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Burris Fastfire 3 - Bad First Impression
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 3204131" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>Agree Wes. Unfortunately for me, I never <em><u>thoroughly</u></em> inspected the speedbead base until I had already sent the FFIII sight back, and it was then that I really examined the speedbead and determined it had a <em>tiny bit</em> of play in it, but that <em>tiny bit</em> equates to inches on a sight at 40 yards. I was skeptical of the speedbead mount to begin with, but I loved how low profile it was and that drove me to go with it, plus I read numerous others reviews online who liked it on their setups. Needless to say, I did not love it enough to have a constantly moving red dot though. Another thing that did not help with my hastily decision to send the FFIII back was the fact a Burris rep on another forum erroneously told me the sight was made in China. This may sound snobbish, but I did not then and still do not want ANYTHING on my hunting setups from China, especially something as important as my sight, thus I was glad to return it at the time. Knowing what I know now coupled with the fact that the FFIII is made in the Phillipines and not China like their rep originally told me, I would for sure give a FFIII another try with a solid base. I have read too many reviews of other hunters in numerous states who really like them, so I kind of thought all along that my experience was unique in all aspects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 3204131, member: 131"] Agree Wes. Unfortunately for me, I never [i][u]thoroughly[/u][/i] inspected the speedbead base until I had already sent the FFIII sight back, and it was then that I really examined the speedbead and determined it had a [i]tiny bit[/i] of play in it, but that [i]tiny bit[/i] equates to inches on a sight at 40 yards. I was skeptical of the speedbead mount to begin with, but I loved how low profile it was and that drove me to go with it, plus I read numerous others reviews online who liked it on their setups. Needless to say, I did not love it enough to have a constantly moving red dot though. Another thing that did not help with my hastily decision to send the FFIII back was the fact a Burris rep on another forum erroneously told me the sight was made in China. This may sound snobbish, but I did not then and still do not want ANYTHING on my hunting setups from China, especially something as important as my sight, thus I was glad to return it at the time. Knowing what I know now coupled with the fact that the FFIII is made in the Phillipines and not China like their rep originally told me, I would for sure give a FFIII another try with a solid base. I have read too many reviews of other hunters in numerous states who really like them, so I kind of thought all along that my experience was unique in all aspects. [/QUOTE]
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