Pricy But Interesting

[Squishy 1,149]

Saw this posted up on a local gun board;

Redring Optical Shotgun Sight

[Garys4598 1,065]

That's totally slick. Wish they made a rifle sight just like it.

[DrThunder88 912]

Somewhere in Sweden...

 

"We've got this great sighting system, and we need you marketing guys to come up with a good name for the product."

"What kind of sighting system is it?"

"It's a red dot, but instead of a dot, it's a ring."

"A red ring?"

"Yes. Now, we need a name by tomorrow morning and can only afford to pay you guys 10 Euros, so get cracking!"

 

Seriously though, I'm underwhelmed. Even though I enjoy it immensely I'm a terrible clayshooter, so one would think that I'd be excited to find something that would seem to be in a position to help me break more clays. For all the "smart" technology the article claims, the smartest function I can find would be the potential to adjust the brightness based on the target background, but this isn't really revolutionary. A system that used accelerometers to put a pipper of some sort in the sight would be much more of a breakthrough, though I don't know if it'd be a game-changer.

[IcemanIceland 6]

I know that some serious hunters here in Iceland who have hunt for decades have begun to use this sight. they would not do so without reason. This sight cost 950 us$ here.

[U.S. Pratorean 1,234]

That's totally slick. Wish they made a rifle sight just like it.

Now G, you know your eotech will do the same thing. The ring is a rangefinder just doesn't react to ambient light. In my experience, ambient light reticle adjustment does not work to well for me. I prefer manual or tritium illumination.

[gunfun 3,931]

I've got a couple shotgun scopes with a diamond shaped retical that is intended to roughly equal spread at various ranges depending on choke and shot type. I really like them, and did not spend $900

[Garys4598 1,065]

 

That's totally slick. Wish they made a rifle sight just like it.

Now G, you know your eotech will do the same thing. The ring is a rangefinder just doesn't react to ambient light. In my experience, ambient light reticle adjustment does not work to well for me. I prefer manual or tritium illumination.

 

Someone's Eotech might, but not mine. I have the single dot only variety (no ring).

Edited June 1, 2013 by Gary

[Sdustin 578]

There's no way. And ive used rifle sights to shoot clays and I usually focous on the clay not the sight. I see the front sight as a second thought. It works and I can break them. I would never Pay that for anything for a shotgun. I could buy a saiga 12 and a mossberg pump for that price.

[DrThunder88 912]

 

 

That's totally slick. Wish they made a rifle sight just like it.

Now G, you know your eotech will do the same thing. The ring is a rangefinder just doesn't react to ambient light. In my experience, ambient light reticle adjustment does not work to well for me. I prefer manual or tritium illumination.

 

Someone's Eotech might, but not mine. I have the single dot only variety (no ring).

 

Just as well...This is better than the 65 MOA ring that EOTechs have. This is a 70 MOA ring! Edited June 1, 2013 by DrThunder88

[U.S. Pratorean 1,234]

 

 

 

That's totally slick. Wish they made a rifle sight just like it.

Now G, you know your eotech will do the same thing. The ring is a rangefinder just doesn't react to ambient light. In my experience, ambient light reticle adjustment does not work to well for me. I prefer manual or tritium illumination.

 

Someone's Eotech might, but not mine. I have the single dot only variety (no ring).

 

Just as well...This is better than the 65 MOA ring that EOTechs have. This is a 70 MOA ring!

 

Were starting to get into apples v. oranges I think. On this, it is for shot pattern, right? On the eotech (except gary's LOL) it is for a little different purpose and not quite so pricey but the concept is kind of cool. Now I do have a 10MOA red dot mounted on an M60 to cover the "beaten zone" at range. Does that count?