accessory that will fail/run out of battery/be shot/destroyed that is mostly useless for Airsoft.
I had most my optics for two+ years and I play more than most people I know, and have not had a single battery run out on me (Aimpoint batteries last 50k+ hours) and despite the optics taking multiple hits none ever broke. These things are designed to make it through actual combat situations I don't think you can break them with airsoft use that quickly.

Like common: http://griffinsguide.com/content/201...es-house-fire/

Aside from that personally I find aiming with a reflex sight faster than with iron sights.

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Old October 21st, 2015, 13:42   #11
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one thing to line up versus two things
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Old October 21st, 2015, 15:07   #12
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The more you use iron sights, the less you think about it. Eventually they line up really fast on their own without you actively thinking about it. A reflex sight is a bit faster, but its not going to magically make you a better player.

As for their reliability, of course, if you use real optics, they will probably last a while. But most players use cheap china crap that breaks really fast... and have crazy parallax. I like iron sights a lot better than cheap optics. I also don't want to put something on my gun that is more expensive than the gun itself, so no real steel optics here.

Also, iron sights don't fog in autumn rain.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 15:38   #13
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Iron Sights. It works LOL
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Old October 21st, 2015, 16:48   #14
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The more you use iron sights, the less you think about it. Eventually they line up really fast on their own without you actively thinking about it. A reflex sight is a bit faster, but its not going to magically make you a better player.
I think no one said they will make you magically a better player, but you yourself admit they are faster.

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As for their reliability, of course, if you use real optics, they will probably last a while. But most players use cheap china crap that breaks really fast... and have crazy parallax. I like iron sights a lot better than cheap optics. I also don't want to put something on my gun that is more expensive than the gun itself, so no real steel optics here.
That is correct crappy reflex sights are pretty useless, I would never recommend to anyone using a crappy replica one.

Holson makes a very high quality reflex sight in the 200$ range, which is cheaper than most quality guns.
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Old October 21st, 2015, 17:31   #15
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Eotech, Aimpoint M3 and Spectre. That's what I roll with. Some with iron sights in play
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