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Old 09-17-2020, 03:55 PM
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My neighbors brother has a new 629 hunter with accompanying red dot. He would like to conserve his pricey ammo. He intends it for woods defense and deer hunting. So couple questions
Is the factory red dot worth keeping?
Is the red dot adjusted at factory? I think not because isn’t mounted
Iron sights preset at factory? I think he has buffalo bore hunting loads and cheap practice ammo
Anyone have experience with sight mark 44 mag laser bore sight?
Anything to watch out for? reading the existing threads makes me think is fine if heavy.
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I bought one last year. The red dot was mounted, but needed adjustment for the load I used to sight it in. Never tried the iron sights, but that's why they are adjustable. The gun is well made, with a nice trigger both DA and SA. The muzzle brake is effective, especially with heavy loads.

The red dot sight is cheap, and I was going to change mine, but so far, it has worked fine with maybe 3 or 4 hundred target loads, and a hundred or so heavy hunting loads thru it.

Still, I will likely change it out, as it is bulky, and still worry about its long term reliability. No experience with the bore sighter, but I will say if he intends to hunt with it, and use it for "woods defense", he needs to spend some time at the range getting familiar with it, and that requires burning up some ammo.

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Any red dot, scope or even the iron sights will need adjusting depending on the load, distance, etc. The $35 UTG red dot that came with the gun isn't the best but isn't bad for it's price. I've seen them go several thousand rounds before failing. If your friend wants to get familiar with the gun, he's going to have to shoot it. A bunch. I'm sure he spent a chunk on the gun so why skimp on ammo? I enjoy shooting mine.





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Penny wise, pound foolish.

It shouldn't take that much ammo to sight it in properly.
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You are being sarcastic, right?
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He knows he will have to shoot it quite a bit. He has 44 special ammo and some buffalo bore full house rounds coming. A new handgun shooter just used to rifles. He has yet to acquire that crazed big bore mentality and when one is used to rifle hunting only, they have no appreciation yet of what is required to achieve hand gun proficiency. That and a little sticker shock. I didn’t tell him how many times over I have shot the cost of my handguns and I reload. Thanks all for the pointers another hand gunner joins the fold.
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75vett - I like that leupold gold ring scope.

DuvallMark I would suggest your friend start reloading if he plans to shoot much 44 ammo. It gets pretty expensive pretty darn fast.

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75vett - I like that leupold gold ring scope.

DuvallMark I would suggest your friend start reloading if he plans to shoot much 44 ammo. It gets pretty expensive pretty darn fast.
yeah we have already discussed reloading a little. I know people will more likely go for it if they are willing to buy a set of dies and caliber change kit. I don’t reload 44 mag and 5.56. I am willing to show people how to do it and practice on my 550 but if they won’t spring for the dies they likely won’t want to buy a decent set up. Not a great time to start reloading. I hear Dillon is backed up on orders of some things. There is a nifty shop down the road from us that usually has everything, will call them and see what their situation is. I have acquired gear over 28 years of reloading and forget how much it is. Turn key setup for Dillon for 1 caliber and flip tray and manual and all the accessories is over a kbuck I think for the 550C
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I bought one last year. The red dot was mounted, but needed adjustment for the load I used to sight it in. Never tried the iron sights, but that's why they are adjustable. The gun is well made, with a nice trigger both DA and SA. The muzzle brake is effective, especially with heavy loads.

The red dot sight is cheap, and I was going to change mine, but so far, it has worked fine with maybe 3 or 4 hundred target loads, and a hundred or so heavy hunting loads thru it.

Still, I will likely change it out, as it is bulky, and still worry about its long term reliability. No experience with the bore sighter, but I will say if he intends to hunt with it, and use it for "woods defense", he needs to spend some time at the range getting familiar with it, and that requires burning up some ammo.

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I didn’t tell him about the muzzle brake. The one on my M1a SOCOM makes sure that people socially distance from me at the range though. Damn that thing is loud what is it? Usually from an AR platform user
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