Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled "What’s the Best Reflex Sight Dot Color?" and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/whats-the-best-reflex-sight-dot-color/.
I see red and green just fine. I have no color blindness.So I am red/green color blind, a common affliction among males. The wave lengths of light are close enough together I can not distinguish red from green when one color dominates. One can see the problems there. Maybe that's why Pitdogg2 likes blue. My most visible color in the woods, fluorescent pink.
Yes, those are valid things, but then again there is a lot of red, especially clothing. I dare say I see more red shirts and jackets than I do bright green. So what's to say the red dot will be visible better than green when shooting at something that may shoot back.The reason I’ve heard why green isn’t a great idea, that makes sense to me, is that grass, trees, bushes, etc can obfuscate and hide the dot.
I’ve only used red, so not sure if that logic is true in reality, but seems like it could be. Red is much easier to pickup in contrast to surroundings.
When I had my Hell Cat I went with a swampfox sentinel red dot. For me it was a costly mistake. I learned just how bad my astigmatism was. I did not get a dot. I got a big red blur that made it useless.I have a green dot and I like it a lot. I’d have all my reflex sights in green if I could, but they are not always easy to find. And they typically tend to be a bit more expensive.
If, like me, you are on the color-blindness spectrum, I suggest trying different optics before buying whenever possible. Some colors are hard to pick up and if you shoot at indoor ranges, some don't allow the use of tinted glasses which makes glare an issue. I find green a bit easier to see than red due to the fact that many reds look grey, pink or orange to me. I would love to try the gold reticle, sounds intriguing. Btw, the reason blue is not often used is that it is the hardest color for the human eye to see so it takes a lot more battery power to make it bright enough.Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled "What’s the Best Reflex Sight Dot Color?" and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/whats-the-best-reflex-sight-dot-color/.
I recently put green dot Holosun EPS on a pistol and can see it much better than the red. The green dot model cost about 20 bucks more than the red.I have a green dot and I like it a lot. I’d have all my reflex sights in green if I could, but they are not always easy to find. And they typically tend to be a bit more expensive.