Model 460XVR scope or red dot

[Griffin26]

Hey everyone... I just bought a new 460 with 8 3/8 barrel...I am hoping to get some opinions on a red dot or a scope for this monster... I have a M&P R8 which I put a red dot on and that I used for hunting last year. I love the quick accusation of a red dot on a handgun and was able to easily harvest a few good whitetails last year. ... I know this gun is easily good for a 100 yards so I would like to use it for out to 100 yards but have never used a pistol scope before... Is target acquisition quick with a pistol scope? Or am I better sticking with a red dot? Any opinions on which scope or red dot will be greatly appreciated.

[roscoepc]

Welcome to the Site!! I have no experience with scopes on a pistol but others such as Ruggy will be along in a short!!

[diyj98]

Either one will work. I prefer scopes for fine precision shooting myself, but am slowly be won over by red dots.

For scopes I've had good luck with Leupolds. I have long arms and some other brands don't offer enough eye relief for me. I have a couple Burris adjustable objective scopes that are great for punching paper from the bench, but don't have the eye relief I need for offhand shooting.

With reddots, Ultradot seems to be about the best. I have a Matchdot and the basic Ultradot and both work great.

[ruggyh]

Here are recent threads on the subject ( and there are others).

As stated above Leupold seems to be the scope of choice for Big bore handguners

Ultradot seems to have a big following with the Big bore handgun crowd also. I have just started using the 30 and micro version but have not shoot enough rounds to really comment on them.

I was using Aimpoint H1 but after a second failure at 2000 round point I am looking for more robust option.


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Good luck and be safe
Ruggy