Gentlemen,
I just picked up on of these and I need to equip it with a dot. Without breaking the bank.

https://ruger.com/products/lcC...pecSheets/19309.html

The intended uses are for steel challenge, bedside gun, and truck gun. I would like always on or shake awake.

I’d like to spend 700.00 tops.

Thanks,
Mike

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Aimpoints hard to beat. But no shake awake.

Holosun/Sig Romeo 5 much cheaper and have shake awake. Still pretty durable.

Put a Sig Romeo 5 on my Ruger and could not be happier.

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Originally posted by sandmatt:
Put an Sig Romeo 5 on my Ruger and could not be happier.

same here

That’s 112.00 on Amazon! Seems low for a quality optic. But, I trust your judgement.

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Originally posted by 1KPerDay:

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Originally posted by sandmatt:
Put an Sig Romeo 5 on my Ruger and could not be happier.

same here

I am in the same position as the OP, just bought a PCC and looking for the right optic. What makes a $500 - $700 Aimpoint/Holosun/Eotech "better" than a sub $150 Romeo 5? I don't really want to spend that much more if I don't have to.

Holosun 403. $125-150 depending on features. Mine have green dots, shake awake, bazillion battery hours, one of them has solar, they both have NV modes. I wouldn’t spend $700 on a red dot for a 9mm PCC, that amount would buy a quality suppressor, and that’s with stamp and sales tax.

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Originally posted by kho:
I am in the same position as the OP, just bought a PCC and looking for the right optic. What makes a $500 - $700 Aimpoint/Holosun/Eotech "better" than a sub $150 Romeo 5? I don't really want to spend that much more if I don't have to.

1. The belief that if the more expensive one is placed in a protracted deployment situation it would fare better.

2. Couple that with the fact that the .gov literally can print money so any optic used by the .gov is going to have the inverse relationship with supply and cost. Because these companies don't rely on civilian sales, and because lots of people are willing to shell out the $$ for "battle tested", they are going to cost more.

3. Plus a lot of times they have specific and cool features like NV capabilities and such that the lower cost don't have.

4. And they aren't made in China.

That said, it's very very hard to justify the price difference between Aimpoint and Holosun, especially since Aimpoint does not have green reticles, which I have fallen in love with. I have both of these and would not get an "battle" Aimpoint (mine is the CompM4) really for any reason unless it was gently used and cheap. The "Pro" versions are really good, but it is very hard to justify that over, for me, the Holosun and (effectively) 1500 (9mm)/1000 (5.56) rounds of ammunition for the same price.

I bought a Vortex SPARC Solar red dot for my Ruger 5.7 Charger. Seems to be high quality and it has the shake-awake you're looking for.

I also like the unlimited no questions asked warranty that Vortex provides. Not sure if SIG or the others do the same.

I'd say the Vortex seems to be a step above the SIG Romeo5 I have on another rifle. The Vortex comes with a mount giving you a lower 1/3 co-witness with your irons where-as the SIG comes with an "absolute co-witness" mount. I definitely prefer the slightly taller mount of the Vortex. You'd spend $100 or more for a similar mount bought separately. The SPARC can be found for $225-250.

https://vortexoptics.com/sparc-solar-red-dot.html

don't forget Primary Arms has a lot of different selections and reticles.

I got an Sig Romeo 5 at Academy, it was the one with the regular rail and the riser(same price), for under $125

It has the shake awake magic

I have both a Romeo 5 and Aimpoint T-1. They each serve a purpose and both are great in their respective roles. The Aimpoint is always on and sits atop my end of the world AR15. The Romeo 5, of which I have several, sit atop backup ARs as well as a Scorpion and do well in that role.

For a PCC gun/truck gun,I would be fine with Romeo 5. For a “come hell or high water” gun, I want the Aimpoint.

Primary Arms SLx red dots are slick units.

For that use I'd think a Holosun 510

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Originally posted by sandmatt:
Put a Sig Romeo 5 on my Ruger and could not be happier.

I have 3 on different lower budget weapons (shotgun, a shorty 8" 300blk, and a PCC), and they are all rock solid. Best budget red dot available, imho. They aren't treated nicely by me.

I have the Holosun AEMS on my 9mm PCC. I love the large window and circle dot reticle. If you are military or law enforcement, you get a nice discount at PA. The core model with just the dot is even cheaper.

https://www.primaryarms.com/ho...le-dot-red-dot-sight

https://www.primaryarms.com/ho...-2-moa-red-dot-sight

Interesting. One of the guys in my squad is pushing me to get the 510C. He uses it and loves it.
Do you own one? If so, do you use a riser?

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Originally posted by JonDaddy82:
For that use I'd think a Holosun 510

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So many good options. Thanks for your suggestions.

I have an Acro P2 on my SP5K and really like it. I also have an Aimpoint T1 that is really good, too. You may be able to bring the price down a bit by searching for used ones.

I ended up buying the Holosun 512C.
Zero it tomorrow.