It comes with two mounts: skeletonized mount for lower 1/3 co-witness and a low-profile mount for AKs, shotguns, etc. Turrets are capped and the caps serve as the adjustment tool for 1 MOA click adjustments. Even though it doesn’t have any battery conservation features such as auto-off or auto-wake (standby mode, Shake-Awake, motion sensor etc.), the battery life from the CR2032 is plenty long enough to handle constant activation. It has an impressive 50,000 battery life. It’s likely that dot visibility won’t be easily seen until setting 5 and this is usually the norm for like sights of this price line.

Settings 3-4, being as dim as they are, are suited to lowlight conditions. The Crossfire sight has a bright 2 MOA dot with 11 brightness settings. Though a seemingly trivial complaint, the lack of both forward and backward rotations is felt when you’ve experienced the convenience of it.

You must cycle all the way from zero (off) to your desired brightness and then dial back to off to shut it down. Many red dot sights under $200 will have a one-way illumination dial though there are red dot sights that are the exception to the rule. Though basic in function and concept, the red dot offers no-nonsense performance for target shooting, hunting, and even as a backup sight on a home defense AR. The Crossfire II (CF-RD2) is without effort one of the best budget red dot sights in the market.

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