QUICK AIM TACTICAL RED/GREEN DOT, NEW GEN Golden Image Quick Aim Electronic Dot Sight with Red/Green Dual Illumination and Integral Weaver Mounting Deck – Complete with Flip-open Lens Cover
An adjustable illumination knob on the ocular tube lets you select different levels of brightness for diverse weather and light conditions. This quick-aim electronic dot sight with red and green dual illumination, from UTG, lets you quickly acquire and sight in on downrange targets. An integ
$ 36.99
Leapers does it yet again,
I bought this red dot sight, largely on the strength of the reviews and upon my long and positive experience with using Leapers/Centerpoint scopes on spring piston air rifles, which are (believe it or not) the most abusive type of gun to scopes due to the severe whiplash recoil from the piston slamming forward.
Unlike many of the reviewers here and elsewhere, the intended purpose for this was not for airsoft or paintball, and instead of mounting it on a rifle or shotgun, I mounted it on my very heavy recoiling Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt revolver with my stout handloads rated safe only in the Ruger revolvers or the Thompson/Center Contender pistol.
This sight has a stout integral mounting clamp with two strong screws, only one of which (the front one) engages the forward recoil slot in the Weaver rail, which makes it trouble free to mount on any Weaver or Picatinny mount rail.
I mounted it on this excellent no-gunsmithing Weaver rail mount – […], then sighted it in for 25 yards.
I discovered during sighting in that the click adjustments are 1/2 MOA @ 100 yards.
Just a note to anyone sighting this in for the first time is that you rotate the windage/elevation turrets the direction in which you intend your projectile to go.
In other words, if you are shooting two inches high and one inch left, you will need to turn the elevation turret four clicks down and the windage turret two clicks right if you are shooting at 100 yards, or 16 clicks down and eight clicks right if you are shooting at 25 yards.
Once I had it sighted in, I was easily able to get 1″ groups at 25 yards with my Barnes XPB full power hunting loads.
I was impressed with how the Weaver mounting rail, the integral mounting clamp on this sight, and the sight itself all held up flawlessly to the extreme punishment from my Blackhawk, with over thirty rounds fired in one session.
Some details about the sight:
It is constructed of rugged aircraft aluminum and comes with nice flip-up spring loaded lens caps.
It takes a CR2032 lithium battery to power the dot, and the box contains two of them, and this battery is widely available, plus operates in extreme cold well below zero fahrenheit.
The dot color is selectable between red and green, each with five levels of brightness.
As described in the instructions, the red is best for shooting in brightly lit environments, while the green is best for low light, and my own tests support that.
I found that it is best to use the lowest level of illumination necessary to ease sighting precision.
The box also contains a specialized lens cleaning cloth, which I would strongly recommend be the only thing that comes in contact with the lenses to prevent scratching.
I was also pleasantly surprised to find that the instructions were written in proper English instead of poorly translated “Chinglish,” as is so often the case with other products.
This sight does not magnify at all, which may annoy some people, but the reason for that is to allow unlimited eye relief, provides the widest field of view possible, and minimizes parallax aiming errors.
I am very impressed that this reasonably priced red dot sight held up perfectly to severe recoil, and it has significantly improved my accuracy and rapidity of aiming over the stock iron sights with my Blackhawk.
Highly recommended.
***UPDATE***
Anyone interested in seeing me shoot my Blackhawk with this sight firing my full power handloads rated safe only in Ruger revolvers or the Thompson/Center Contender can see that on YouTube under the title “Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt with Leapers red dot sight at the range.”
These handloads are right on the heels of .44 Remington Magnum for power.
You can even very clearly see me make a nice fireball with one of the shots with the stiff charge of W296.
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|Worked fantastic on an AK,
I ordered this sight based on the price and reviews. I had just recently installed a receiver-over rail system for my ERTD AK47 and I really only wanted a cheap optic to see if I even liked the rail setup before I went an shelled on a decent holo like an Eotech or what have you. Well I ordered overnight shipping because I’m impatient and what do you know, I got it the next day, well packaged. So that’s a plus. Opened the box and was pleased to find everything you need to install and operate the sight included, as well as an extra battery. Quickly and easily mounted to MIL STD 1913 (Picatinny) rail and, thankfully, the front locking screw is canted downwards to secure the optic in place on the rail. Tested all 5 of the brightness settings for red and green dot, worked well. The brightness settings work great for all different lighting scenarios, such as low for indoor/overcast, and high for direct sunlight/brightly lit areas. I’m not a fan of the green dot as I find red reticles draw my eye more prominently than green, but that’s just me. On to the zeroing and shooting portion.
