Red dot on GP100

[Retired Guy]

Any thoughts on adding a red dot sight to a GP100. My eyes aren't what they used to be.

 

[GUNSICK]

Ruger GP-100 Scope Mounts No Drill WEIG-A-TINNY®

Maybe some new glasses would help.

 

[Retired Guy]

Ruger GP-100 Scope Mounts No Drill WEIG-A-TINNY®

Maybe some new glasses would help.

Haha on the glasses. I have been using one of the stick on 2.5x bifocal lens on my strong eye shooting glasses and just uncorrected on my left. Left eye sees the target but not the gun and the right eye sees the front sight but not the target. Can't seem to rectify the both images. Never used a red dot but, as I understand the dot is superimposed over the target image. Might work for me. Saw the Weig-A-Tinny and found this one, should hold the sight a bit lower on the gun.

 

[nortatoga]

SSP shooting top bi-focals?

 

[Retired Guy]

I am more concerned about the suitability of a red dot on a handgun than mounting methods.

 

[Retired Guy]

SSP shooting top bi-focals?

I can move my stick-on higher on the lens but that still doesn't help my inability to get the sense of the relationship of target and front sight.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

I am more concerned about the suitability of a red dot on a handgun than mounting methods.

I would imagine the suitability would be based on what your primary uses for the GP are. If you are asking if it would be dumb and unheard of to put a red dot on a revolver, then no it is not dumb and unheard of. If you are asking about the practicality of carrying a revolver with a red dot, then that is another matter. People put red dots on Glocks and I'm sure other platforms.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

Also...

 

[ArmedCorgi]

I'd say go for it. I myself like red dots and do find aiming with them to be easier. The only issue with them as far as aiming would be dot size. What kind of distance are you planning to shoot? I ask only because the larger the dot the bigger the MOA, so you may lose some accuracy if you are doing distance with a larger, more visible dot.

 

[Podmonkey]

I hear good things about red dots on pistols but I am lead to understand that there is a bit off a learning curve or adjustment period while one gets used to them. Searching or hunting for the dot seems to be the primary pitfall.

 

[Retired Guy]

Thanks for all the replies. I am thinking of a Burris Fastfire III, 8mm dot.