{"id":88285,"date":"2021-03-16T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/?p=88285"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:24:40","slug":"five-reasons-to-consider-a-magnifier-for-a-red-dot-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/five-reasons-to-consider-a-magnifier-for-a-red-dot-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Reasons to Consider a Magnifier for a Red Dot Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of putting a magnifying telescope behind a red dot or holographic sight is not especially new. EO-Tech has had a red dot magnifier as part of their lineup for more than a decade, and other optics manufacturers have followed suit. The advantages and disadvantages of this kind of setup have surely been debated endlessly in the intervening years. It seemed to me, at first, that with my limited personal experience, there wasn\u2019t much that I could add to that.<\/p>\n

However, the good people at GunMag Warehouse suggested that I approach it from that angle, as someone who hadn\u2019t used a magnifier setup before. They were curious to see what my thoughts would be after trying one out. I previously had no real opinions on magnifiers one way or another, seeing as how I\u2019d never used one. Now that I have, I can think of a few reasons that you might consider one, even if you haven\u2019t before.<\/p>\n

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Radical Firearms RF-15 with Holosun holographic sight, 3x optical magnifier, and laser-engraved Dead Six logo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before I begin, let me be clear that I\u2019m not recommending that you change your optical sight setup if you\u2019re happy with what you have. I\u2019ve never been doctrinaire about this stuff, and you can find plenty of people arguing about such things on the internet if you\u2019re interested. I\u2019m not pretending to be a subject matter expert on the topic of rifle optics; I\u2019m simply presenting my thoughts after trying out something that was new to me. I was sent a Holosun HS510C holographic sight<\/a> and their HM3X magnifier<\/a> to evaluate.<\/p>\n

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The Holosun magnifier mount can be reversed so that it flips to the left instead of to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First off, I\u2019ll say that putting a magnifier behind a non-magnified optic does not turn it into a proper rifle scope. If your focus is on long-range shooting and you don\u2019t think you\u2019d have much use for a non-magnified optic, I would recommend looking at scopes instead of red dot magnifiers.<\/p>\n

However, for a lot of applications, the focus tends to be on short-to-medium ranged shooting, everything from across-the-room distances out to a couple of hundred yards. These are the sorts of scenarios you\u2019re more likely to encounter as a law enforcement officer or a private citizen defending your home or property. It is in these situations that the addition of a magnifier may give you an advantage.<\/p>\n