Shooting Bullseye With A Red Dot Scope ??

[tlen]

I know with open/iron sights its best to sight at 6:00. Is it better to sight a red dot at center or 6:00 ? Why ?
None of the Bullseye sites address this issue.

 

[Canuck-IL]

With the common black bladed Patridge front sight used on most BE guns, the sight can easily get lost in the black...not helped any by aging eyes! With the brightly illuminated red dot, no such problem.

Some do shoot six, sub-six or deep sub-six even with a dot but, it's not that common - strictly personal preference. The thought there is that having a relatively large "nothing to focus on" area such as the white below the bullseye, shooters are less prone to snatching at the trigger as their wobble takes them into the center of the bull.
/Bryan

 

[ljnowell]

I just posted a thread here about upgrading my bullseye rig with a red dot. I sighted for dead center. I also sight the same way with irons

 

[243winxb]

Outdoors at 25 for T & R fire, then 50 for slow. Notice the difference of the size of the black area/bullseye target. This compensates for the bullet rise as it goes to 50yds. Works well if holding at 6 O clock when using iron sights. With a red dot scope, it would have to be different, because the scope line of sight is higher above the bore . If you hold at 6 with the dot, you will have to adjust you scope a lot for 50. Holding at 12 Oclock on the target might work best for both 25 & 50. Just thinking out loud. I do not own a scoped handgun.

 

[Canuck-IL]

With a 45 the common adjustment for an UltraDot 1" is only 3-4 clicks between 25 and 50 ... a lot of shooters don't adjust at all while a few vary their powder charge/bullet wt for the 2 distances.
/B

 

[jglenn]

brian zins page

http://www.brianzins.com/category/fundamentals/


check what he says about red dots

 

[cavman]

I know with open/iron sights its best to sight at 6:00.

A lot of shooters now actually shoot center for both the short (25yard) line as well as the long (50 yard) line.

Or shoot center with the short, but SUB-6 o'clock with the long. Shooting sub-6 is thought by some to be better than 6 as you are shooting to an "area" and not trying to "catch" that 6 o'clock line.

Everyone I know who shoots dots in Bullseye shoots at the center. Everyone. Now, what size it preferable? Some shoot the dot big so it covers the entire Bullseye. Some shoot it as small as a point.

 

[ljnowell]

I shot with my dot tonite, using the smallest dot. I shoot center too.