Help me decide RedDot, Reflex or scope for a large hunting revolver

Any of those would do the job, depending upon what the job is.

The reflex sight would have the fastest acquisition. They tend to be less precise than dot sights, which is why they're more popular for action shooting and hunting than bullseye target.

The dot sight is quicker to acquire than the scope and more precise than the reflex.

The scope is by far the most precise. It is slower to acquire than any of the others and more difficult to properly align (eye relief, parallax, etc.), but by FAR the most accurate, especially at long ranges (100 yards).

Iron sights are the most rugged, the hardest to acquire in low light, and quite precise on a long barreled (>6") revolver.

For long range hunting from a stationary position, I'd go with the scope.

I put a Bushnell Elite scope on my Ruger SRH 454. Very Accurate and within your price range as I paid $280+tax at Sportsmans Warehouse. It's the 2x6x32 in silver.

krochus ,my suggestion for hunting is a red-dot, it will get you on target quicker than a scope. Shooting off hand with a red-dot is a lot easier than shooting off hand with a scope. The light gathering abilities of the scope has no advantage in low light conditions, with handgun scopes.

The scope has an advantage if you have a rest, and good light. In low light conditions the reticle is hard to see on dark colored animals. I have had to pass on a few animals because, I could not see my reticle in the low light, had I had a red-dot the shot would of been made.

If you decide to go with a scope get one with a big objective. It will help some, but a handgun scope does not gather much light as some think they will. Either a Leupold 2.5X8 or a Bushnell 2X6.

I currently own 4 handguns that wear Ultra-dot red-dots and 1 that wears a Eotech holo sight. They work great in low light conditions.

I also have 5 handguns with handgun scopes, a 2 X Leupold, a 4 X Burris, a Bushnell trophy 2X6, a Bushnell Elite 2X6 and a Leupold 2.5X8.

I use my gun and scope/red-dot combination to the conditions I will be in. If I am sitting on an open field and I get the most of the light, I go with a scoped handgun, If I am in the woods where the light fades quickly, I take a handgun with a red-dot. If I am going a spot and stalk, a red-dot or open sight handgun is what I go with.

With open sighted handgun, low light will get you out of the woods faster than if you had a red-dot.

Good luck in your choice.

I say get it. I have used the Leupold 4 X scopes on some of my handguns and it work out well.

The good thing about it is, it is a Leupold.

It all depends on the distances you plan to shoot and how good your eyes are. The only advantage of redot/reflex sights over the iron sights is only one sighting plane, although you can get a couple with some magnification. Scope gives one sighting plane plus magnification, at almost any level of power you want.

If your hunting allows for a good solid rest then by all means go with the scope.

If your shots will be within 100 yards a 4MOA Ultradot would do you well. If longer ranges are the norm a 2x or 4x fixed Leupold is the deal. Some reflex sights can be difficult to locate the dot in at first but gets better with practice. I have a J-Point (Optima) which works well once I got used to it, also the Burris FastFire looks good. The Bushnell Halosight is nice but rather big, you may as well get a tube dot then for less money.

Or get yourself some of these: