Tax Time: Top 5 Red Dot Optics To Spend Your Refund On
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024
- As the old saying goes, there are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and getting a tax refund. OK, the refund isn't actually a certainty. But if you are lucky enough to get one this year, Steve and Caleb suggest spending it on a new red dot optic. They've picked out FIVE excellent candidates.
1. The EOTech HWS is technically a holographic sight, but c'mon, its reticle is a red dot. And it is a long-proven, tried-and-true system. Because of its holographic technology, the EOTech XPS3 has a fine, crisp dot smaller than 2 MOA. Definitely built exclusively for use on long guns, and definitely proven to take a lotta knocks and bangs in adverse conditions. Much like choosing IBM in the 1960s, you can't go wrong with an EOTech!
2. Also meant for rifle use, the Aimpoint Duty RDS is a true red dot sight, so the dot can't be smaller than 2 MOA. That's just fine for a wide variety of applications. If you're looking for a well-built, durable sight with high(er)-end performance, but your tax refund isn't big enough to cover a high-end price, the Aimpoint Duty RDS is the optic to get.
3. Aimpoint's Acro P-2 is designed primarily for use on pistols, but you can get an M1913 Picatinny adapter for putting it on a shotgun, AR-15, or other rifle. The Acro P-2 is built to take the vigorous snap of recoil in stride. Aimpoint torture-tested one with 20,000 rounds of .40 S&W, and that P-2 kept on tickin'. It has a 3 MOA dot, easy-to-operate buttons, and a battery you can change without taking the sight off the gun. Not that you need to change that CR-2032 very often because average battery life is 5 YEARS.
4. The Trijicon RMR sight is the gold standard of micro red dot sights for pistols. The RMR is so popular that there's a ton of mounts and adapters available for it. Many aftermarket slides and complete pistols now come from the factory with an RMR mounting slot. Plus, the rugged RMR is built to stand up to hard use.
5. Holosun red dot sights are surprisingly AFFORDABLE, but they don't skimp on robustness, features, and quality. The "deck" of the Holosun EPS (Enclosed Pistol Sight) is so low you can use it in conjunction with standard-height iron sights. No need to spend the extra spondulicks for suppressor-height sights. The EPS MRS model has a solar panel on top, so you're not draining your battery when there's bright ambient light. Red or green reticles in various dot sizes are available. All EPS sights fit a Shield RMS mount. Plus, they come with an adapter plate for mounting to an RMR mount. The EPS Carry model fits ONLY the RMS footprint.
How can you NOT immediately mention the matching shirts?
I want one ...!...
Are you sure?? Try looking through the RDS.
I wonder if that was accidental?
@@oldschool9932 They sell them for $60 on their site. If you like the look overall they're made by Dixxon.
Its father/son day at brownells...
I let a Vietnam veteran try my RDS on an AR. After shooting a couple rounds, he said, "Sh*t, you can't miss with this thing. If you missed, you suck !"
That's nice bud
@@nomad155 Found the guy who missed
@@chad9166 where 😀
I love it when Caleb gets a bit "sassy" 🤣 ..."we're grouping it in, deal with it!"
Love the wardrobe and Brownells in Grinnel, Iowa. You guys are awesome, I have 3 RMR’s, tough as hell.
My 2 personal picks for my duty pistol, shotgun, rifle red dots is Trijicon and Holosun, they are bomb proof.
I wish Holosun would put a QD mount on their 512c, I’d be buying those instead of 510c’s to start replacing my “chipper” early budget red dots. Maybe they’ll come up with something before I reach the point where I’m replacing my Romeo 5’s.
Holosun is killing the game. Just picked up the EPS MRS Carry for a new G43 P80 build
I've heard of being on the same page, but shirts? LOL, love it gents! Thank you and keep up the get content and style.
I’m telling my wife it was you Caleb when I’ve got to explain the gunsmith bill for drilling and tapping a musket
Have to admit, I’m an EOTECH fanboy, as I’ve been using these holographic sights for _years._ I’ve never had trouble from any of them. There is one exception though… I do own a Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG for my M16A4 clone.
Do you have it on a shotgun? How is a realistic battery life ? Does night vision makes the battery to drain quickly? Is the battery compartment is stiff in place ? . Thanks ahead if you get to see and answer those questions!. I’m currently having a red dot “not happy with it, thinking to go Eotech , aim point or Holusun . I know Holosun is still a red dot tho.
I will be using inclusively on a shotgun magnum loads with lots of recoil
Like a couple of well seasoned, well informed twinkies. Thank you sirs.
How about spending your refund on a CUDA RX-795 with IntelliDOT? It's always ready, so you never have to worry about it. It has manual and automatic battery level checks and diagnostics, buttonless tap controls, instant-on/enhanced shutoff, micro speaker audio, the ability to personalize your intensity, and more. And thanks to an internal accelerometer which understands its orientation, it can even turn off and stay off when holstered vertically and still in motion. Try THAT, ShakeAwake!
Got a Holosun 510c green dot for my M&P Sport II, very good! Eotech would have been nice, but Holosun is still good quality, and not nearly as expensive.
The reticle actually looks way better on the holosun.
I agree. I own both Holosun and EoTech and I like them both. Can't go wrong with either of them.
But made in CCP land....
I tried a tacticon armament pistol red dot and it's been Great so far.
You should do two shows: (1) Pistol optics best for astigmatism (2) Rifle optics best for astigmatism
Rifles: prism and lpvo. Pistols: holosun with the green circle dot. I use just the outer circle on mine personally, let's me focus on the target. Red shows up a lot fuzzier for me.
@@luciusrene943 yeah it's pretty much Prisms for me. The 1x Micro Prism from Primary Arms is probably one of the best bang for your buck options. Costs $250, but instantly removed my Eotech 512 ($500) the second i got my hands on the Prism.
Still haven't found a micro/reflex dot that behaves well with my astigmatism (even with corrective lens). Pretty much out of the RDS loop now because they just don't agree with my astigmatism. I've had it for a year, and I'll probably say it's a "lifer" optic, due to its etched reticle. It's an optic that I see being on my firearms for decades.
Buy something with an etched reticle instead of an led emitter. There I made your video
@@luciusrene943 Thanks for this! I’ve used an EOTech in the military and felt fine with it. But if green does come up a bit sharper, I’d rather that on my self-defense weapon instead. Never used sights with green before, so I’m gonna have to give it a shot. Will keep this in mind when shopping for a sight for my pistol.
"Tax time," indeed. Lol Just bought a Vortex Crossfire I'm pretty happy with, and I'm about to pick up a Surefire, so...
Thank you for the review. I'll stick with irons, ACOG, and scope as required. I know eventually, I will need to mount one on my Glock 20. Keep up the great content.
PLEASE MAKE AN EOTECH WERE YOU CAN CHANGE THE RETICLE..... 🏆 #1
P-2 is battery change.
Brass Facts has a great video on this.
rmr/sro have 1moa dot options but the eotech does look cleaner when target focused
Nice shirts coffee boyz!
keep that hair away from open flames looks extremely flammable
I gotta have one of those shirts, sir
Grandma bought Grampa and Grand baby the same color shirt!
I'll take the Holosun all day long. Prefer their options and glass, much more over the Trijicon. Enclosed emitter is the way.
Waiting for trijicon to release an enclosed emitter 💯
Or shake awake. Or any reticle other than a simple dot.
I think you'll be waiting quite a while.
@@Valoriusshake awake is pointless when battery life is measured in years.
It’s not a TV from Walmart. It doesn’t need a laundry list of features to be a good product.
@@MellowFellowOfYellow Lots of marketing fudging to get to the years metric. Realistic use with daylight settings you'd be lucky to get through a year on some trijicon dots, to mention nothing of lpvos
If you have astigmatism, the eotech looks like a kaleidoscope.
