Burris FASTFIRE II ™ RED DOT REFLEX SIGHT

[Bigahh]

Anyone tried this sight out at all. It sure seems it would be quite an upgrade from open sights for Failing eyes if a Scope would be the final option. Looks like it can mount on a Win 94 or a Marlin Lever like a Williams FP Peep would. Am anxious to see an honest review on one rather than in a Magazine where the Burris name is reviewed, and not so much the product. Heres a link to see the product.
http://www.burrisoptics.com/fastfire.html

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

I mounted one on a customers 92. I use the stock dovetail slot and added one more just behind it and had to build some adaptors for the dovetails.
The customer really likes it.

[Bigahh]

Very Nice! Seems like a very quick set up for the eye to pick up the target. Also seems like a good option for the guys who have trouble with open sights, and cannot mount a scope. Maybe Jeff Quinn has, or will have some experience with this also.

[76/444]

Not a Burris,....but.......

http://www.bushnell.com/products/scopes ... ot/731303/

Bushnell TRS-25,... at just over 3 ounces , with a button battery life of 3,000 hours, a little over 2 inches long,.... and no adverse reactions to 444 recoil,... I find this red dot the best I have ever owned!!!

[AJMD429]

See this post for my (so far) experience... http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=23531

It started out with a Bushnell Holosight (better for night use since it goes dimmer)...



Here it is with the similar-to-Fastfire "TruGlo" sight I have on it now. Wish it would go dimmer though for night use. Maybe I can find a strategic place to solder a resistor...



BTW, the thing in front of the red-dot sight is a flat (and cheap) little 'pistol' laser from BSA; the mount isn't too great (fixed with a $0.15 screw) and it may not be what I'd want on a .44 Mag snubbie self-defense gun, but recoil on the .357 carbine is nil, and it gives me a confirming aiming point. With the 4 watt light, feral beasties are visible easily out to 75 yards in pitch black night, so the setup is actually a practical one in terms of 'out checking the livestock because I heard howling and bleating' useage. "Zombie-killing" setups using shorty AR's and such may be fine if you wear hearing protectors all the time, and anticipate hordes of zombies, but the little .357 loaded with .38 specials is just right for coyotes in the goat pen, or raccoons in the hen house...

[Warhawk]

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... lit=burris

I have one on my 1894, only one range trip so far, didn't get to do much more than a rough zero.

So far so good.

[sinsir]

i have a gen 1 fastfire on both a ruger 10/22 and a browning buckmark pistol ... they work well. it's a bit more $ then a sightmark clone, but worth it IMHO

[oldbrownhat]

I just got one of these for my 1894, which I also have set up with a Surefire G2 mounted on the mag. tube as we have occasional bear and coyote problems here and it may get used at night. Mine has the Picatinny/Weaver mount, which sets it a tad high but its OK. I may try and make a mounting plate as the factory ones are overpriced IMHO.

I also tried a red dot sight similar to the Tru-Glo on shown in the post above but for me it really sits far too high for comfort and I'd have to use a high cheek pad (eand sp. on my 1895 where cheek weld is important.) OTOH the FastFire, mounted in the forward scope base holes, doesn't interfere with my Willams aperture sight, so if were to fail I'd just have to remove it and could still use the irons.

The only negative thing I've noticed so far - tonight when I thought we had an intruder! - is that in the dark the red dot, being auto-set to minimum level, is so low it seems to tremble. I replaced the factory-supplied battery with a new one in case the other was defective but it's the same. Has anyone else noticed this? Other than this it looks to be the real deal- light, unobtrusive and nice and bright even in sunlight.

UPDATE Mar.26:

I got it out to the range today and sighted it in. The tiny adjustment screws are a bit finicky due to their size and ideally I'd prefer hex head screws rather than slot, but it's not a big deal. I discovered that you have to tighten down the lock screws between adjustments or the reticle will move during shooting! I wondered why the first three shots were OK then I seemingly missed on the fourth. I removed the bolt and boresighted it and noticed that the dot had moved quite a bit down and to the right! But once everything is snugged down it seems to hold zero fine. So unlike a scope, it's not easy to readjust- it's intended to be set and locked. In this respect it's a bit like the AO (previously "Ashley Outdoors") ghost ring sight, except it doesn't use those slightly annoying opposing set screws for the windage adjustment. Other than this small quibble, I think it's a good piece of gear. Trijicon and JP Enterprise make similar units, albeit at considerably higher cost, but I think this will be just fine for me.

Stuart