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Shot Alignment with a RED DOT

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Post by rich.tullo Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:12 am

A lot has been discussed with iron sights but little is discussed with red dots I wonder why. 

I don't know how you can hold better than the 9 ring if your alignment is not set with Iron Sights. 

However no one talks about it with dots?
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Post by 285wannab Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:35 am

This is a good subject.  I think of my dot as the front sight and the tube of the reddot as my back sight.  One thing that is a problem for me now is the tube is not clearly defined.  Is this important?  I'm thinking it is.

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Post by jmdavis Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:06 am

Read Dr. Wongs article on a cheap dot enhancer. It may help you to see the tube in a more defined way. 

http://www.starreloaders.com/edhall/nwongmain/enhancer.html
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Post by kwixdraw Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:06 pm

I work on my hold by cutting the X ring out of a 50 reduced target(I hope I wrote that clear enough, I couldn't remember the tgt #) So I have a hole a little larger than .45 bullet diameter. I tape that to a light colored wall and try to hold the dot inside the light colored center. It gives me some idea of how tight I am able to hold even though It's not 25 yds away.
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Post by Jwhelan939 Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:39 pm

Has anyone been able to accomplish Dr. Wong's fix on a Matchdot 2? It doesn't appear it is possible to attach the tube extension to the rear.

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Post by Jack H Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:53 pm

The older 30mm tubes will accept he extension on the rear.  But not the newer 30mm tubes.  Using a black tube and adding a silver end ring makes a real nice Wong visible ring.  But there is no guarantee the dot will center when the new rear ring and window are concentric. 

I have since tried marking the rear edge of the tube with a silver metallic Sharpie.  With and without the extension.  So far so good.
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Post by 285wannab Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:19 am

Thanks JM for the link.  My problem is my vision and the back of the tube isn't as clear as I would like it to be.

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Post by Magnusbullets Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:32 pm

Use a lobster claw rubber band on back of dot tube, 30 mm tube. Tan color, wide helps per Dr Wong. I have a bag full, you need some. They come like 50-100 to a bag.

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Post by john bickar Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:30 pm

Magnusbullets wrote:Use a lobster claw rubber band on back of dot tube, 30 mm tube. Tan color, wide helps per Dr Wong. I have a bag full, you need some. They come like 50-100 to a bag.

Terry, what are you going to do with all those lobsters?
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