Trijicon makes a 1MOA dot, and I want my Optics to be 1MOA dang it!!!!! Why can't they all have 65moa circle's and 1 MOA DOTS, and should be able to turn on or off the circles.....that's not too much to ask ..?
RMR offers 1MOA dot and its excellent.
Looks like an episode of “Mr.Rodgers Neighborhood “ with a guest speaker 😂😂😂😂
Momma found some flannel shirts on sale!
Clearly the BEST way to spend your refund is with a haircut and a matching shirts to Steve and Caleb
If that ain't a T-shirt I don't know what is... "You can mount it on a musket!"
Great content, thank you. Great website and products. Next time you guys do a video of multiple items, could you edit in brand and model. You said the name then discussed the item. After it was done and on to the next one, I had forgotten the brand and model. THANKS!
Do LPVOs next please. Or just magnified optics in general.
they did like a week ago
Holosun is definitely the cheapest option to go for rugged activity but for plain jane EDC I think the Swampfox line is all one needs, imo
You're not wrong. Cause Eotech ain't necessary for 99.9% of the population.
@@nomad155 facts
For EDC, you want the enclosed emitter. All open emitters do is annoyingly collect dust and leave the potential for the dot to be obscured by a variety of things.
@@bannedbycommieyoutube5time920 it's a better point for closed emitters when it comes to rain and fog. Keeping glass free of debris is a requirement of any red dot, closed or open. As it stands Swampfox does have a closed emitter option, as well...
Hell, a Cyelee will hold up for more than 85% of folks. Sig, holosun, vortex, bushnell, Primary Arms, etc and so forth
My Eotech survived my rifle detonating. Havent had a chance to test my holosun in the same way nor do I intend to.
How TF did that happen? In 5.56?
@@thepatriotsrage661 defective ammo they ended up writing me a check
Great list gentlemen. What site would you recommend for my srm arms 1216 shotgun? I would like the option of both circle and red dot together and or by themselves.
Come on, admit that Steve and Caleb are father and son. They look dapper in their matching shirts.
EPS will also fit on a DPP footprint if there's no posts.
Aimpoint PRO or EO Tech EXPS? Trying to decide which I should get. I will say the battery life of the PRO is VERY attractive.
What's the gun going to be used for? If you need the gun to be ready to go when you pick it up (like a home defense gun) you probably want the red dot, because you usually keep the optic on at all times, so that it's on and ready to go at a moment's notice. If you did that with an EXPS or XPS, you'll kill the battery in a couple of months. The battery in an Aimpoint will last for years being always on. If it's for a gun you're going to use occasionally and not rely on, I'd say go for the EOTech - the reticle is amazing and allows easy close-range shooting and easy followups. Make sure you read up on how the reticle is used for holdovers if you get one, because it's not obvious that the bottom of the circle is used for a 7 yard holdover.
@@hoorayimhelping3978 it’s a SHTF/HD rifle. I was thinking just for the battery life alone the PRO would be the move. Plus I can fit so many spare batteries In the pistol grip. The EOTECH’s take big batteries so I can’t fit that many in the grip on top of the fact that the battery life is so short.
Now that you mention that
I would just get the EOTech or wait for the two new Holosun Thermal or Night Vision red dot sights to come out
That, in fact, is a nice shirt.
Do you sell those snazzy shirts on Brownells?
Me and my dad wear matching shirts sometimes too lol.
But yeah Holsun is legit and gets too much hate from the Gucci snob bois.
Y’all have matching shirts how cute. Ya got matching jammies too? 😂
Thanks Cornells
EuroOptic has the best prices!
Father and son both looking extra spiffy
Red dots are cool and all but what the eta for the BRN4 restock. Please and thank you!!!
@calebsavant, thoughts on Vortex venom?
I'm waiting for the Sig Romeo 9T to release.
