Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
Isn't it great that we air pistol enthusiasts have our own forum now?
Here's a question for you: I have a Beeman P3 (HW 40) that is too lightweight for me, and I want to add either a red dot sight, or a telescopic sight, to increase the weight. I plan to use it primarily for target competitions that allow for optical sights.
Which of the two would you recommend?
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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What sort of range are you going to be shooting Jim, my initial thoughts would be Red Dot for close range ....... probably up to 6m (ish) but beyond that I'd think ..... add a scope
errmmmm .. Red Dot's don't weigh much ... best wrap some lead round the barrel mate
hth
Dave
Last edited by CrewCab; 30-03-2008 at 11:28 PM. Reason: updated
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
Maybe an optical scope might be better, Dave: might be heavier (?), and better for 10 meters.
I want to shoot at 6 yards, and at 10 meters.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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I like a red dot on my HW40. It seems to feel heavy enough for accurate two-hand shooting on cans out to 20 or 30 yards. Many years ago, I used the HW40 for informal online 10m postal matches. I used iron sights and taped a small lead weight under the frame... in front of trigger guard.
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HW40 Review at http://my.tbaytel.net/~coopers@tbaytel.net/HW40Review/
Cheers,
Todd
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
Does the red dot really show that far away, Todd?
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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It's a red dot, not a lazer sight. Nothing is actually projected on the target. You only see the bright dot when looking through the sight tube. The dot intensity is adjustable for various outdoor lighting. For indoors shooting, I only use a low setting. For a bright sunny outdoor shooting session, I might go up to 70-80% intensity.Originally Posted by Jim McArthur
Does the red dot really show that far away, Todd?
Jim
I have two red dot sights... a Millet SP-1 on my HW45 and an old 30mm Interaims on my HW40. Both work fine out to 50 yards and beyond. Some hunters will use a red dot on a powder burner and shooting beyond 100 yards.
The disadvantage of a red dot is the dot size increases with distance. At 10 yards, my 3moa SP-1 dot looks quite small. At 100 yards, it is still apparently 3moa but appears to be approx 3.3" wide. For me, the red dots are fine for blasting tin cans at 20, 30, 40 yards.
Cheers,
Todd
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