FF 3 (3 MOA) for sale on Amazon for $170 plus couple bucks shipping
Save your money and buy an eotech. The fast fire is terrible imo
Well it must have just been a one day sale because there back up to $224.
Hah! Don't mean to be confrontational but FF is a phenomenal sight. I have one and it's held up to plenty of shooting with three and three and a half inch shells. Have friends who also have them. Never an issue. Always reliable. AND, if they do go south one day, the warranty is forever, literally.
Oh, and the Fast Fire is half the price of Eotech...
That and I'm remembering a major issue that Eotech had with the military a few years ago...Moisture incursion and thermal drift, meaning sights changed point of impact when going from ambient temps. to extreme temps. AND they lied about it.
I'll take my little ole' FF III any day.
Quote from: HILBY72 on November 28, 2018, 09:08:53 AM
Well it must have just been a one day sale because there back up to $224.
In August I ordered a Vortex Venom from Midway for $229, since Larry's a stickler for fast shipping, I had it in 4 days, along with a sales flyer that had the Vortex Venom on the front cover for 10 percent off. :'(
I have a ff3 on my 935 that has performed flawlessly.
I have a FF111 on m 835 only shoot 3 1/2 mags never had a problem,tuffer than wood pecker lips.
Quote from: TalksToTurkeys on November 28, 2018, 10:45:58 AM
Quote from: HILBY72 on November 28, 2018, 09:08:53 AM
Well it must have just been a one day sale because there back up to $224.
In August I ordered a Vortex Venom from Midway for $229, since Larry's a stickler for fast shipping, I had it in 4 days, along with a sales flyer that had the Vortex Venom on the front cover for 10 percent off. :'(
I have a ff3 on my 935 that has performed flawlessly.
I'm NOT trying to HIGHJACK this thread
Hey talkstoturkeys what choke do you use on your 935
P.m. Sent
I've got a FF3 and FF2 and haven't had a bit of trouble with either one. They work every time, batteries last for years, and they stay sighted in. Lifetime warranty is just a bonus.
Jim
Quote from: outdoors on November 28, 2018, 01:21:08 PM
Quote from: TalksToTurkeys on November 28, 2018, 10:45:58 AM
Quote from: HILBY72 on November 28, 2018, 09:08:53 AM
Well it must have just been a one day sale because there back up to $224.
In August I ordered a Vortex Venom from Midway for $229, since Larry's a stickler for fast shipping, I had it in 4 days, along with a sales flyer that had the Vortex Venom on the front cover for 10 percent off. :'(
I have a ff3 on my 935 that has performed flawlessly.
I'm NOT trying to HIGHJACK this thread
Hey talkstoturkeys what choke do you use on your 935
I have
6 or 7 turkey chokes for that gun. .670 to .690. I guess I use the Indian Creek .675 the most.
Put a FF3 on my Benelli montefeltro last year and it did great! No issues whatsoever and it went through the ringer this spring!
I just ordered from optics planet , I think is was 214 and they had a coupon code that brought the total to 188 with free shipping but they charge sales tax, my total was 204, I can't wait to get it and decide on a mount for it!
I personally like scopes but,I've heard enough good reviews on here I bought a ff2 for $149.99 total for my son who wants to try one.
I took the FF3's off of my guns and went back to rifled sights; because, that's what I'm used to.
Guys I'm not getting this. For maybe 100-150 more you can get a great sight. Now you can use anything you want but the one I had showed no actual dot. It was kind of a comet looking thing. Spent over an hour trying to get the battery in. After 2nd shot it popped out. I took sight off and returned it.
Now saving money is smart but when guys spend money on multiple calls when they have just as many, prob some similar sounding, and still purchase 8-10 more this year is the sight not a good investment? After all a turkey wing and scratching leaves could prob call plenty in. An awful lot of birds have been called in w a Walmart special call for $5 they bought on clearance.
I understand the wanting cool wood or a new call or two or 10 but I'll just never get skimping on sights. You only need to but em once if they are good so is slightly more a big investment?
A buddy of mine years ago bought a decent rifle. He put some garbage tasco on it. It was a .223 so he figured he didn't need anything great. Ok so he goes out n misses a few. Seems the sight moved. I don't sight gun initially but did check it after he missed. The sight was all tight but idk why it kept walking. It didn't stop until he bought a better scope.
Years earlier. I shot at a deer, the cheap bushmell rear lens popped out. I missed that deer somehow but the lens fell out??
Idk guys I know fellows love the ff2. I'm actually a fan of the CO, I think their scopes are awesome and imo clearer than leupold so this is no dis on them. I'd never buy a ff2 again after seeing how fragile it seemed, how unclear the dot was and how the battery just was impossible to install than didn't stay installed. I thread things for a living so it wasn't me btw.
