do you use a red dot
01-22-2006, 02:00 PM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Thomasville, N.C.
Posts: 522
RE: do you use a red dot
I used Ten Point's red dot scope when I bought my Xbow. It was not what I needed. Old eyes like mine need magnification so I switched to Ten Point's multi retical scope at 3 power and love it. So, young bucks need red dots, old bucks need lines. LOL.
01-27-2006, 09:21 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Chester Co. Pa.
Posts: 303
RE: do you use a red dot
My Horton Legend came w/ a 4X multi reticle and it is spot on out to 40 yrds.
Each line is exact when I practice dif. yardages,broadheads or field points. That is good enough for me seeing I will only shoot 30-35. My buddy
has a red dot on his and he says he's switching to multi next year.
Each line is exact when I practice dif. yardages,broadheads or field points. That is good enough for me seeing I will only shoot 30-35. My buddy
has a red dot on his and he says he's switching to multi next year.
01-28-2006, 12:32 PM
#18
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location:
Posts: 2,052
RE: do you use a red dot
I work for a Horton and Ten Point dealer. I shot everything under the sun (single red dot, magnifiedred dots,single/multireticlescopes, pins etc..) and liked the 3dot TenPoint the best (I believe TruGlo makes the sight for them). Crossbows are very accurate over 30 yards but those light bolts are GOING to start loosing velocity and begin falling. The extra dots really make longer range shooting much easier IMHO. I was already used to red dots from having them on my turkey guns over last couple of years.
For me I simply wouldn't have anything else on my Ten-Point,
RA
For me I simply wouldn't have anything else on my Ten-Point,
RA
01-29-2006, 03:41 PM
#19
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 284
RE: do you use a red dot
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I put on a horton 3 dot this fall like it. The only thing i find wrong with red dots is battery life, carry spares. Rich
I put on a horton 3 dot this fall like it. The only thing i find wrong with red dots is battery life, carry spares. Rich
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01-30-2006, 09:46 PM
#20
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Staples, MN USA
Posts: 76
RE: do you use a red dot
Spiffy - You mentioned that you just turn it on when you see the deer. I turn it on when I get on the stand and adjust for brightness as the day wears on. My son does what you do and missed a dandy buck (much bigger than the one on the wall) because he gave the sight a "couple of clicks" and came up, no dot - it turns off between clicks! The buck just looked and walked away. Still walking as far as we know.
One problem with the cheaper red dots is parallex - you have to be looking from the same place each time.
Vern
One problem with the cheaper red dots is parallex - you have to be looking from the same place each time.
Vern