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BwanaBob
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Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?
25/06/12 10:51 PM

First off, I don't see it as heresy if you mount a red-dot sight on a double or dangerous game rifle.

The simple fact is that many of us have eyesight issues that preclude the effective use of the express sights. I am now 55 and I am short-sighted and it is a physical impossibility for me to see both the target and the sights clearly. However, by using a red-dot sight, which puts the sights and the target in the same visual plane, then I can see and shoot again.

I resisted putting dot sights on many of my firearms but, now that I am finally resigned to the facts about my eyesight, I am now putting them on many firearms.

The photos show two of my dangerous game rifles fitted with Trijicon RMR (Ruggedized Miniature Reflex) sights. There are a number of reasons I chose the RMRs but the main reason is that these are the no-battery models that use fibre-optics and tritium, so the dot is visible 24 hours a day and I never have to turn them on and I never have to change batteries.

I also chose th RMR because these sights are built to be combat tough, and they have been proven in combat, and are being proven every day, in Afganistan - so they will stand up to the rigors of a serious dangerous game hunt.

The RMR on the BRNO ZKK-602 .375 H&H Magnum is fitted in a custom mount that simply slides onto the BRNO dovetail and is secured with a couple of set screws. There is a QD version of a similar mount that I will be purchasing shortly.

The RMR on my Sabatti .450NE double is mounted on the scope rail that comes with the Sabattis which, I might add, is a bloody ugly mount for a double rifle. I am about to commission my gunsmith to make a new RMR mount for the Sabatti that will both look prettier and sit much lower on the rib.

As we get older we will ALL have eyesight issues and the RMRs are a fantastic solution to aging eyes so that we can all keep shooting and hunting.

Edited by CptCurl (27/06/12 08:42 PM)

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Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	carpediem4570	17/06/12 06:03 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	Charls	26/06/12 03:11 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	CptCurl	27/06/12 08:41 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	CptCurl	27/06/12 08:54 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	nitro450exp	27/06/12 09:32 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	CptCurl	27/06/12 09:46 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	nitro450exp	27/06/12 10:53 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	NitroX	28/06/12 03:45 AM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	BwanaBob	28/06/12 11:01 AM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	NitroX	03/07/12 05:17 AM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	AFRO408	28/06/12 09:48 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	nitro450exp	28/06/12 04:04 AM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	NitroX	28/06/12 04:17 AM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	BwanaBob	25/06/12 10:51 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	NitroX	25/06/12 11:52 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	BwanaBob	26/06/12 08:45 AM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	ChrisPer	22/06/12 09:33 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	Rule303	22/06/12 09:43 PM
Re: Which red dot sight have you mounted on your DR?	NitroX	23/06/12 12:06 AM

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