Red-dot sight

HPA-CO2-SSP-MPP will not hurt a scope or red dot the jury is out on every red dot not holding up
the one you mention seems like a nice unit at a 2mm dot
i would contact the manufacture, they say under vibration 1000G

shoots flawlessly with a red dot

Mark B said:

I'm a new to air guns, and to this forum. What type of air gun will do the least vibration damage to a red-dot sight? I have a Holosun 403B and heard that a spring piston will destroy a red-dot. A gas ram a little less destructive. And a PCP will do the least damage. I'm getting older and need to shoot with two eyes open. Thanks for your feedback.

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I'd suggest contacting Holosun and asking them if your optic will hold up to a springer.

I have used my Sig Romeo 5 and Romeo 4 red dots on many PCP and CO2 airguns and have never had any issues with them.

Mark B said:

I'm a new to air guns, and to this forum. What type of air gun will do the least vibration damage to a red-dot sight? I have a Holosun 403B and heard that a spring piston will destroy a red-dot. A gas ram a little less destructive. And a PCP will do the least damage. I'm getting older and need to shoot with two eyes open. Thanks for your feedback.

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You will be ok on a pcp. Ive had one on a 50 cal for over a year and it holds zero perfectly.

I've never heard of airguns destroying red dots. Rifle scopes, yes.. I had a Ruger mini-30 that I had to scope with a Burris SP-Airgun scope as well because the heavy op-rod slamming forward would eat reticles.

Don't some red dots attach directly to the slide of a say glocks? I'm sure they'd handle an airgun.

@Mark B - Please interpret: HPA-SSP-MPP

HPA = High Pressure Air = PCPs.

SSP = Single Stroke Pneumatic = Pistols and rifles that are one cock, one shot with an air resovoir.

The P17 is an excellent example, everyone should have one. Very affordable SSP pistol with an amazingly good trigger. Direct copy of the much more expensive HW40A.

MPP = Multi-pump pneumatics = Sheridan Streaks / Crosman 760

Mark B said:

I'm a new to air guns, and to this forum. What type of air gun will do the least vibration damage to a red-dot sight? I have a Holosun 403B and heard that a spring piston will destroy a red-dot. A gas ram a little less destructive. And a PCP will do the least damage. I'm getting older and need to shoot with two eyes open. Thanks for your feedback.

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It's not so much the choice of your airgun (as you should be able to choose the one you want and sight it up accordingly) but the type of Red dot you buy.
After the last 10 years I'm pretty much done with Micro Reflex. They promise so much, being compact, good looking and having no effect on balance, but I've since broken every single one of them regardless of the outlay, cheap, or expensive.
Going inside my last Hawke micro, I think I found the issue.
It appears they glue the little light emmiter directly to the x/y adjustment stalks which in turn are screwed to the outside adjustment screws.
The light emitter either becomes detached altogether, or shifts zero.

This never seems to happen with look through the scope, tubular models which are built similar to rifle or pistol scopes. Some now reaching a lifetime of service as these were the original type from the 80s.
The Hawke 1x30 has proved indestructible.

Basically any red dot will be fine on any airgun, with the sole exception of maybe springers. Well, provided you have a proper mount. Springers have a special kick to them. Most other airguns in "reasonable calibres" like .177 or .22 have essentially no kick at all.

Jack_0106 said:

Don't some red dots attach directly to the slide of a say glocks? I'm sure they'd handle an airgun.

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^ That. There are many dot-sights being mounted on semi-auto handgun slides. I imagine that any one of those would be robust enough to use on a spring-piston airgun.

Cheers,

J~