Red dot/mount advice for plates

[qballwill]

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

 

[TAROMAN]

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.

 

[gwpercle]

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