A buddy of mine is looking at a tac rail package for a shotgun and it includes a Ncstar red/green dot sight anyone have one experienced one or know anything

I have the ncstar tactical light and I have a laser from them they both work well and are worth the money. I haven't tried any of the sights though.

My buddy ended up trashing his. Had it on a panther arms ar and it wouldn't hold bullseye. And far as their scopes I had one on a berretta storm CX-4 9mm and it work great for years.

Listen when I was new to guns I bought two different NcStars. One I bought was the little D4B or something like that, it's a holo-sight type deal with 4 reticles. This was over priced at like $70-ish? at Cheyenne. the other is a larger, big red dot with quick release mount and also a bright red laser. you can use just the red dot, just the laser, or both. This was like $100-ish. The little holosight was for my 15-22 and the biigger one I bought for my Dad's Zastava PAP present.

 

The holosight, well you can't adjust the reticle. you need to pick a reticle, zero-Zero-ZERO that bad boy, lock it down and then never mes with it. It was working fine one day till in mid-magaine at the range it split in hlf. Literally the top half broke off from the bottom half. CMO tried telling me "Oh it just came unscrewed you just screw it back on."

 

LMFAO, yep ni problem let me screw half of my scope back onto itself!

 

the other one was junky from the get go and still is. I guess it does as is advertised, it shines a red dot in the center of a glass tube, and shines a red laser out when you do that. It's just junky. Never holds zero and the quick release doesn't hold the rail too good. I would have definitely been better off buying once and crying once. Bu hey, live and learn.

 

 

A lot of people including forum members here, have had great success with their stuff, and some of their rubber coated tactical scopes appear to be huge fan favorites.

Cool thanks guys

my experience with cheap optics has been just that.. they are cheap.. some people say they work ok.. and others say they are junk.. this probably has something to do with the build quality and the guns they end up on.. put it on a 22.. or some other plinker.. it would likely be fine.. put it on a 12 gauge shotgun or anything with substantial recoil and you better bring a plastic baggy with you so when parts start flying you have somewhere to put them.. while I am sure there are people out there running these things on shotguns, I would not personally do so.. I would spend some more money.. and be satisfied with the purchase..

 

I have been dying for a red dot to put on my CX4 carbine.. couldn't justify several hundred bucks.. so waited.. waited.. waited.. and picked up a trijicon today with a mount for under $200.. that is an optic I would be willing to trust..

One I bought was the little D4B or something like that, it's a holo-sight type deal with 4 reticles.

 

I have one like that on a 9mm submachinegun. Worked great for about three months, then started flickering out. Took it completely apart (I mean completely) and tightened the screws under the rheostat wafer, worked great and held zero for about 2-1/2 years and several thousands of rounds of 9mm in FA. About a year ago I somehow F'd up the locking screw, maybe I stripped it or something. Now, it's time to ditch the thing, since it's a $50 sight. I will buy another. I expect it will work for 3 months, then I will have to fix it, then it will work for 2-1/2 years. Because it is the second one of these that I brought back to life after it died three months in. The other one is still going strong.