preferred inexpensive red dot, and why?
Several years ago I was swapping out scopes on my 'pet' .223 (Rem 600 punched from .222 Rem). I had a Weaver K6 power on it and wasn't happy. As I was looking at "E. Arthur Brown", I saw a cheap 4 minuet Red Dot with mounts. I think it was around $38 at the time, they have gone up, at $42 now. I ordered one.
Before the Red Dot arrived I had re-scoped the bolt .223, so the Red Dot didn't get mounted.
What to do with the cheap Red Dot?
I also have a Remington 600 in .308 Win. A duplicate of the one in .223 Rem except it is a little lighter.
I toyed with the idea of putting the cheap Red Dot on that horribly hard kicking 600. It has a calculated free recoil of 17.1 foot-pounds of energy compared to the 3.1 foot-pound from the same weapon in .223 Rem!
I figured the Red Dot would come a part in short order. It didn't
Over the years I have bought several more of these Red Dots, ALL continue to function as I like, I have changed out batteries to be on the safe side. Oh, the one mounted on the hard kicking .308 is still mounted
I have no interest in this company other than to purchase from them. I have found good service.
http://www.eabco.com/RedDotSights.htm