HW/Weihrauch Trying something different.

[Mycapt65]

My favorite rifle got an impromptu sighting system. I ordered this red dot for my AR. I decided to give it go on my favorite air rifle.
What's novel is I can still use my peeps through the riser mount. That's good because the peeps get hard to use in dim lighting and dark backgrounds. The other thing that may be fun is to zero the red dot at 50 yards where much past that the peeps become hard because the front post covers too much target.
Accuracy is about the same between the two set ups. Top and bottom left is the peeps. The rest was sighting in the red dot. 25 yards - red stickers are 3/4"

 

[Bear-of-Grayling]

I have several red/green dots for my airguns. I really enjoy them. Accurate and keeps the rifle light and small. Especially on big guns like my Hatsan 135.

 

[cahil_2]

I put one on my springer and it lasted for 2 shots.

 

[Mycapt65]

I put one on my springer and it lasted for 2 shots.

Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully this will last longer. Its a very mild springer and the red dot has a good warrantee.

 

[Windmill01]

Mycapt65 that red dot looks high on your 30. Is that the normal height for your scoped rifles. Thinking of your cheek weld.
Gary

 

[Mycapt65]

Mycapt65 that red dot looks high on your 30. Is that the normal height for your scoped rifles. Thinking of your cheek weld.
Gary

You're right it's very high. It's mount is made for an AR platform which has no drop in the stock. It came with a lower mount that I could use if I liked it enough to ditch the peeps. Not likely.

This 30 has the latest Weihrauch stock that I added later. Like many of the newish Weihrauch stocks the comb is almost too high for my fat face to use with peeps. I'm probably going back to the original plain Jane stock with the lower comb.

IMO cheek weld on a springer is over rated. You want or at least I want as few points of body pressure on the gun. Even with PBs cheek weld pressure inconsistency can change POI and needs to be carefully monitored. Personally I've never had a parallax issue from bad positioning so I don't put a lot of value on cheek weld. That's with springers or PBs. It's just another variable to screw with you.
Ymmv

 

[Windmill01]

I think you may be correct. However I have experienced parallax issues with eye positioning, easily fixed though. I can see your point about not ditching the peeps.
Gary

 

[KWK]

A peakie boo mount!
A term I coined for see through scope mounts.

 

[Mycapt65]

I think you may be correct. However I have experienced parallax issues with eye positioning, easily fixed though. I can see your point about not ditching the peeps.
Gary

Imo parallax is easily negated by practicing good form. My Hw50 sports a 4x Vantage with fixed 100 yard parallax. I can stack pellets at ten yards where parallax should be greatest in a hole barely bigger than a pellet. Then shoot another 60 plus yards without adjustment. Parallax is minimal in low power small objective scopes. Even in larger more powerful scopes it's not a big deal if you can get your eye close to center. Cant is much more an issue with rainbow trajectories and long distances

 

[Mycapt65]

I used the lower mount on the red dot and removed the peeps today. It worked absolutely great, but it was too ugly to leave on there. I put the peeps back on and relegated the red dot to defend the homestead on PBs. That is all.