velocette
Member
The good the bad and the ugly.
I gave up. I no longer can clearly see the iron sights after about 10 rounds. A big black blurr of front sight & target. Father time has crept up and whacked me on the back of the head.
So I decided to mount an open reflex sight on my beloved K38. Bought the mount from Alchin gun parts and the inexpensive RDS through ebay. With the help of a friend, got it all assembled, went to my club & proceeded to zero it.
The good: The green dot is right where the bullet goes, The green dot is clearly visible as is the target and its X ring. The green dot is easily picked up as I bring the revolver up to firing position. Oh Happy Days!
The bad: The adjustments to zero the dot are sketchy, a little movement & the dot moves a lot, a lot of movement the dot moves very little.
The ugly: The lock screws to lock the adjustment in place, do NOT work. Two days after zeroing and locking down the adjustments, I competed in my club's PPC match. The revolver now was shooting 6" low and 5" right at 7 yards ( ! ) Kentucky windage (& elevation) was used as no time to adjust again) Then about half way through the match, the green light went out. Finished the string using the backup U groove in the RDS and front sight. 6 rounds off paper. Turns out the U notch is only an advertising gimmick. Fiddled with the unit & got the green light back on & finished the match, still shooting low right.
Needless to say, I did not win the match.
Conclusions:
1, The Alchin mount is excellent, strong and durable, well worth the cost in dollars and labor to mount.
2, The concept of an open RDS with it's little green dot for POI is excellent, especially for aging eyes. NO problems finding it, No problems seeing it and the target.
3, A cheap RDS while appearing to be a wise financial choice was a disaster. When it worked, it proved the concept and function. When it worked it was excellent, it made it possible for me to shoot accurately (or at least as accurately as I can shoot) for the entire match.
4, A new Holosun RDS is on order as I type this. Not cheap but well regarded and reliable.
5, I should know better than to cheap out on optics.
I gave up. I no longer can clearly see the iron sights after about 10 rounds. A big black blurr of front sight & target. Father time has crept up and whacked me on the back of the head.
So I decided to mount an open reflex sight on my beloved K38. Bought the mount from Alchin gun parts and the inexpensive RDS through ebay. With the help of a friend, got it all assembled, went to my club & proceeded to zero it.
The good: The green dot is right where the bullet goes, The green dot is clearly visible as is the target and its X ring. The green dot is easily picked up as I bring the revolver up to firing position. Oh Happy Days!
The bad: The adjustments to zero the dot are sketchy, a little movement & the dot moves a lot, a lot of movement the dot moves very little.
The ugly: The lock screws to lock the adjustment in place, do NOT work. Two days after zeroing and locking down the adjustments, I competed in my club's PPC match. The revolver now was shooting 6" low and 5" right at 7 yards ( ! ) Kentucky windage (& elevation) was used as no time to adjust again) Then about half way through the match, the green light went out. Finished the string using the backup U groove in the RDS and front sight. 6 rounds off paper. Turns out the U notch is only an advertising gimmick. Fiddled with the unit & got the green light back on & finished the match, still shooting low right.
Needless to say, I did not win the match.
Conclusions:
1, The Alchin mount is excellent, strong and durable, well worth the cost in dollars and labor to mount.
2, The concept of an open RDS with it's little green dot for POI is excellent, especially for aging eyes. NO problems finding it, No problems seeing it and the target.
3, A cheap RDS while appearing to be a wise financial choice was a disaster. When it worked, it proved the concept and function. When it worked it was excellent, it made it possible for me to shoot accurately (or at least as accurately as I can shoot) for the entire match.
4, A new Holosun RDS is on order as I type this. Not cheap but well regarded and reliable.
5, I should know better than to cheap out on optics.
Last edited:
