Good and not expensive red dot for Ruger PCC

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Looking for a red dot type sight for my Ruger PCC that won't cost a fortune. This is my HD firearm, replacing the trusty 12 ga 870 since my wife just can't handle the recoil and pump action of the shotgun.

Also looking for a light for the same weapon.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
I have the Romeo 5 on a couple PCCs. I actually have a Bushnell TRS-25 on my Ruger. I like the Romeo more, but you did say cheap...lol

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What kind of budget do you have in mind for it?
 
You can hardly beat Primary Arms for the price. There are many good ones out there in the same ballpark as well like SIG and Holoson. Olight makes decent lights at the lower end of the price scale.
 
I'm gonna make a suggestion contrary to what you asked, but I'm gonna explain it.

Wait until you can afford a quality red dot that has battery life in the tens of thousands of hours, or is dual illuminated. Spend the money now on a good light and let her get used to the mechanics of the light and the existing sights.

The reason I say this is you don't want her to have to 1) retrieve gun, 2) chamber round, 3) turn on electronic sight (or find it with dead batteries) and 4)then fumble with lights on top of all that. Wait until you can afford a sight that's always on, for years at a time.... then it's just pick up gun, rack it and run it.

Just my opinion which is worth the cost of admission to this post :).
 
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I'm gonna make a suggestion contrary to what you asked, but I'm gonna explain it.

Wait until you can afford a quality red dot that has battery life in the tens of thousands of hours, or is dual illuminated. Spend the money now on a good light and let her get used to the mechanics of the light and the existing sights.

The reason I say this is you don't want her to have to 1) retrieve gun, 2) chamber round, 3) turn on electronic sight (or find it with dead batteries) and 4)then fumble with lights on top of all that. Wait until you can afford a sight that's always on, for years at a time.... then it's just pick up gun, rack it and run it.

Just my opinion which is worth the cost of admission to this post :).

Good words of wisdom! So then following your advice, which light do you recommend?
 
Good words of wisdom! So then following your advice, which light do you recommend?

I've used two different ones on my PCC and have been happy with both for different reasons. The Streamlight TLR-7 works well and is small footprint/low snag risk. It's about 100 bucks if memory serves, maybe a little less. I've repurposed that to a different gun recently and am now using an Olight Valkyrie.

I have a couple of extra bells and whistles on mine though including a Catalyst Arms hardpoint kit that allows me to put the light on a 45 degree MLOK mount. For an optic I went with a dual illuminated RMR. Always on... And when it fails it's on a QD mount that can be easily removed to run with the irons.

Tandemkross does make a nice fiber optic front sight that might be an economical upgrade for the sight system now while saving up for a good dot down the road. Think PA Advanced as the floor with Holosun in the middle or Trijicon on top.
 
I'm gonna make a suggestion contrary to what you asked, but I'm gonna explain it.

Wait until you can afford a quality red dot that has battery life in the tens of thousands of hours, or is dual illuminated. Spend the money now on a good light and let her get used to the mechanics of the light and the existing sights.

The reason I say this is you don't want her to have to 1) retrieve gun, 2) chamber round, 3) turn on electronic sight (or find it with dead batteries) and 4)then fumble with lights on top of all that. Wait until you can afford a sight that's always on, for years at a time.... then it's just pick up gun, rack it and run it.

Just my opinion which is worth the cost of admission to this post :).

Solid advice
 
The TRS-25 is a good choice, and I have had a lot of luck with the Primary Arms line.
These would be my recommendations for a low cost red dot. I've had several TRS-25s and one PA microdot. They are similar and none have ever failed me over several years.
 
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Romeo5 works fir what you are asking. Will need to up the light budget to about same as optic considering HD app though.
 
I've used two different ones on my PCC and have been happy with both for different reasons. The Streamlight TLR-7 works well and is small footprint/low snag risk. It's about 100 bucks if memory serves, maybe a little less. I've repurposed that to a different gun recently and am now using an Olight Valkyrie.

I have a couple of extra bells and whistles on mine though including a Catalyst Arms hardpoint kit that allows me to put the light on a 45 degree MLOK mount. For an optic I went with a dual illuminated RMR. Always on... And when it fails it's on a QD mount that can be easily removed to run with the irons.

Tandemkross does make a nice fiber optic front sight that might be an economical upgrade for the sight system now while saving up for a good dot down the road. Think PA Advanced as the floor with Holosun in the middle or Trijicon on top.

I like this solution best (for now). I checked out the Tandemkross fiber optic sight and they have both a front and rear sight. I'll get that set plus the TLR-7 light and I think we'll be set for awhile.

The PCC is a better tool than the 870 for HD especially since we are in a neighborhood of multi acre lots with woods. Not that I'm leaving the house to chase bad guys but the PCC is good to 50-75 yards with acceptable accuracy.

I appreciate all of the advice!
 
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A few suggestions:

Athlon Optics Midas TSR2 https://cameralandny.com/shop/athlo...f9b0-0137-75ec-00163e90e196?variation=2075551
The TSR2 features a 2MOA red dot, quickly allowing the user to acquire the red dot while focusing on the targets

  • Adjustable Illumination Settings: Multiple Adjustable Illumination settings provide best visibility under different ambient light environment.
  • Extended Battery Life: Extended Battery Lift offers 50,000 hours battery life at medium illumination setting.
  • Motion Activation: Built in motion detector automatically wakes the unit up from the sleep mode when a motion is detected.
  • Smart Power Management System: Smart Power Management System puts the unit into sleeping mode when no motion is detected in 5 minutes. The unit automatically set the illumination at the last setting used after each time changing the battery.
  • Fully Multicoated: Fully Multicoated optics effectively reduces reflected light and increases the transmission of light giving you a brighter image than normal single coated lenses
  • Aircraft Aluminum: The aircraft grade aluminum that has exceptional strength and superior mechanical integrity will protect these world class optics no matter what punishment you throw at it.
  • One Piece Chassis Construction: Heat treated one piece Chassis gives the scope extra strength. A one piece Chassis also is better at keeping moisture out thus keeping your scope fog proof for the life of the product
  • Waterproof: Waterproof to protect the scope in the harshest weather conditions or if accidently submerged underwater
  • Fog proof: Fog proof to allow you to immediately engage your target when you take your rifle to cold ambient temperature from warm inside
  • Shockproof: Robust mechanical system with special designs on both control and erector system that give you the ultimate recoil resistance to withstand 600G recoil for 1000 times.
  • Nitrogen Purged: Nitrogen purging dramatically reduces the moisture inside the tube and helps maintaining fogproof and waterproof.
  • Picatinny Rail Mount: Included Picatinny Rail Mount that is compatible with most of bases used by most of hunting and tactical rifles
Any of the Sig Sauer Romer Series:
https://cameralandny.com/shop?query=sig romeo&sorting=price:asc

In Hawke take a look at the #12104 Vantage Red Dot 1x30 Weaver - 3MOA at $109.99
https://cameralandny.com/shop/hawke...1540-0138-792f-00163e90e196?variation=2091485

  • 3 MOA red dot with 11 stage digital brightness control
  • 25 layer Multi-Coated optics for maximum clarity
  • Integrated mount – ready straight from the box
  • Parallax error free from 10 yards/9 meters
  • Ideal for use on pistols, ARs and hunting rifles
  • High quality aluminium construction
  • Nitrogen purged – water, shock and fog proof
Please give us a call to discuss what would be best for you, 516-217-1000
 
I like this solution best (for now). I checked out the Tandemkross fiber optic sight and they have both a front and rear sight. I'll get that set plus the TLR-7 light and I think we'll be set for awhile.

The PCC is a better tool than the 870 for HD especially since we are in a neighborhood of multi acre lots with woods. Not that I'm leaving the house to chase bad guys but the PCC is good to 50-75 yards with acceptable accuracy.

I appreciate all of the advice!

I took a PCC class with mine and we were all pretty easily and routinely getting hits on torso sized steel at 200 yds.

Now is the 9mm a rifle cartridge with rifle terminal ballistics? No, but I don't wanna get hit with it at range either....
 
I would go with the Sig Romeo 5. https://osagecountyguns.com/firearm-accessories/scopes-optics/sig-sauer-romeo5-sor52001.html

$139 Free Shipping no tax. Comes with both mounts in retail packaging. Really the $125-$150 Red Dot market is currently flooded with good options. I am not sure than one is really better than the other. They are all made in China at the same factories by the same subcontractors. Vortex and Primary Arms seem to stand behind their products and have a no BS warranty. Sig has a lifetime warranty which I have never had to test but knowing Sig these days they will weasel out of it. With that said I would still get the Romeo 5. I own 3
 
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Ordered the Tandemkross fiber optic sights and a TLR-7 light. Should have it all put together soon. Thanks for the advice and guidance all!

Got the sights and the light and installed them. The switch for the light is just where my index finger from the supporting hand on the forearm can find it to turn on the light. The fiber optic front and rear sights are great and perfect for both eyes open shooting. The don't look super durable but since this is on a HD gun and not something that I will be taking to war, they will work fine. The front sight screws are torx pattern and fortunately for me I found a torx screwdriver in my toolbox that fit the screw head perfectly. TK gives you an allen wrench for the back sight locking screw that they provide which also fit the Ruger rear sight screw so installation was easy all the way around. I did blue locktite the front sight screw. Hopefully it will stay in place as the Ruger front sight uses two screws to hold the sight in place compared to TK one screw.

Can't wait to sight it in soon. Thanks again to rantingredneck for sage advice for this project.

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