Reddit reviews Sightmark Ultra Shot Reflex Sight Quick Detach Digital Switch

If you can swing an extra $40, Vortex has the best red dots for the price point. Also a full no bullshit lifetime warranty.

https://gun.deals/product/vortex-strikefire-ii-red-dot-redgreen-dot-wlower-13-co-witness-cantil-14930-wcode-spring15-o?mobile=true

They're usually $179, don't know how long that deal lasts.


If you really can't go over $100, SightMark makes semi decent stuff. Don't go too hard on it though.

Little $40 cheapo: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000W4BQ7K/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496518870&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=sightmark+red+dot&dpPl=1&dpID=51wta5L7snL&ref=plSrch


Slightly more robust EOtech style, I had one of these. Lasted a couple years of range time then the power button stopped working. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004TDIDW6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1496518920&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=sightmark+red+dot&dpPl=1&dpID=41uaubKMNvL&ref=plSrch


Definitely get the vortex if you can though

This one for $78 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TDIDW6/ is a really decent red dot. Very wide field of view. I use it on my TM MP7.

Put this sightmark on my rem870 a few years back. Hundreds of slugs and 00 buck Holds zero and is still going strong. Good value for the price

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B004TDIDW6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522617242&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=sightmark+ultra+shot+sight&dpPl=1&dpID=41hIk7GLyUL&ref=plSrch

I got the Sightmark Ultra Shot Sight QD Digital Switch for ~$55 on sale at Amazon around Christmas as an experiment: How "bad" were these sights that people keep telling me not to buy?

I've put about 500 rounds of 5.56 through my Sig516 with it mounted, and had some serious wobbling issues with it yesterday.

HTML5 video of wobbliness (dat gfycat name tho)

Kneeling at 50 yards, I was only able to get 3 of 20 rounds on a 12" target. I attribute those 3 to blind luck. Not good.

Today I took a look at the Sightmark to see if I could keep it limping along. It turns out that there's a way to tighten the mount up to account for this. Huzzah!

You can see an adjustment nut on the bolt they use to index on your rail in this potato pic. This needs to be tightened. I found that this nut is extremely loose, and was able to adjust it with a small punch, as I don't have a small enough wrench. I had some loctite lying around that I added to the nut, in the hopes that this won't happen again.

Is a sight that stops working after 500 rounds a good sight? Probably not. Can you limp by on one for a while? It looks like it.

I'll update after the next 500 rounds.

I've only used Aim Sport's cheap shit. Wasn't really impressed.

Right now I have two optics I use. A Primary Arms red dot and UTG 1-4.5x short dot.

Others I've heard good things about: Bushnell TRS-25, UTG red dots, Sightmark Ultra Shot, Vision King 1.25-5x short dot

I'm planning on picking up a Sightmark Ultra Shot w/digital switch for mine, I've heard a lot of good things about it and you don't need a separate mount.

Well so far I like the two I've bought. The Sightmark Ultra Shot Sight QD Digital Switch (SM14000) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TDIDW6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Now I'll start out by saying I've never used an Eotech or Aimpoint and probably never will as I can never see dropping more on a red dot/holgraphic sight than I nearly spent on my rifle. If you can afford it and can justify it and want it go for it. But if your looking for a budget red dot, look at the Sightmark. I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for not picking Primary Arms, Holosun or similar, but they weren't what I was looking for.The two I've got, one's on an AR15 and ones on a AR-9. They were both bought for use in 2 and 3 gun competitions on an outdoor range in bright sunny Florida. I had tried several sights before, Truglo, Trs-25 and found them all to be too dim even on the brightest setting during the day time and the dots to be too small for rapid target acquisition especially in bright sunshine. The Sightmark even on a lower brightness setting was easily usable in the bright Florida sun. Using the 50 MOA circle around the 3MOA dot makes it easy to pick up and engage those close targets rapidly and still accurately on those out to 100-150 yards. I like it and so far even on the AR9 which has a lot more felt recoil it has held up with no problem. I may even buy a third one for another rifle. Hell I'm still not up to spending what even one Eotech would cost me.

Sightmark Ultra Shot Reflex Sight QD Digital Switch

Bottom line is I don't expect to go to war tomorrow, Don't want to spend what a monthly car payment would be on a sight and don't expect to be dropping my rifle from 10 feet onto hard concrete. It has worked without problems for me so far, it's cheap enough I could but four for the price of one Eotech and it does what I need it to do.

Ok I get that some people like to spend $ on top quality stuff an Aimpoint Pro is pricy... considering the Sport M&P goes for $750-$800 range the damn sight is half the price!! If you are honestly gonna use the rifle to just go to the range and practice or something other than non warfare activities consider a sight more cost efficient... Don't sleep on something like a Sightmark I have it on my M&P 15 OR and its legit! Yes I'll eventually get an EOtech when I have the funds but something expensive as fuck just to start off with if silly IMO... if you want a picture on how my Sightmak looks on my rifle PM me.

These are for real steel guns, and feel really solid, I have no doubt they'll work on GBBRs, but I have an aeg, so I can't base that on personal experience.

I have a Sightmark Ultra Shot QD and it's fantastic. Big glass, multiple reticle, really solid, bright(works in direct sunlight), qd works. I'm very happy with it.

They also make a non-digital non-qd version that's even cheaper, but I really like the QD.

Good luck

It's different than a real EOTech.

This is the one I've got http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TDIDW6

I got this puppy a while back to try out for my AR.

Threw it on my airsoft rfile and it works like a dream. Took a BB to the glass first time out and cracked but it still holds a zero no problem.

Hard to tell but it could be one of those Sightmarks.

http://www.amazon.com/Sightmark-Ultra-Sight-Digital-Switch/dp/B004TDIDW6