New M&P15-22 owner, red dot recommendation?

[Flash_80]

I'll go into this assuming you aren't going to use it for any competition speed shooting. If so, disregard this.

First off, any red dot will basically get you by. I'd go no larger than 3MOA, and 2 or 1 preferrably. People dump on Sightmark, but I've found them to be pretty good. No bad experiences for me. The TRS you mentioned is also a good one on a budget. The micro dots of various flavors seem small and all, but on a rifle that doesn't matter. You will pick up the dot quickly on a rifle regardless, so that small stature doesn't hurt a thing. Whoever mentioned the Vortex Strikefire was pretty dead on also. It is a 4MOA, but I had one on a speed gun for a while til I bought a C-More and it was an extremely good sight. Though about selling it since I don't use it, but will likely just keep it as a swap out for a 1-4X scope on an AR in the case that I want to change things up ever.

Aimpoint and Eotech are wasted on a 15-22. Why by a red dot that cost more than the gun, especially when its a 22. If there is some purpose (competition), yes, but plinking and backyard shooting, you will get by without SEAL quality optics. Even on my AR's, the Sightmark Milspec is clear, 1MOA, holds zero, and cost like $175. I've got no need personally for the Eotech. Now if I made $150K a year and had money to burn, then why not, but I'm straight middle class and can use the extra cash on some other cool thing.

 

[batmann]

While Vortex makes some fine optics, the Bushnell TRS 25 is a quality optic as well. I have one on a Winchester 9422M and, what can I say that hasn’t been said, you won’t be disappointed.

 

[RKDad]

I've been using the field sport red dot on mine since day 1. I bought it along with the TRS 25 to see which I liked better. To this day I've had 2 TRS 25's and the same field sport. Both the TRS's went back, 1 due to the disappearing red dot and the other the dot was only half as bright as it should've been. The field sport has been a trooper for $20. Excellent clarity and low light function. It's been on and off my 15-22 as many times as I've been to the range and it is always zero. I've been through about 2800-3000 rds this winter alone and zero problems. Temps usually well below freezing. If you can get your hands on the older "GOLD" letter version TRS 25 you should be, well, golden. They are both great optics and really wish I could've gotten the a good TRS. But it's hard to pass up being able to buy 3 of one for the price of the other.