7.5 MOA or 3 MOA pistol sight?

Beretta686 · April 28, 2012, 06:29 PM

I've decided to get a Leupold Deltapoint Red-Dot to mount on my 8 3/4 inch S&W 617, but I'm undecided on getting a 7.5 MOA or 3 MOA set-up.

It's going to be mostly for shilouette shooting and some target work, nothing fancy, but the gun is just so damn accurate I'd hate loose anything by going to a 7.5 MOA sight (if that's a big change).

This is my first time to mount a sight on a handgun, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

RamItOne · April 28, 2012, 06:36 PM

At what distances are you shooting?

Beretta686 · April 28, 2012, 06:44 PM

Out to 50 meters.

TexasJim · April 28, 2012, 06:49 PM

I am not familiar with the specific of that optic I have an Aimpoint and a Bushnell. You caln always make your smaller MOA larger by bumping up the intensity. Suggest the 3 MOA since you obviously cannot make the 7.5 smaller.

RamItOne · April 28, 2012, 06:50 PM

I have a 6.5 moa trijicon reflex on my ar, had the choice of that and a 4 moa, when I shoot at 100+ I wish I'd have gone with 4moa, 50 and less no issues with the 6.5

7.5 moa is roughly 3.75" at 50 vs 1.5" with a 3 moa

April 28, 2012, 06:29 PM	#1
Beretta686 Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 761	7.5 MOA or 3 MOA pistol sight? I've decided to get a Leupold Deltapoint Red-Dot to mount on my 8 3/4 inch S&W 617, but I'm undecided on getting a 7.5 MOA or 3 MOA set-up. It's going to be mostly for shilouette shooting and some target work, nothing fancy, but the gun is just so damn accurate I'd hate loose anything by going to a 7.5 MOA sight (if that's a big change). This is my first time to mount a sight on a handgun, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. __________________ "Our contract called for 16 cases of rifles and ammunition for $10,000 dollars, not a machine gun...........That is our present to the General"-Pike Bishop “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

April 28, 2012, 06:44 PM	#3
Beretta686 Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 761	Out to 50 meters. __________________ "Our contract called for 16 cases of rifles and ammunition for $10,000 dollars, not a machine gun...........That is our present to the General"-Pike Bishop “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

April 28, 2012, 06:49 PM	#4
TexasJim Member Join Date: December 22, 2011 Posts: 72	I am not familiar with the specific of that optic I have an Aimpoint and a Bushnell. You caln always make your smaller MOA larger by bumping up the intensity. Suggest the 3 MOA since you obviously cannot make the 7.5 smaller. __________________ "If you’d like, after the game I’ll take you outside and teach you how to shoot close enough to a raccoon that it craps itself." ( Dr. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory)

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April 28, 2012, 06:36 PM	#2
RamItOne Senior Member Join Date: May 24, 2011 Posts: 990	At what distances are you shooting?

April 28, 2012, 06:50 PM	#5
RamItOne Senior Member Join Date: May 24, 2011 Posts: 990	I have a 6.5 moa trijicon reflex on my ar, had the choice of that and a 4 moa, when I shoot at 100+ I wish I'd have gone with 4moa, 50 and less no issues with the 6.5 7.5 moa is roughly 3.75" at 50 vs 1.5" with a 3 moa