All the guys that live em, I hope they serve you well. Anyone else needs to consider both sides and than decide for themselves
Not to mention six dollars for one shell and that is after you spent all kinds of time oatterming a gun different sizes shot different chokes it just doesn't make sense to skip on site
Never had a FF II and, like you said, opinions are just that, opinions. Everybody has their own and I have to respect that. BUT, to say FF III is somehow settling for something inferior, to me, is just not my experience and not the experience of the people I know who own them.
I'm of the school that you buy quality and, as you said, buy once. I'm with ya' there. Burris has a forever warranty which tells me they trust their products. They stand behind them, no questions, no registration, first owner, second owner, doesn't matter. That's a pretty solid warranty.
Bottom line is, my experience and the people I know who have FF III has been stellar. I wouldn't hesitate an instant to recommend them to anyone...
Eotech, with the military problems, and them lying about them...? I'll take a forever warranty and a no questions asked replacement.
It was a fastfire 3, I mistakenly wrote 2
Any of you guys that use the ff3 use the cover that comes with it?
And witch setting do y'all like, I kind of liking the medium
Depends on the woods I hunt. Most of the time I'm in timber and low works best, but in more open areas, I bump it up to medium.
Jim
I've got the FF2 and FF3. . . never had a moment's trouble out of either that was the sites fault. And they see a bit of use, and it's not always a smooth ride.
If it has a battery then I have no desire to have it on my turkey gun. Have heard good things and bad things about both. It all comes down to personal opinion, but for me no thanks on any Fast Fire.
Fast Fire III has a low battery indicator. It starts blinking when it's getting low. When it starts blinking you still have generous amount of time before it shuts off. Something like two hours or some such a number.
I always carry a spare in case It runs low, but a battery should last at least one season of hunting every day and still have quite a bit of life left.
As to the brightness setting, I prefer auto since light conditions change by the minute and the auto function compensates for that. If you set it early in the morning and the day brightens, you may pull up on that big ole gobbler and find you're having a difficult time seeing that dot. That means reaching up and making an adjustment at a critical juncture. The auto setting takes care of all of that for you...
That's a great price. Love my FF3.
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
Website says waterproof, not water resistant.
YMMV...
I do have a bushnell trs red dot going strong on a single shot 20 ga after 2 years.
Quote from: perrytrails on December 10, 2018, 01:39:38 PM
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
Website says waterproof, not water resistant.
YMMV...
I do have a bushnell trs red dot going strong on a single shot 20 ga after 2 years.
Man I've been gone too long....
Last time I was around all I heard were good things on the FFs.
I've hunted in absolute down pours with mine and not had an issue.
I must have terrible luck.
Quote from: perrytrails on December 10, 2018, 01:39:38 PM
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
I've also had two go bad after 1.5 seasons of use each. Burris replaced within ~6 weeks. I sold the last one and bought a Vortex Venom.
Guys don't quote me on this but the site is made in the Philippines. The rest of the scopes aren't. I don't know for sure if Burris actually makes it or it's outsourced. Burris is a good company all in all. I'll say it again except that red dot. If someone had good luck w it, God bless em.
My brother has a cheap $60 red dot on an ulti mag. Think tru glo made it. Prob been on there over 10 years w no issues. I'd not recommend that either but he got lucky so far
My correction. Cabelas shows it for less
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That is a good price for the FF3, keep your eye on Ebay, I gave 162.00 for a new FF3 last spring and free shipping. I have 2 on them and have hunted them in the rain and snow, never had a problem.
Quote from: Gobble! on December 10, 2018, 04:24:18 PM
Quote from: perrytrails on December 10, 2018, 01:39:38 PM
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
Website says waterproof, not water resistant.
YMMV...
I do have a bushnell trs red dot going strong on a single shot 20 ga after 2 years.
Man I've been gone too long....
Last time I was around all I heard were good things on the FFs.
I've hunted in absolute down pours with mine and not had an issue.
I've hunted numerous times in the rain with mine. Two years ago, I was on a couple of gobblers and didn't want to leave. It rained torrents, enough that I had to completely disassemble my gun (SBE II). I mean recoil spring/magazine spring, trigger group, all of it and all of it was wet inside, real wet.
Fast Fire was just fine...
Quote from: sixbird on December 14, 2018, 04:43:42 PM
Quote from: Gobble! on December 10, 2018, 04:24:18 PM
Quote from: perrytrails on December 10, 2018, 01:39:38 PM
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
Website says waterproof, not water resistant.
YMMV...
I do have a bushnell trs red dot going strong on a single shot 20 ga after 2 years.
Man I've been gone too long....
Last time I was around all I heard were good things on the FFs.
I've hunted in absolute down pours with mine and not had an issue.
I've hunted numerous times in the rain with mine. Two years ago, I was on a couple of gobblers and didn't want to leave. It rained torrents, enough that I had to completely disassemble my gun (SBE II). I mean recoil spring/magazine spring, trigger group, all of it and all of it was wet inside, real wet.
