Red Dot question

[wbwanzer]

I feel like a dummy asking this, but I've never used a red dot scope before, and I'm not sure how it works. I've mounted my recently purchased TruGlo red dot (I know, it's cheap) on my recently purchased Beretta CX4. Now, do I line up the dot over the front sight without looking through the back peep sight, or do I look through the rear sight also. I'm hoping I'm not supposed to look through the rear sight also. That would give me three things that I have to line up. So just through the scope lining up the dot and the front sight, correct?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Chopdoktor]

Nope. With the dot, you want to simply put the dot over where you want your round to impact. No iron sight alignment is needed, which gives the red-dot the speed advantage in most applications. Dial it in, and watch your speed and accuracy magically increase, haha...hopefully. Now, you can also co-witness your dot on the same plane as your irons, in which case you can still use the irons if your dot fails. For your intent, though, just worry about the dot, not the irons. Confused, yet?

 

[wbwanzer]

Thanks Chopdok. I was hoping it worked that way.

 

[Owen]

now, if the sight you bought is the right height, you can use the zeroed iron sights to adjust the dot PDQ, just by looking through the irons, and cranking the dot so all three are lined up.

but the scope has to be the right height...

 

[KJS]

now, if the sight you bought is the right height, you can use the zeroed iron sights to adjust the dot PDQ, just by looking through the irons, and cranking the dot so all three are lined up.

but the scope has to be the right height...

I'm totally confused here. I don't see how it would be possible to see both iron sights & red dot at the same time. At least it's not possible with my red dot:



As it turns out, that scope was very close to zeroed when I put it on.

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[Owen]

KJS,

AR-15s and other straight recoil rifles have elevated sights.

the CX4 in question:

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