Very few inexpensive red dots with a crisp round dot. I finally found one I like, and now it appears to be discontinued. There are a couple out there with nice round dots, but the sights are tiny and the FOV is tiny.
How crisp should my dot be?
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briansmithwins
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Try shooting with both eye open. Even if the target is outside the FOV of the eye behind the sight if your other eye can see the target your brain will superimpose the dot on the target.
The ability to shoot with both eyes open is one of the reasons red dots are faster close up.
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I have an astigmatism (even as a kid couldn't use a binocular microscope -- don't ask) and can't use binoculars. Every redot, including my OWN Vortex SPARC, is a star of red light. I think it is a little better with glasses but they're for distance...
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The dot will be focused for distance too.
Another trick is to turn down the dot as much as possible. Having the dot too bright will always cause it to bloom.
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Question...
What does it matter?
Put the red fuzzy dot on the target and shoot. They are not intended to be benchrest optics anyway. I hunt with them...remember how many clicks I need to get the small "dot" so when I sense a deer is around, I turn it on until I shoot or confirm that it was a false alarm. At any rate, for a hunting optic...they are indeed deadly.
What does it matter?
Put the red fuzzy dot on the target and shoot. They are not intended to be benchrest optics anyway. I hunt with them...remember how many clicks I need to get the small "dot" so when I sense a deer is around, I turn it on until I shoot or confirm that it was a false alarm. At any rate, for a hunting optic...they are indeed deadly.
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