Burris FastFire 4MOA Red Dot.

That Kobra looks like MONEY with results like that.

I don’t know if this will help at all but here goes… You have a number of reasons to not get a basic red dot, do you have better reasons TO get one?

If getting on target fast is a consideration, consider if you will really be able to get on target any faster than with a reasonable quality low power scope. I say this because unlike a shotgun at short range or a assault rifle at a big target, you are probably shooting with far greater precision. If your kill zone is only a couple inches, a 4 mil dot will cover it at 50 yards and you won’t just be pulling up the gun and firing, you’ll be working the aim with a blunt aimpoint indicator.

As far as I know, all basic red dot scopes have some parallax that needs to be avoided through solid technique. That doesn’t make much difference with shot or “just get it in the chest” but hitting a small zone is harder.

Zero magnification is good for fast acquisition but not good for precision on small targets.

Do some research here and at other sites. I’m not convinced that the number of satisfied red dot shooters is all that high.

I’d probably go with a decent low power scope with a lighted reticle to help get on target quicker.

However, here’s what I put on my last gun: http://www.opticsplanet.net/eotech-transverse-red-dot-site-non-nv-compatible-xps2.html. The EOTECH does not have parallax because it’s holographic vice a basic red dot. The dot or dots are 1 MOA so precision is far greater. The reticle is adjustable brightness so getting on target can be just as quick as with a big dot but that’s not really a concern for me. The cost is very high though at about $110 MORE than the red dot you were looking at and you still have no magnification. That said, if you can see the target without magnification, you can probably hit it as the dot won’t cover as much of it.

Sam,

I have a Millet 4 minute dot, I think all in all it is the 4th or 5th one of these sights I have owned, different makers of course.

It is really fast close in, I can take a starling at 50 yards most of the time if I have a skyline shot and lots of time. Beyond that forget it.

On a AR 15 in home situations it is literally the king of killers. In that situation you can teach a 10 year old to be a master gunfighter in ten minutes, they are that good at what they do.

I shoot groups by placing the dot above or below the POI and use the dot like a post on a front peep sight. So at 25 yards they will shoot 1 inch groups on a gun that will do 1/4 to 1/2 inch.

They are not prescision insturments. But they are worth trying, life is about expeirences.

The smaller the dot the better they are, but the limiting factor is you have no magnification, sort of like looking thru a peepsight.

Roachcreek