Element ETX Red Dot Scope 6 MOA

Element Optics built the ETX around one idea: a single reflex sight that works everywhere you need one. It's designed to give a fast, precise and reliable aiming solution across pistols, shotguns and carbines. Built on the popular RMR footprint and supplied with a Picatinny adapter, the ETX covers the essentials of a multi-purpose red dot — intuitive controls, a large window, a low-profile base and a rugged design. Whether you're carrying concealed on auto-brightness, running a practical pistol match, or mounting it offset as a co-witness on a carbine, the ETX has one job: to never let you down.

The 6 MOA dot is the speed option. That larger dot is easier to pick up the instant the optic comes into your line of sight — it's the difference between hunting for a small dot on the draw and simply seeing it there waiting for you. For defensive shooting, close-range work, moving targets and anyone with less-than-perfect eyesight, a 6 MOA dot is the friendlier choice. At 25m it covers roughly 40mm, which is still plenty precise for the ranges most handgun and shotgun work happens at.

Where the ETX earns its place is in the details. Ten brightness settings — eight for daylight and two for night use — cover every lighting condition, and an optional automatic brightness mode reads ambient light through a sensor on the front of the unit and picks the right setting for you. Shake-to-wake motion activation brings the dot up from standby the instant the rifle or pistol moves. Together, these two features push battery life as far as 42,000 hours on a single CR1632.

Controls are handled by a button on each side of the housing — brightness, shake-to-wake and auto-brightness all adjust from there, and the buttons include a lock function to prevent accidental changes mid-match.

The mounting and battery arrangement is the practical winner. The battery changes from the topside of the mounting plate, so the optic never has to come off the gun — which means no re-zeroing after a battery swap. Mounting is either direct to a Trijicon RMR footprint or via the included Weaver/Picatinny adapter.

Element backs the ETX with a transferable three-year warranty (proof of purchase required). If a unit can't be repaired and is no longer in production, Element states it will be replaced with a model of equal value.