I'd like to buy a good red dot sight for my new SGL21-66. It has the four-sided Picatinny rail mount, and I was thinking I'd mount a red dot of some sort on the top set of Picatinny rails.

I'd like to get an EO Tech because I'm most famililar with it, although in another thread I read many said it wasn't a good fit for this gun.

Is an EO Tech brand sight really that bad for this gun?

Other good brands that offer similar capabilities well suited to this particular rifle?

IF you want an EO you need this to mount it on. Nothing better.

http://texasweaponsystems.com/id1.html

Eotechs are great optics, I own them and love them on my ARs.  Since they were designed to co-witness on ARs, they tend to sit pretty high on AKs.  This turns a lot off people off to them because a good cheek weld is difficult to achieve with an Eotech.  I guess it all depends on how much a good cheek weld means to you, some people deem it more important than others.



 

get a vortex and save yourself a bunch of money

Since it has the Midwest industries rail I would get the us palm upper rail for the TRijicon rmr or aimpoint t-1. I'd stay away from eotech all together.

So are the picatinny rails I have already on the rifle just not useful for an EO Tech? I assumed the placement would be good for one as opposed to a more traditional long-range scope that you have to get your eye fairly close to.

If you can overcome that the EOTECH sits a bit high when mounting it on an AK and now it is not a cheek weld you can do but a chin weld, than go for it.

But in the end, the aimpoints seems rock steady made for the AK series for some strange reason.



I have aimpoints and 1 burris fastfire II for my rifles and they co witness perfectly fine with the ultimak.

Those Picatinny rails will accept an Eotech just fine, just be warned of the optic height.



 

So I got to try out an EOTech (512 model) by borrowing it from a friend of mine who uses it on his AR. I was initially  wondering whether it would work as it sits so far forward. Turns out that it worked just fine for me, and in fact I zeroed it as best I could and got some pretty good shot groupings at the targets we were firing at (about 50 yards away). I was concerned based on the responses here that it wouldn't work out well, but it would appear anyway that things aren't as bad as I had feared.

I think I'm going to go with the EO Tech. I like the design of the sight itself, and it's just stupid easy to use for me. I also thought it looked quite sharp on my gun though its certainly much farther forward than anyone with an AR would probably prefer. Given that I don't own an AR I guess that's not as big an issue for me.

What am I missing here? Everything seemed right...yet when it comes to several hundred bucks, I can't help but wonder if I'm about to make a mistake by buying one...weird train of thought I know.

It isn't about how far forward it is it is the height. The eotech sits extremely high on an ak and offers no cowitness capability. Your be better off with an aimpoint of some sort. Plus they are even easier to use than an eotech and have much better battery life.

If the Eotech works for you, then go for it.  Only you know what works best for you, the rest of us can only speculate.  The Poles love Eotechs on AKs (Beryls), why can't you.

Where is your 4 sided rail? If at the Handguard, I'd say NOGO on an EO. If it's one of those top cover replacements, scrap it and go Dogleg and EOTech. It's as low as an EO can go on an AK. The setup is more efficient than the Poles and their Beryl setup.

The Golden Rule 1: If you mount an optic above the Gas tube make sure it is smaller than an EOTech thingy.

The Golden Rule 2: Aimpoints really are that good.

Thanks for all the replies folks. I'll let you all know my experiences as they continue. Based on the other day I think I'm going to be content. (I'm not some world-class shooter by any stretch anyways...I just like to have a good time and shoot as accurately as I'm capable of.

My main concern would be what happens when your battery dies on the eotech. It will be annoying because without any cowitness youll have to swap batteries just so you can get your rifle up and running again. Or if your like any of my friends who have had eotechs you'll be replacing your optic.

Before I wasted 400$ on an eotech I'd get a primary arms micro and the us palm top cover. You'll get better battery life and probably the same reliability. Too many eotechs have failed friends of mine so I will never recommend them. But YMMV