Eotech on a pistol?

**smoke-wagon** · November 4th, 2009, 11:20 PM

i was thinking about adding a sight to my ar and pistols and i was thinking the eotech would be perfect for rifle and both pistols (ruger mkIII 22/45 and s&w .44 mag hunter). has anyone else tried and eotech on a pistol? if so got any pics? and of course how do you like it. thanks.

**he11zna** · November 4th, 2009, 11:41 PM

I personally think an Eotech would make the pistol too heavy.
I would look into something like a Truglo Trupoint.

I ran one on my Ruger for a bit, and found out it wasn't for me.
I prefer iron sights on a pistol.

**Lycanthrope** · November 4th, 2009, 11:49 PM

I shot one on a compensated .45 ACP once. It didn't balance badly, but was a bit higher than the C-more. I liked the C-more a bit better, but the Eo wasn't bad. You just have to get used to a different index on the pistol (head higher than what you would use for tracking iron sights).

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**Pete D.** · November 5th, 2009, 08:50 AM

I have one on a .44 magnum T/C Contender barrel - a ten incher. I had gone through three other "recoil proof" red dot sights with that barrel - all broke under recoil. The Eotech has held up. It's a hunting gun and still easy to carry.
Pete

**recoil freak** · November 5th, 2009, 10:03 AM

I have tried the Bushnell Holo site which is almost identical to eotechs and had fair results. It does add considerable weight to the gun but in a heavy recoiling pistol that's never a bad thing. The only issue I experienced was the the site rides very high and can be hard to zero while still maintaining proper form

**ChamberedRound** · November 5th, 2009, 10:15 AM

If you don't mind spending the cash, you can look into a J-Point sight. It's similar to a C-more, Docter Optic, etc. However, for an additional fee (above the normal purchase price) they have a "melt-in" install for Glocks and 1911s.

The "melt-in" install sits the sight low enough that you can see the slide of the pistol in view with the dot, so the sight picture is more like irons than most reflex sights. Not sure if they do this for other pistols as well, but they do have a large selection of traditional mounts as well.

Here's the websites:
http://www.eabco.com/jpoint01.html
http://www.jprifles.com/1.6.1.php

Hope it helps.