I'm looking to fit a red dot sight or similar to my PCP specifically for night shooting possums (at some point in the near future).  From my very limited knowledge, they will be sitting up trees typically at a range of around 5-20m.   For this purpose I'm thinking a decent red dot sight and a good miniature LED torch fitted to the underside of my gun would be a good combination.

I'm keen to hear any recommendations regarding this setup or better, and for suitable equipment.

Hi Pete.

Spent some time setting the gun up today so I can go hunting with a work colleague who has been shooting big numbers of possums on a customer's property.  I'm using a Holy Warrior S1, a very good clone of the Eotech but a red dot rather than a holographic display.  All was going well sighting it in at 20m, but I then started struggling with the adjustment and just before I packed up I noticed the silencer was loose.  Took a look for nicking and found that plus a lot of lead particles so that explains the problem.  at this stage the sight is very nice to use, a nice clean illuminated reticle and I can get a good view with my glasses on.

I was planning to do some 10m indoor sighting tonight but for some reason most of my flouro lights have decided to stop working.  Yet another job to do!

Cheers 

I should have commented on that.  The haul is from one nights shooting by my colleague and a couple of mates, all using powder burners.  I hope to go out with them in a couple of weeks and see how the PCP compares.

I'm new to this so I'm not sure what you mean by "What distances does the one (red dot) point of aim cover?"

did you pluck them for the fur?

Understood Pete.  I initially sighted in at 20m, but based on what my colleague has told me I'll reset that to 15m for the possums.  I just need to make up my mind what pellets I'll use, initial sighting in was with 18g AA Diablo heavies which seem to be very good but currently in short supply.

Being someone who wears glasses with progressive lenses, using scopes presents a number of issues.  The beauty of the red dot is I can see both the image and the dot (which in the case of the EotechS1/S1 clones is known as the doughnut of death) clearly which means I can use the gun without having to touch my glasses.  Effectively it's an open site but with only a single point to align and this plus the target are both in focus.  With the open sights I'd be trying to align two points on the gun with the target and two of the three will be out of focus.  No contest really and the pellet drop is the same, although it would be nice if the red dot had a mil-dot reticle rather than the doughnut to make it easier to cater for that.

Thanks also Pauly for your explanation....

Yes, they went to the local plucking outfit and I believe the carcasses also go into pet food.

Yep, that all makes perfect sense Pete.  Nevertheless a diagram would be appreciated if you have the time

Thanks for that Pete.

It makes perfect sense and I have a range finder so it should be fairly easy for me to plot a curve.  As you say, it will be different for different pellets, although I purchased a couple of tins of JSB Diablo Heavies this morning so it looks like I've made a decision in that respect.

Cheers