I use red dot sights on most of my hunting rifles,I am wondering how they would hold upto Alaska weather?

I've got 10 red dots on various rifles, shotguns, and machine guns right now. All are of the open emitter type like the dokter where the LED is a short distance from the glass. It a leaf or twig gets in there the dot is blocked, and a drop of water on the LED will scatter the light.

Some new sights have a sealed housing to prevent this, and one of my Fast Fires came with a simple hood with plastic windows at each end that snapped over the whole works. I'd want something like that at a minimum. I don't know if such a cover is included or available for the Dokter.

Worst case, give it a test in the rain and walking through wet brush and let us know. Good luck with your hunt!

Bob

Bob,
thanks for your input,the dokter does have a cover to turn it off,it comes off pretty quick,maybe just keep it on till you are ready to take a shot? maybe use some clesr plastic wrap?