Red dot versus scopes

[crappie-hunter]

Having 82 year old eyes and astigmatism I have red dots on both my Rossi 92 carbines, it makes a more compact rig than a scope,the 44 mag wears a TRS25 bushnell and the 357 wears a Sig Romeo 5. I do believe target accuracy would improve with a scope, but the trade off for me is compact and weight. I much prefer the Sig to the TRS for the on off function. Red dots are not for shooting tiny little groups on paper, my guns are hunting rifles, not target rigs.

[NSB]

If you have an astigmatism, it doesn’t make a lot of difference in being able to shoot a red dot. My astigmatism looks like a “comma”. I just use the bigger part of it for the center/aiming point. It never changes shape. Yes, a scope will probably allow you to shoot smaller groups, but depending on the gun, caliber, and distance it might be closer than you think. Get one and try it out.

[barrabruce]

I put a 2 moa vortex on a small carbine clamped to the barrel to see if I could shoot with it.
Worked up a load and was shooting 1" at 50 yrds.
I had to learn to use both eyes open and look through the dot.
When I tried sighting like a scope it was worse.
Anyway I settled on a 2" square contrasting bit of tape to shoot at.
Easier for me to still see and aim at the bottom of it and not trying to make it into some sort seeing match with a small pasty dot or some such.
I get a fuzzy red dot or all those little group of dots.
If I turn it down to where the dot is clear, I can’t find it on the target or background.
Ha

One good thing about a small x scope is I can see better than I can in poor light than I can see with my std 1x eye balls.
Is that a tuft of grass or a rabbit.
But by then the cross hairs are getting blended in with the background

[Giblett]

I hunt with my pistols and have found out that i lose some shooting light with the red dot. Red dot is on the 41 mag but have a 2x Leupold on my 44. Plan on scoping the 41 before next deer season. Anything past 50 yards i want a scope.