HEY NEWBS: These are the "answers" to your red dot sight "problems.".

[toppermost]

I just have to to say this because a) I have no one where else to say it, and b) it bugs me every time I read a "review" about red/green dot sights. I am a relative "newb" to AR's but even the simplest of observations and yes, THINKING, could solve the most common "problems" I read about.

"It gets blurry sometimes / The green dot is more blurry / All I see is a star, comma, blob..."

Dot sight manufacturers assume you posses/have corrected your vision so that it is 20/20. Its a 1x sight! If you wear glasses to see, leave them on when you shoot. If its still blurry go to the optometrist. Also, do not look at the dot! Look at the target (This is the opposite what you are trained to do with iron-sights, but trust me). If none of these work then you will have to spend more than the $30 on your sight.

"The red dot is too dim / The green dot is too bright."

That's because the red is for darker conditions. Green dot is for day time.

"The green dot is bigger."

No, its not. See above.




PS: I will give one guess as to how I know all of these things...

 

[Crow Hunter]

Also.

You need to look at the sight outside, in sunlight. Not inside, it will look completely different (less starburst) in daylight.

If the dot doesn't look round (comma, bean, grapes, etc), rotate the sight in your hand while looking through it. If the the out of round stays the same as you rotate, it is your eyes, not the sight.

If it rotates around with the sight, it is the sight, not your eyes.