Pistol Sight with Magnification, no red dot question

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

I recently fired a pistol at a showcase at a range near me. There was 15 manufacturers there and 60 weapons and 5 shots per weapon, only cost me $25 and I got free noise cancelling hearing protection muffs too.
I shot a pistol (not a 1911) and it had a magnifier type sight without a red dot. There was a circle in the middle with cross-hairs. I loved it and it was great for me since I need to use the top-focal shooting glasses because I need reading glasses to properly see my iron sights. I would still need to use the top-focals, but I could see the sights and the target clearly with that sight.
I have tried various searches and its just all crowded with red dots, so I am having a hard time trying to find it and investigate it.
Now I was stupid and did not write anything down at the showcase. So I was curious if someone here could help point me in the right direction to locate a sight like this that I could mount on a 1911. I understand I will have to have slide work to mount it and have a good custom builder near me.
Any help would be appreciated.

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th3gr3y

· #2 · 2 mo ago

it sounds like what you shot was a pistol scope. Was it also mounted on a semi auto? Typically I've seen this done via a frame mount that comes up and over the slide. Adding all that weight to the slide can impede function and it's probably just harder on the scope.
But, I could be wrong, I've not seen any kind of magnified sight that's installed directly to the slide of a 1911

Samurai Jack

· #3 · 2 mo ago

Call up your place that held this and get a list of the vendors.
I'm curious

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #4 · 2 mo ago

th3gr3y said:
it sounds like what you shot was a pistol scope. Was it also mounted on a semi auto? Typically I've seen this done via a frame mount that comes up and over the slide. Adding all that weight to the slide can impede function and it's probably just harder on the scope.
But, I could be wrong, I've not seen any kind of magnified sight that's installed directly to the slide of a 1911

It was on a semi-auto.
Your point about the weight problem is pretty good.
I guess I need to do a little research with my local gunsmith.

Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #5 · 2 mo ago

Samurai Jack said:
Call up your place that held this and get a list of the vendors.
I'm curious

I have a list from the promo. I will post it later.

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #6 · 2 mo ago

Here is the promo poster I took a shot of. The vendors are at the bottom.

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Glorfindel

· #7 · 2 mo ago

Was it gigantic like a rifle scope, or similarly sized to a red dot?

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Glorfindel

· #8 · 2 mo ago

I don't know what the optic might have been, but Accuracy X makes a picatinny module for their optic system interface, allowing you to put whatever optic on their 1911/2011 slides. Steve put out a video where it cycles wearing a gigantic slide-mounted revolver scope.

I have a 5-6+ounce rifle scope (mini ACOG) on my Glock 40, and it hasn't caused any function issues after several hundred rounds (maybe close to 1000, I don't keep real careful track) in three different chamberings.

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Apollo99

· #9 · 2 mo ago

A few years back a buddy had a 6" Dan Wesson .357 magnum with a 4X scope mounted on it. It just had the basic cross hairs as it was from the early 80's before all these crazy reticles they are putting into scopes today. I was picking things off at 25 and 50 yards like it was nothing. I can see your interest in a scoped pistol. Colt came out with a Python hunter package in a metal case that had a magnification scope on it. I haven't seen too many lately, I think the trend may have just died out except in the long distance steel challenges and hunting applications.

Glorfindel

· #10 · 2 mo ago

This picture is taken closer to the scope than your eye would actually be, so the true sight picture is a bit more shrunken. But my ACOG makes it pretty easy to score 100 yard hits on that 10" Throom you can see left of the reticle.

ETA: it's the 1.5x16. Any other model would be too large for this application, not to mention that the eye relief on this one is astoundingly forgiving.

It's a custom mount.

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #11 · 2 mo ago

Glorfindel said:
Was it gigantic like a rifle scope, or similarly sized to a red dot?

it was a little bigger than a red dot, but no where near as big as a rifle scope. Maybe 2-3 inches in length

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Glorfindel

· #12 · 2 mo ago

Was the reticle illuminated or plain black? Tubular scope body? Was it mounted in rings or integral/bottom mount?

Samurai Jack

· #13 · 2 mo ago

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #14 · 2 mo ago

Glorfindel said:
Was the reticle illuminated or plain black? Tubular scope body? Was it mounted in rings or integral/bottom mount?

See, I used it, looked at it, thought that's cool, then I moved on to the next one. Later I thought, I really liked that, how stupid I did not take a picture of it. It was about the same width as at red dot, maybe a hair wider, maybe 3" at the most. But to be honest I could have that wrong. I am pissed I did not pay better attention to that sight. I just did not look it over like I would normally. The guns and rifles were all lined up and I went down the line of range lanes and shot. I was the last one to shoot, then they break down and set up for the next vendors, so I tried to hurry for them.
I did take note of the Tavor x95 and I want one. but by the time I remembered the scope it was too late to go back.

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #15 · 2 mo ago

Glorfindel said:
This picture is taken closer to the scope than your eye would actually be, so the true sight picture is a bit more shrunken. But my ACOG makes it pretty easy to score 100 yard hits on that 10" Throom you can see left of the reticle.

ETA: it's the 1.5x16. Any other model would be too large for this application, not to mention that the eye relief on this one is astoundingly forgiving.

It's a custom mount.

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it was a real circle with crosshairs in the viewer

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Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #16 · 2 mo ago

Samurai Jack said:
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not it, but thanks for trying.

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Quickish

· #17 · 2 mo ago

Some folks used glass on Bullseye pistols, if you search that you'll find something. Here is a start The 4 Best .22 Pistol Scopes – Reviews 2021

Samurai Jack

· #18 · 2 mo ago

What type of base?

Yosemiteken

Discussion Starter · #19 · 2 mo ago

Samurai Jack said:
What type of base?

I could not tell you. I was the last guy and they needed to break down for the next group to set up, so I did not get a good look at it.
Sorry, I wish I could give a better description. I would recognize the inside circle and crosshairs. like a rifle scope, but small and on a pistol.

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Glorfindel

· #20 · 2 mo ago

Toss it up here if you ever do find it, if you wouldn't mind - I've been playing around with slide-mounting magnified optics and would be curious to look into that one myself, whatever it was.

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