D&T Those Rugers!

[AxeHandle]

You know how we all whine about a drilled & tapped top strap when we see it... As a long time wearer of corrective lenses and the owner of a bunch of scoped TCs and bullseye 1911s I still prefer nice black patridge iron sights on my sixguns. Sitting on 20/200 corrected to 20/20 I ran through my iron sighted competition years understanding that light seemed to have much more of an affect on my ability to see the front sight than the guys will good unaided vision. Flash forward about 20 years and I have days I can see good and days that I could not get to work if I had to read road signs to get there. Now days when I spec out a custom Ruger I want black patridge irons but also ask for it to be drilled & tapped for a Leupold base.

[kings6]

I like finding D&Ted Rugers. When normally cost less and once they are welded up and CCH they make a great custom! Stan, you could have Alan Harton do your top strap work and he can make it into a FA topstrap so a Leupold or Lovel base fits along with FA sights and you don't have those exposed holes. Remember, it is only money! ;D

[AxeHandle]

That is My Money! How about we spend Your Money on that FA top strap modification! After we fit a custom oversize cylinder and a custom barrel isn't the condition of the top strap moot?

[usajon]

not trying to hi-jack the thread, but have you ever used a RED dot scope..?

I have not on a handgun, but on my pump mossberg 12 guage, and for getting on target it sweet.

[usajon]

slug gun..

[foxtrapper]

I agree ;D

[AxeHandle]

Red dot scope? Tried them 30 years ago... Actually shot them pretty hard for a few years. Shot good scores and never had a light go out in a match but I only needed to see the light go out one time in a competitor's scope to fully grasp the weakness of the battery powered concept... Not to say that the technology hasn't evolved but it is still battery powered.

[robl]

batteries are supposed to last 10 years on my aimpoint...going on 3:-)

[dmize]

Only problem I have had with my 2 aimpoints and 1 millet was my stupid ass forgetting to turn them off before putting them in the safe.

[kings6]

Remember, I did spend my money to have that done. ;D Along with the long custom 5 shot cylknder the octagon barrel. You just have to mow a few more lawns. Shoot, a couple of months you can mow lawns and pick up cans full time!

[AxeHandle]

Couple of months? How about 48 Calendar days! ;D

[whitworth]

Aug 12, 2012 20:45:20 GMT -5 robl said:

batteries are supposed to last 10 years on my aimpoint...going on 3:-)

Yup, and I have an Ultradot that has been going on 5 years of heavy abuse on the original batteries. We have come a long way!

[AxeHandle]

5 years with the original batteries? 25 years as a quality engineer, 12 years as an avionics tech, and 35 years as a gun owner/shooter and that doesn't quite pass my sanity check.. When I did shoot the red dot beasties I carried extra batteries. It was SOP to replace any that had been in the scope more than just a few month prior to any major event.. When it is time for the gun to go boom it is NOT time for the light to go out. Just keeping the target in the middle of the glass just doesn't work..

[hammerdown77]

With the modern electronics in these red dots, you can get years of continuous run time on the batteries. I think Aimpoint says something like 8 years of continuous use on a single AA battery in their CompM4 series.

Of course, you're gonna pay for that technology.

I think a bigger danger than the battery dying on these handgun red-dots is the damage to them from recoil. Most quality red dot scopes nowadays don't seem to go out due to the battery running down. They die because something breaks loose from the recoil.

[hammerdown77]

Here's an Aimpoint Micro sight that would work well on a pistol. Specs show 50,000 hours of CONTINUOUS use on one 2032 watch battery. That's due to their ACET (Advanced Circuit Efficiency Technology).

Again, these are not inexpensive...

www.aimpoint.com/products/all-products/product-singleview/product/Micro%20H-1/