I find that with a red dot you can't really find out how well your ar will shoot. All you can find out is how well you shoot with a red dot.
To a degree I agree.
However, I've found that using a 4 MOA red dot at 50 yards with a black bull were I center the red dot equidistant in the center, my results have been the same as with a scope. This is off a bench.
At least with about 6-7, 5-shot groups, this surprised the heck out of me and I admit it may have been a coincidence?
But, since I agree with the above statement I don't shoot "groups" any more with the Red Dot.
For checking load accuracy with that particular AR, I pop the red dot off and mount a Leopold 4.5 x 14 in a Larue mount dedicated for just this purpose, when done I put the Red Dot back on and double check for zero...it's usually close.
Right now I'm using an inexpensive Vortex Strikefire, saving my penny's for a better one in the future and it will be 2MOA at most.
To a degree I agree.
However, I've found that using a 4 MOA red dot at 50 yards with a black bull were I center the red dot equidistant in the center, my results have been the same as with a scope. This is off a bench.
At least with about 6-7, 5-shot groups, this surprised the heck out of me and I admit it may have been a coincidence?
But, since I agree with the above statement I don't shoot "groups" any more with the Red Dot.
For checking load accuracy with that particular AR, I pop the red dot off and mount a Leopold 4.5 x 14 in a Larue mount dedicated for just this purpose, when done I put the Red Dot back on and double check for zero...it's usually close.
Right now I'm using an inexpensive Vortex Strikefire, saving my penny's for a better one in the future and it will be 2MOA at most.