But yes I will be saving my tax return for that.
Better tell Trijicon that red dot sights can't go smaller than 2 MOA. They're gonna have to pull their entire product line lol
My department only approved Trijicon & Delta for pistol red dots. The Trijicons seem much more popular despite having to remove & re-zero for battery changes.
Is the MRO GOOD??? is it a blob under 3x..???
What red. Would you put on a Henry 4570. And what is better red or green
If only you could find the holosun eps sights in stock anywhere!!
Aaaoptics ordered mine last night
I believe Holosun is a Chinese company.
Need a link for those bad ass flannels 👍
What are your thoughts on Sig Sauer pistol red dot sights?
You two look like the Hardy Boys!
I hit a tax bracket and now I'm only getting $300 back. Gotta love being the working class
Steve: see yall next year!
Me: Nooooooo! 😭😭😭
A refund, what’s that like?
Nice shirts.
thanks
Aimpoint, 'nuff said
What is this thing you call a tax refund?
I can't buy any of these with my tax money return . I owe money . Haha
Again I ask.. Where is the Caleb discount code??
How about the batterys now a days will blow and start a 🔥 the biggest problem with new lithium battery. I take out all the battery out don't want something too happen when im at work. The CR2032 all most burn my home down good thin I was home when it happened.
I just bought an M&P 2.0 10 MM . any suggestions on a red dot .
Didn't you watch the video?
I am looking for a low mounted red dot for a short gun for hunting and home defense. What is a good, conservative priced , red dot with a low mount and a fair sized window/ glass. I Don't want a very large sight like the ECOtec.
RMR or 507c on a picatinny mount
I have a 507C on my AR, and several videos uploaded on it
Sig Romeo5 will do everything you need.
@@Valorius I've actually seen a few of your videos
I dream of the day i get to add the Eotech EXPS3 w/5x magnifier to my fave AR........ One day......
Eotech said “NOT a RED DOT” 😂
Buy physical silver bullion. That’s my opinion.
Caleb what's going on with you guys and Forgotten Weapons?
Was about to order a 2020 WWSD. Oh wait…
I am in your shoes and urge you to make sound financial decisions to set yourself up well in life. Only you know if that is buying a red dot or something else.
Just wondering, do those Holosun optics come with “shake awake” technology?
Yes, every Holosun I have seen or own has shake awake
How r u gonna display a red dot sight that u can’t even get ahold of cause I have looked and looked and looked for that Aimpoint acro p2 and that thing might as well b made out of unicorn tears
Too late. My refund, if I get one, has already been spent on things I've needed for as long as I can remember. I bought a flame thrower ( long range touch), and, my wife bought a suppressor.
man i needed caffeine just to get through this.......
Sorry gentlemen, no disrespect, but I'll stick to my iron sights like a real man.
You must be thinking someone else's tax return!
Sry I gotta use it on eggs 🥚 this year
Would you explain the difference in holographic and red dot sight
The holographic sight has no parallax error, unlike red dots
They have a video that does this already. It's called "Quick Tip: Red Dot vs Holographic Sight - What's the Difference?"
@@hoorayimhelping3978 Thanks I'll look that up
Cool shirts. Twinning today?
2 for 1 sale?
Do people still get tax refunds??
I paid an extra 16k in taxes last year
Do you guys call each other in the morning when your dressing?
Who wore it better?
Wait can someone explain how the SRO has a 1 Moa dot?
And they also make RMRs with 1 MOA dot too. It's the RM-09 model (literally in stock on multiple sites right now).
Unfortunately I don’t get a tax refund….I work to hard and have to pay for the lazy.
Refund??? that’s cute.
lol what refund? ukrgayne has it
Isn’t it cute when couples wear matching clothes?
Cute but dangerous.
RMR comes in 1 MoA
Stop giving the government interest free loans!!!!
All while printing record amounts of currency devaluing our money!!!!!!!!
Boston tea party
Dinks