aimpoint sight for dangerous game hunting rifle

I've been looking at the Aimpoint CompC3 and want to put it on my wish list for my primary sighting system on my dangerous game rifle/all around big game rifle and home defense rifle. But I also saw the aimpoint 9000L and 9000sc, which seem like they would hold better on a heavy recoiling gun like mine due to the 2 mounting rings they contain versus onl one on the comp c3? Is this even true or just me over analyzing my choice? thanks

true. well the comp c 3 has a 5 year battery life so if i'm in a tactical or dangerous game situation i can just turn it on and leave it on.

The ACOG reflex looks nice and is one item of interest but the only thing I don't like is I heard that its hard to see if your using a weapon mounted flashlight in low light conditions. I like the new RX 30 with the 42 mm objective... there parallax free too right?

Maverick223 said:

I still say no, but like I said in the other thread Aimpoint would be my choice if I absolutely had to have an electronic sight that took batteries...otherwise a good low magnification scope, in the 1-4x range, fits your task best IMO.

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Thanks maverick I appreciate the concern and honest advice, thats something that is rare in this world today. I've looked at numerous 1x-4x scopes but I have several issues with most of the ones I saw which has me leaning to a red dot. First is that the sight should be illuminated for emergency night time game recovery or for trekking through the bush in the early and late hours to and from hunting spot with potentially dangerous critters in the area and most of the illuminated 1x-4x scopes had an eye relief of 3.5-4" which is not good for my application. If they made a scope that had the unlimited eye relief on 1x like a red dot has on 1x, but could also be turned up to 4x, that would be perfect for my application... because I need a fast 1x sight to take a quick snap shot at 100yards, and have to find the sweet spot will just bog me down. Also I want to forward mount the scope/dot which will make it even quicker, and not all of the companies who make extended eye relief scopes have models that can power down to 1x but also power up to say 4x... they only have a 2x or 2.5x, but i didn't se anny variable with 1x being the lowest power. the 1x power is crucial for charging game at close range, or for quick shots in thick woods, where I won't have the time to look throw a scope and find him. If this was just a deer rifle or something like that for sitting on a stand on a family farm somewhere then i'd go with it, but I want something that can be good for self defense which is why an aimpoint would be great I think

its a marlin 1895 22" and I had the tube extended, i put in the wild west guns ejector and aluminum follower, i got some buffalo 405 grain soft points, I just bought a tru glor red dot but i'm returning that cause it has too much parallax for me, I want something i can stick on my gun and leave it and have it for as long as the Lord lets us walk his earth... africa, alaska, maine, canada, I want to build my gun so its good for everytying... and yes I dare say it ... AFRICA, belt mountain makes 400 grain solids and buffalo bore sells them for $120 per box, clocked at 2000fps... thats suitable for africa in my opinion, plus if you have a leve rlike mine which can hold 8 rounds in it, your set for a whole pack of lions!!! My marlin is a work in progress, and a neat hobby to get me away from the other passions in my life...

One particular reflex sight taht just came out that Caught my eye was the leupold DELTA POINT, its about $400 witha picatinny cross slot mount. But this thing looks super high quality, parallax free, water proof, highly recoil proof I may just end up getting that little , and the beuaty of this thing over an aimpoint which costs the same is that it weighs like 3 oz or something.. its TINY, but leupold designed the lens to be larger then most of the other reflexes out there like burris fast fire or others.... if you look at the lens on it, it actually comes out like a few millimiters wider on each side, versus say a Burris Fastfire or similar... they say gives it a 26mm sight picture... almost like a traditional 30mm red dot, but faster then a red dot

true, well a .45-70 is close to a .375 H&H, but the bullet is actually larger then a .375 H&H thought slightly slower, i'd rather take a larger bullet a little slower than can still do the job then having all that extra speed which is not necessary unless your taking shots beyond 200 yards. Inside of 200 yards the .45-70 with "hot" loads... which are not really hot, but normal loadings... the remington and factory stuff is down loaded due to fear of law suits... inside of 200 yards with 400 grain solids @2000fps will kill any game animal walking the planet.. a 400 grain solid brass bullet travelling at 2000 feet per second will not deflect off of an elephant skull. Plus I have 8 follow up shots I can call on fast, if i'm off on the first shot, versus all the african rifles are bolt or double rifles which can be a problem if the animal charges, or if the first shot doesn't do the job. I'll find an outfitter that can work with me on that, but that won't be for a while.. i dont have that kinda money yet.

thanks jmorris