I have been invited to participate in a local falling plate match once a month. They shoot at 50 yards. I dont have a set up for this, but was thinking of rigging up my 625-4 up for it. This is not a fast paced event and is more for fun than anything, so Im looking for suggestions of optics and mounts that wont break the bank. Im thinking $300 ish for the setup.
Ive been looking at the Burris Fastfire iii with the Allchin mini STS mount. If I decide to really get into it, I can always upgrade, I just dont want to dump a bunch of money into something that may or may not last.
Thanks in Advance
William

While not falling plates, matches at my club have us shooting all sorts of things at 50 yards. Bowling pins, gongs, clay birds, etc.
I always use my 625-3.
It has a Ultradot Matchdot II on a Weigand rail.
Very competitive setup. Win my share and am usually in the top 3.
Tried the FF3, and it just wasn't precise enough for this.
With the Ultradot, I can select dot sizes (smaller is better), brightness, elevation adjust knob, and maybe most important, attach a neutral density filter to the front lens to control contrast and prevent dot washout on bright sunny days.
The FF3 is better suited to close-in speed games, something I don't do very often, so that optic has been relegated to the parts box.

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US Army '72-'95

I have a low cost red dot set up on a model 64 , Millet SP-1 with a no drill mount from Aimtech. The Sp-1 was on sale from Midway $60.00 and the Aimtech mount was $50.00. Installed it myself so it was not too expensive. Been meaning to upgrade , but the set-up works and the Millet has features I like, tried it liked it has been on the 64 for several years. In fact, I bought another Millet SP-1 for a Ruger MKII last year, they were on sale and I like the dot sights...getting older eye, cant see iron sight syndrome, and they solve the problem.
My first Millet is at least 12 years old now and still works like a champ!
Gary