Ultradot Question

CompetitorFirst · #1 10-23-2018, 01:51 AM

Hello everyone, i’m buying an ultradot for my 686 competitor, i found this one used online at a very small price. The seller doesn’t know what it is, and when i asked him to show me if it works he sent me those 2 pictures.
My question is : it works for your opinion or it’s broken?

Before any “buy a new one” i live in italy and here ultradot doesn’t ship 😂 . Every opinion on my question is very appreciated

typetwelve · #2 10-23-2018, 09:32 AM

You can shoot a picture through the device showing the red dot. He's just not taking very good pictures.

BTW, I have that same red dot and it served me well mounted to a Super Redhawk. My father is using mine at the moment.

Protocall_Design · #3 10-23-2018, 09:53 AM

Ultradot is a high quality red dot scope. I have an Ultradot II that I really like. However, those 2 pictures do not show if that particular one works or not.

shakyshoot · #4 10-23-2018, 12:03 PM

It looks like you're seeing the glow from the dot on the inside, but you can't really see the dot. Maybe ask him to send a better pic that shows a clear dot.

shakyshoot · #5 10-23-2018, 12:25 PM

Where is your seller? If he's in the U.S., he needs an export license to ship gun parts over $100, and a sight is considered gun parts. You said it was cheap. Under $100?

CompetitorFirst · #6 10-23-2018, 01:04 PM

yes 50$ , the guy doesn’t know much about red dot, ira also difficult for me to tell him what to do becouse i don’t know if i have to set or adjust the dot and how in this Ultradot (instructions arnt available online)

Protocall_Design · #7 10-23-2018, 01:38 PM

As long as there's a dot when you turn it on, you mount it on the gun and sight it in like a regular crosshair scope.

shakyshoot · #8 10-23-2018, 01:40 PM

You won't find many for $50. You'll have to sight it in, but it's pretty easy. Just turn the arrows toward the way you want the shot to move. Start at 5 or 7 yards so you can get the first shots on paper.

Joni_Lynn · #9 10-23-2018, 02:19 PM

Ultradots have always served me well. The only time I ever had an issue was when I dropped my gun and it landed on the Ultradot and bent it up a bit. I recommend them over any of the other ones available.

S.B. · #10 10-23-2018, 02:54 PM

A picture of it's controls would help? I own two Ultras, one with four sizes of dots the other a LT model, both work great for me. The LT now sits on my S&W 22A-1 while the other sits on my whitetail hunting 629-4.
Steve

ExRanger714 · #11 10-23-2018, 03:34 PM

I've got a 2 moa model and it is the only thing that can live through 30-40 Krag recoil in a re-chambered Contender. $50 is one third the price of mine new five years ago. I'd jump at $50 for another.

Joni_Lynn · #12 10-23-2018, 03:36 PM

One of mine stayed working and the adjustments held on my FA 454. I had a 29-4 that killed an Aimpoint and several Burris scopes. Now it also wears an Ultradot.

357 shooter · #13 10-23-2018, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by typetwelve

You can shoot a picture through the device showing the red dot. He's just not taking very good pictures.

Agree , not that hard to take a pic of the illuminated dot with the scope pointed at something in the distance.

I have two Ultradots , one bought new used on a Smith 41 target pistol , the other bought used first mounted on a 2.5" 686 and now on a Ruger Single Six. Very nice red dot.

shakyshoot · #14 10-23-2018, 03:59 PM

My Matchdot2 sits atop my 629-6. Only a few hundred rounds so far but it's held zero. It already survived 20,000 rounds of 22LR, but that's probably not too remarkable.

CompetitorFirst · #15 10-23-2018, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.B.

A picture of it's controls would help? I own two Ultras, one with four sizes of dots the other a LT model, both work great for me.
Steve

These are the other pictures he sent me : as i said the guy has absolutely no clue of what is that and how it works , i asked if he see a red dot inside but he said “i see red but not a proper dot” and i don’t know if he’s looking straight or not too 😂 , if some of you has suggestions on what to ask him or how to set the dot well in the sight, would be amazing !

shakyshoot · #16 10-23-2018, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CompetitorFirst

if some of you has suggestions on what to ask him or how to set the dot well in the sight, would be amazing !

You don't have to set anything to see a dot, other than the power level setting. If you're looking at it straight, you'll see a dot. If you can't see a dot with any alignment, there's something wrong.

Karnivore · #17 10-23-2018, 07:23 PM

Great quality red dot sight. This Matchdot 2 holds up to my Performance Center S&W .460 Magnum rounds. Good choice at a great price.

adwjc · #18 10-23-2018, 11:40 PM

I don't see the name "Ultra Dot" on that scope, the pictures show some other name, looks like "Inter Sight" in the photos.

Every real Ultra Dot I have seen has "Ultra Dot" on the battery cover.

Krogen · #19 10-24-2018, 12:01 AM

I agree with adwjc. It doesn't look like any Ultradot I've seen before. $50 may well be too much! Buyer beware!

Protocall_Design · #20 10-24-2018, 09:50 AM

Yeah, not an Ultra Dot. Don't get taken.

H Richard · #21 10-24-2018, 12:06 PM

There are literally dozens of brands of red dot sights, ranging in price from $17 up to several hundred. What I see in your picture isn't an "Ultra-dot", but some kind of Chinese red dot. sort of like a Millet I had some time ago, which wasn't a bad dot, but cost about $65 new. When it comes to recoil absorption cheap ones seem to fail fairly quickly.

Protocall_Design · #22 10-24-2018, 12:22 PM

I would bet that the seller knows exactly what they have and is playing dumb in the hopes that you will be dumb too.