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Red dot advice please

DaveT

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I'm a complete novice when it comes to red dots so need a little steering in the right direction please.
I'm after something that is decent quality, nice small but well defined dot, weaver mountable and MUST look "cool" on an umarex HDX68. Budget say £100 but could stretch a bit.
I know I could get a 20 quid Ali express special but I'd prefer a known name with some kind of warranty and back up.
Cheers.
 
Look at Primary Arms - these are designed for RS guns and they look cool which I totally understand - aesthetics matter to some 😊. Prices are not too bad and the quality is way, way ahead of Amazon/eBay stuff. Shot placement on an HDX68 is never going to be critical 😂
 
Carnivore said:
Really?
Call me old-fashioned but, wouldn't 'MUST give accurate shot placement' be a more important requirement? Unless this is more about looking good than shooting well.
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It's a .68 cal paintball gun, it's hardly a precision tool.
It's purely for 5hits and giggles, and to be the complete opposite to my target rifles. So long as I can whack a coke can at 15yds it'll serve its purpose.
 
DaveT said:
It's a .68 cal paintball gun, it's hardly a precision tool.
It's purely for 5hits and giggles, and to be the complete opposite to my target rifles. So long as I can whack a coke can at 15yds it'll serve its purpose.
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Which is precisely why a £20 AliExpress special will do the job perfectly well
 
Cheap red dots are pretty dismal after you've tried a decent one - parallax shift can be a real pain. With a budget of £100-£150 you can get a much better sight both optically and in terms of build quality. You'll also have something that you won't 'outgrow' within a few weeks.

Although the HDX68 isn't a match rifle, it is a quite expensive, quality piece of kit and I wouldn't put a £20 sight on it.
 
This ADE sight from PQARA is good and only just over budget. I have one on my Mito W.
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Ade C said:
Which is precisely why a £20 AliExpress special will do the job perfectly well
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I use a cheap Chinese red-dot on my airsoft rifle and it puts BBs on target at 35 yards. Spending £100 in the expectation of breaking it sounds uneconomic to me. The warrantee won't cover it for being hit by a .68 paintball so why risk that much money? Your choice obviously.
 
Carnivore said:
I use a cheap Chinese red-dot on my airsoft rifle and it puts BBs on target at 35 yards. Spending £100 in the expectation of breaking it sounds uneconomic to me. The warrantee won't cover it for being hit by a .68 paintball so why risk that much money? Your choice obviously.
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Why an expectation of breaking it? The OP says it's only going to be used for plinking on tin cans.
 
DaveT said:
I'm a complete novice when it comes to red dots so need a little steering in the right direction please.
I'm after something that is decent quality, nice small but well defined dot, weaver mountable and MUST look "cool" on an umarex HDX68. Budget say £100 but could stretch a bit.
I know I could get a 20 quid Ali express special but I'd prefer a known name with some kind of warranty and back up.
Cheers.
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Following as in a similar predicament following purchase of a reconnect mito
 
I'm not going paintballing with it, it's for twatting cans, milk cartons full of water and fig 11s, just to be the complete opposite to serious target shooting.
 
You don’t need to spend a lot to get the “look” and basic functions of a red dot scope , but… spending a little more will get you something with a smaller / crisper dot with brightness adjustments that don’t go from off to a glowing cherry tomato . It will also get you a red dot with tracking that works and holds itself , a better quality mount interface to the rifle and lastly buying a recognised brand gives you more chance of a resolution should it fail and also perhaps a better chance of resale should it not work out for you .

Hawke & Vector optics both make red dots in the sub £100 (more like sub £75 ) range and both have decent warranties , buy it from somewhere like OPW and you’ll have good purchase piece of mind :)

Or look for a secondhand Vortex Crossfire 2 RDS , lifetime warranty covered whether it just “dies” or if the dog eats it . No quibble and fully transferable . The lifetime warranty is the unit not the purchaser 👍🏼
 
Jimmypie said:
You don’t need to spend a lot to get the “look” and basic functions of a red dot scope , but… spending a little more will get you something with a smaller / crisper dot with brightness adjustments that don’t go from off to a glowing cherry tomato . It will also get you a red dot with tracking that works and holds itself , a better quality mount interface to the rifle and lastly buying a recognised brand gives you more chance of a resolution should it fail and also perhaps a better chance of resale should it not work out for you .

Hawke & Vector optics both make red dots in the sub £100 (more like sub £75 ) range and both have decent warranties , buy it from somewhere like OPW and you’ll have good purchase piece of mind :)

Or look for a secondhand Vortex Crossfire 2 RDS , lifetime warranty covered whether it just “dies” or if the dog eats it . No quibble and fully transferable . The lifetime warranty is the unit not the purchaser 👍🏼
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Cheers bud, you got the idea. I'll do some more reading up.
 
nikvanorton said:
Why an expectation of breaking it? The OP says it's only going to be used for plinking on tin cans.
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When he says he wants a decent warranty, something you might want if rough treatment was involved. I think I missed the 'tin can' reference.
 
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