Best range to sight red dot at?

[Jamroxorz]

I have a Tasco Reddot for my AK47. I was wondering what's the best range to sight it at? I don't see it being very accurate =\ is there a way to make it perfect? I'm gonna be playing in an indoor paintball field at Sgt.splatters, any suggestions?

[thpethalK]

Zero your sight for whatever range you plan on using it the most at. If you're playing indoor, you're probably looking between 50-100 ft

[Eeyore]

You want to co-witness it. Meaning you want the dot to line up so that you can use your iron sights and the dot will match. I suggest dialing it in for between 50-75 ft.

[Jamroxorz]

For the co-witnessing I should line up the dot with the front sights? It seems like that might be hard since the sights are pretty low. The red dot is hovering cause of the side mounted rail. I guess I'll try sighting it for about 75ft

[Eeyore]

Ahh an AK, sorry I missed that part. Ignore what I said about co-wittnessing the red dot.

[Jamroxorz]

Lol oh okay =]

[Danke]

Co-witnessing does not mean co-zeroing. All it means is that you want to still be able to see your irons through the optic.

Then when your battery dies (and it will) you can still line up a shot.

Zero the irons first, then zero the optic.

On something like an AK a good co-witness can be tough but it's still something to try for.

[Jamroxorz]

Thing is, if my battery dies, it's as easy as taking the side mounted rail off, it takes a second. It just flipping a lever and the thing slides off.

And it's always in the same place, cause there's only one way of attaching it

And my irons are good to go =] and I can obviously adjust the rear sight for w.e approx range if I have to

[Danke]

Originally Posted by Jamroz

Thing is, if my battery dies, it's as easy as taking the side mounted rail off, it takes a second. It just flipping a lever and the thing slides off.

Will someone shoot you while you're stuffing it in a pouch?

[Jamroxorz]

It takes probably the same time as reloading a mag, and there's no way to co-witness it, it's way above the sights

And the rail covers the rear sights

[thpethalK]

Good practice is to zero your optic again whenever you move it on the weapon. Your optic will never always be point of aim, point of impact due to variance in range and the natural flight of a BB. Use the optic for fast target acquisition and train yourself to accurately judge your engagement distance so you can adjust your point of aim in order to achieve the desired point of impact.

[Thenooblord]

I usually zero my red dots to my maximum range where the BBs start to fall (or the "highest" that it you see it go through your scope), so worst case scenario is I'm firing between 4" to 0" low on anything closer than my maximum range, which is easy, if unnecessary, to adjust for

[ThunderCactus]

+1 to maximum range

[AngelusNex]

I've always zeroed for max range. That way I'm never hitting higher than I'm aiming, avoiding face shots.

[CDN_Stalker]

I've always zeroed all my guns at 30ft (was part of my night before prep, including loading mags), and check it game day while tweaking my hop up. Always worked great for me.