I've had a red sightmark Red Dot on my 14 and a half inch 6.8 SPC 2 for a good bit. I only see a splotch when I look through the site but if I use the rear aperture it goes down to a DOT. My buddy bought a Vortex strikefire 2 and I look through it yesterday and it's got a perfect dot in it none of that starburst effect I get with the sightmark. Sportsman outdoors has those Vortex on sale for $129 so I'm thinking about getting one of those. The question I have is why is it that I get a splotch on the site Mark site but with the vortex strikefire I have a perfect small dot in it? Can anyone explain this to limit to me? I know the Sightmark is not exactly a great Red Dot but it seems to me that if I had a stigmatism both of them would look the same. I will replace it long ago if I know there would have been a difference because I know it's a piece of junk Red Dot. I figured if all I was going to get was this big starburst Dot why replace the site anyways. At the price the Vortex strikefire is on sale at it seems like it's too good of a deal to pass up since they're $200 to or better to begin with. It just seems kind of weird to me and I can't figure out why the vortex has a nice small clear Dot.
