Seeing double

[Ian]

I have tried

Red dot on a Benjamin EB17 and Crosman 2300T - accurate but as Phil says it made them cumbersome especially the Benjamin

Holographic red dot on a Umarex clone - really hard to see properly, didnt suit me at all

Laser on a Umarex clone - one of the under barrel types - easy to see at short ranges indoors or in darker conditions outside but not very accurate with imprecise adjustment

Telescopic pistol sight on an HW45 - worse results that open sights! Almost impossible to prevent movement due to recoil!


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[Arv]

Agreed anything bolted on top would make cocking a little fiddly.
My eyes are bad I'm 46 and I got diagnosed with diabetes and this was the very quick demise of my sight.
Buy we carry on regardless, I'm looking to get a table mounted spotter scope, to see the my poi at 6 and ten yrds.

The holographic dots aren't  round in my vision and are almost oval with jagged bits coming off , again my eyesight won't let me use anything like it anyway.

Cheers Ian, I will continue the practising, but have a long way to go yet..

It's a shame, I know two guys who bought the 45 new, got it home and before the night was over it was sold or being sold, these are pigs out of the box, and you must persevere , for me I love it, the cracking through dieseling the smell (as you have mentioned) is great, and what's so rewarding is feeling the gun calm down, as you shoot it, it's a bit like getting on a mustang and trying to tame it, it will buck like mad, and try to throw you off, but if you hang on in there, it will reward you, and then do exactly what you want, it takes time...

I'm currently hanging on like mad

[mitchell301]

I've got red dots on my SSP'S,  Both HW45's are just open sights, I've got those multiple reticle-type red dot hologram sights on my CP88's...... but I think the open sights on my 586 are best left as they are.

[Arv]

Today I received them pistol cases, I got two for around £28, thanks for the heads up, now I can even lock them away.

[pmh]

Glad to hear you got sorted.

Kind regards,



Phil