I have LOTS of .45 ACP ball ammo and needed a bullet hose. I have a couple of .45 pistols, but it's not my favorite cartridge to shoot from a handgun. So I bought a Hi-Point carbine. Never thought I would own one of the cheap things, but it seemed to fit the bill and it was available. Other .45 ACP carbines were twice or more as expensive. I tried to sight in a red dot on top of the cheap plastic Hi-Point picatinny rail, but did not have enough elevation travel and not nearly enough magnification, so I went in another direction after purchasing an excellent aftermarket replacement.
I already have the black TRYBE 1-8 on a 5.56 black gun and am very happy with it, so this time I bought the 1-8 but in the FDE version and mounted it on my carbine in a Primary Arms mount.
It boresighted easily and adjusted to zero like it was supposed to.
I pulled this gun and optic system out of its case at the end of a long, hot range day. My 50 yard targets were riddled with holes from 22 and .30 caliber holes from the afternoon.
But with the comically large hole the .45 cuts, the paper targets may have been empty. My first shots were close enough that I counted clicks and got very close with my next few shots, then did a final sight in and adjusted the dials to zero by sliding them with a fingernail.
I lobbed a literal bucket of 230 grain ball through paper into berm dirt. I've always loved pistol caliber carbines, and I think most folks would be surprised and impressed with the recoil...
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