New to the Site but can someone tell exactly what model of the shield red dot I need for my Hellcat? Best and lowest price? They say people with astigmatism have issues with red dots so what would I need 4, 6 or 8?
Thanks
I'm the guy a few pages back the suggested a smaller dot. I shoot USPSA carry optics and Holosun 507c.
I bought the 3MOA Sentinel shake and wake version. I don't want auto dimming. I wanted a consistent brightness for reasons you can read earlier in this thread.
For a dot sized small enough for a Hellcat, you don't need a 6 or 8 MOA. you aren't shooting farther than 15 yards. You can, but if you do that regularly, just get a full size handgun. The Hellcat excels at concealibility and close enough to grab you sort of confrontations. It's not intended to be a 30 yard target pistol.
So a small red dot is what competitive shooters use because it allows you to see the target better. If you are concerned about the small size of the dot, just turn up the brightness more and the lens will bleed more and the dot will appear bigger. Problem solved.
If you choose the bigger dot you cannot dial it down.
I spent a lot of ammo shooting the Holosun out of my Canik tp9sfx using the giant 32 MOA circle dot crosshair reticle combo. Initially this helped me acquire targets fast while I got used to using red dots in general. But in the long term, it wasn't doing me any favors and my acquisition times plateaued until to switched to the smaller dot.
One I was using the smaller dot, i really started focusing on my grip and draw to get consistency. Once I got that down, and you can do it dry firing, I didn't need to search around in the glass for the dot like I did when I first started shooting red dots.
So my advice is to shoot the **** out of the Hellcat and dry fire that sucker hella lots until you get it right.
Every day, before I leave the house, I unload and practice my draw and dot acquisition. It's a perishable skill and if you don't stay on top of it, you get sloppy. And that ain't good.
