Question for anyone

[stifler]

I have a Thompson Encore pistol. I think if I buy the barrels and stock I can convert it to a rifle. Can anyone let me know if this is true?

Also, does anyone have an opinion of a red dot scope for a pistol?

 

[264Magnum]

i answered the encore question in the general hunting forum. as for the red dot, i like them on anything where you won't be shooting long ranges. and i prefer the eo-tech above anything else out there.

 

[stifler]

Thanks. One other question... Is it expensive to buy the stock and forend to convert the pistol to a rifle?

I have had the pistol for a while, and have tried regular scopes on it and don't like the way I have to position my head to see. The red dot I can hold it however I want. At what range is would you say the red dot would be effictive? Reason I ask is I am trying to get a little more excitment by wiping out coyotes with a handgun.

By the way, the varmet barrel I have is a 223. Would a red dot work with this, at lets say 150 yards?

 

[Sagecreeper]

First of all, sweet username !!!!
I personally don't use a red dot but 2 friends of mine do on their black powder rifles. They've had a few problems with the resolution on them and one has changed back to a regular reticle scope. I used the other's Omega during the Elk hunt and had a real problem getting the dot in the snow in bright sun. Of course, that may be because I'm too stupid to figure them out. In the shadows and pines it was pretty sweet, but I'd be afraid to use it on a bright day after what I saw. Definitely better than open sights though.

 

[stifler]

Thanks for the info! Ya, this is pretty much my first time posting on the sight. I can see how a red dot would give a guy trouble on a bright day. Mine would go on a pistol. I have tried using a regular scope, and can't stand how I have to position my head just right in order to see through the scope. I am just trying to figure out how far one of those things would be accurate. I guess I am just a handgun type of guy.

If anyone else has any experience with a reddot, good or bad, please let me know.

 

[264Magnum]

if you practice, 150 yards is within effective range of a red dot. i wouldn't want to go much farther than that. the dot starts to cover up a lot of the target. as far as not being able to see it on a bright day, i've only seen that happen with lower end red dots. i've never heard of that happening with the high end models. most of the military special forces soldiers use either aimpoint or eo-tech, and they're working in as bright a place as you'll likely ever hunt.

 

[Sagecreeper]

That could be it. One is a Millett and the other is a Bushnell, I believe. Don't know how much they cost.

 

[264Magnum]

bushnell has a model called the holosight (actually made for them by eo-tech) that's very good. other than that, i wouldn't consider millet or bushnell high end red dots. they're good, but not great.