Fast Fire was just fine...
I hunted numerous times in the rain myself. You can see I'm not the only one with problems.
Burris replaced both sights that stopped working. Both stopped after hunting in the rain. I no longer own one.
I'm not doubting your experience whatsoever. Just stating mine...
As I said from the start ymmv...
That means
Your experience maybe different from mine...
Quote from: perrytrails on December 14, 2018, 06:30:57 PM
Quote from: sixbird on December 14, 2018, 04:43:42 PM
Quote from: Gobble! on December 10, 2018, 04:24:18 PM
Quote from: perrytrails on December 10, 2018, 01:39:38 PM
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
Website says waterproof, not water resistant.
YMMV...
I do have a bushnell trs red dot going strong on a single shot 20 ga after 2 years.
Man I've been gone too long....
Last time I was around all I heard were good things on the FFs.
I've hunted in absolute down pours with mine and not had an issue.
I've hunted numerous times in the rain with mine. Two years ago, I was on a couple of gobblers and didn't want to leave. It rained torrents, enough that I had to completely disassemble my gun (SBE II). I mean recoil spring/magazine spring, trigger group, all of it and all of it was wet inside, real wet.
Fast Fire was just fine...
I hunted numerous times in the rain myself. You can see I'm not the only one with problems.
Burris replaced both sights that stopped working. Both stopped after hunting in the rain. I no longer own one.
I'm not doubting your experience whatsoever. Just stating mine...
As I said from the start ymmv...
That means
Your experience maybe different from mine...
No ones calling you a liar. Just stating our own experiences. I think you will find more who talk highly about these sights than negatively. Sorry you had a bad experience.
Quote from: Gobble! on December 14, 2018, 11:24:21 PM
Quote from: perrytrails on December 14, 2018, 06:30:57 PM
Quote from: sixbird on December 14, 2018, 04:43:42 PM
Quote from: Gobble! on December 10, 2018, 04:24:18 PM
Quote from: perrytrails on December 10, 2018, 01:39:38 PM
I've had 2 Fast Fire 3 sights. Both stopped working after hunting in the rain.
Both were replaced by Burris no questions asked.
Took over 3 months to get the second replacement. First was 8 weeks.
Each were sold when replaced with a new one.
Website says waterproof, not water resistant.
YMMV...
I do have a bushnell trs red dot going strong on a single shot 20 ga after 2 years.
Man I've been gone too long....
Last time I was around all I heard were good things on the FFs.
I've hunted in absolute down pours with mine and not had an issue.
I've hunted numerous times in the rain with mine. Two years ago, I was on a couple of gobblers and didn't want to leave. It rained torrents, enough that I had to completely disassemble my gun (SBE II). I mean recoil spring/magazine spring, trigger group, all of it and all of it was wet inside, real wet.
Fast Fire was just fine...
I hunted numerous times in the rain myself. You can see I'm not the only one with problems.
Burris replaced both sights that stopped working. Both stopped after hunting in the rain. I no longer own one.
I'm not doubting your experience whatsoever. Just stating mine...
As I said from the start ymmv...
That means
Your experience maybe different from mine...
No ones calling you a liar. Just stating our own experiences. I think you will find more who talk highly about these sights than negatively. Sorry you had a bad experience.
I talked highly about mine after several years of hunting, recommended it to many people myself.
Just had some bad luck I guess, honestly wish I hadn't committed to start with.
Some people's feelings get hurt if you don't agree or share the same experiences they do.
It's all good ...
Hey brutha'...Don't take my comments as hurt feelings or doubting your experience or anything but a contribution to a conversation.
As with any product, one can fail. That you had two fail, damn, I'd have issues about that product too. Don't blame you at all for that.
I guess it might seem like we're all piling on but I think it's more that we've all had good experiences with FF III.
There are a lot of good products out there. If one doesn't work, by all means try the next one without apology...
I had a bad experience with an archery release company that everybody liked (Tru Ball). The release was cutting string loops. When I asked for a replacement they did it with the same faulty release heads, twice. I later asked for another model, which they did, and charged me the difference. I guess that was o.k. but I had been round and round with them just to get the new heads. Mind you, every time the loops were cut, I had to retune my bow (Yeah, I know, I'm anal but that arrow had to go where I was aiming. The animal deserves that).
When they sent me the "new" releases, turns out one of them was used. I complained. They said too bad, can't do anything for you (and that was from the owner of the company).
Well, around the anniversary of that determination, every year for about 4 years, I'd go on Archery Talk and post about that experience. I know some people had good experience with that company. I didn't...I said so, every chance I got. I'm hoping they lost sales because of it.
So, yeah, if you have a bad experience with a company, say it, LOUD...
Like a previous poster said, sorry you had that experience and sorry it took Burris so long to replace them. That wasn't right...