Took it to our usual spot and used a measuring wheel to find 25 meters and set up a human portrait (Ivan) target. I fired my first 3 rounds holding center/center mass, and, as I expected, found them all VERY low, but fortunately, well grouped, easily within a quarter size (prone supported). I can easily chalk the low group up to the fact that I fired the first 3 rounds on the factory zero settings, which is god knows what, and also to the fact that the Ak47’s natural sight/bore offset is pretty massive. I was also pretty happy that this sight packs more than enough elevation adjustment to bring even an AK up to point, which is as about extreme as I imagine this sight could be used for in that regard. So after a good 10 rounds for zero, I was on at 25 meters, holding nice tight groups. Then we moved to about 100 meters for a little confirmation grouping, and it went very well.
In conclusion, I give this sight 5 starts for a few key reasons: The construction is solid, the price is a complete non-issue for what you get, everything about the optic is user friendly, and it seems to me that it would be very compatible with a wide variety of shooting platforms, from Airsoft to Assault rifles. I MAY be wary about mounting it on something like a 12ga, but that’s just me. I see in other reviews that it went just fine. I fired approximately 300 rounds of 123 grain 7.62×39 ammo through my AK with this optic mounted without any loss of zero or loosening of mounting screws or adjustment caps.
Now, I consider myself to be a decently seasoned shooter when it comes to combat style optics and assault weapons, so here is a little advice for more beginner shooters regarding this optic (take it for what you will):
-This sight is NOT parallax free. For those who are unfamiliar with this term, it means that if you move your eye behind the sight, the dot’s point of aim will become untrue. You have to be centered looking STRAIGHT through the sight and keep the dot in the CENTER of the tube to get an accurate aimpoint.
-Due to the fact that this sight is not parallax free, I suggest mounting this sight as far forward as you find comfortable. If you mount it all the way back close to your eye, the slightest change of position in your head/cheekweld between shots could severely affect your accuracy. If you mount it further forward, you will remove a good amount of that error.
-Before you blame this sight for inaccuracy, check your shooting habits. Like I said before, you need to have a consistent shooting style, particularly with aiming. Make sure you can put your head in the same spot every time when you’re aiming your weapon. This sight isnt going to give you scope shadow like a long optic to tell you when you’re off so you need to make sure you can consistently do it on your own. This takes practice and I recommend lots of dry practice before any live fire regardless.
-This optic works VERY well as an Occluded Eye Gunsight (OEG), which I will explain. If you are getting this optic for close quarter/close range style shooting (50 meters and in), try the OEG method for extremely fast target acquisition. Start by opening only the rear lenscap (on the ocular side, the side you look through), and leave the objective (front) lens covered. Turn the sight on to the brightest setting, red or green, your choice. Now, keep BOTH eyes open. Look at an object near to you, within 10 meters or so. Now, bring the weapon up to the object you’re aiming at. With your shooting eye (the eye you’d normally aim with), look through the sight at the red dot. With your non-shooting eye, focus on the object. This takes some practice, and I know it’s awkward, your eyes will want to constantly shift focus, but if you can keep focus in your nonshooting eye, what you SHOULD see is essentially what you’re aiming…
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|Best bang for the buck,
Did you just break the bank buying your dream gun but have no dough for optics? Never fear! Leapers will save the day!
For about $30, you get a decent red dot that will get the job done w/o the bells and whistles. I use it on my Remington 11-87 and it still shoots 3″ slugs accurately after approximately 150 of very punishing rounds. I got a second red dot for an AK-74 and the scope is more accuarate then the rifle.
This is a great scope if you plan on messing around at the range but I wouldn’t put it to the test if you plan on hiking/hunting with it for days on end. The green dot option has been lost on me so far but I guess it’s usefull if your being “tacti-cool” at night or something.
My only problem so far is the pin to one of the flip-up lens cover worked its way out and I used a picture frame nail to replace it. Otherwise, bang for the buck, you can’t beat it.
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