[SHOT 2025] Burris Expand Their Red Dot Line with the New FastFire E
Burris Optics has a new affordable enclosed emitter red dot option for your pistol, carbine or shotgun - the new FastFire E.
The FastFire E has a waterproof, shockproof, and fogproof monolithic machined aluminum housing with an enclosed emitter preventing ingress of things like dirt or snow. The sight’s A
aspherical lenses minimizes glare and the emitter has 8 red dot illumination settings, 2 night vision settings, and is either red or green reticle versions are available.
The optic has a 60,000-hour battery life and is powered by a single CR2032 lithium battery, which is located in a side-mounted battery compartment. The controls were simple and responsive on the models we handled at the Burris booth. The controls include an automatic brightness reset, brightness lock, and a button lockout function to prevent accidental adjustments to your desired settings.
Burris are aiming this expansion of their FastFire line at the competition, duty, and hunting markets suggesting the FastFire E would be at home on anything from a pistol to a shotgun.
The FastFire E has a large 22x17mm window with the emitter projecting a 3.5-MOA “always on” dot which is fully adjustable for windage and elevation, offering a 100-MOA adjustment range.
Here's the specs for the FastFire E:
- MAGNIFICATION: 1x
- BRIGHTNESS SETTING: 8 daylight / 2 NV
- SIGHT WINDOW: 0.87 in. x 0.67 in. (22 mm x 17 mm)
- RETICLE: 3.5 MOA
- ELEVATION ADJUSTMENT RANGE: 100 MOA
- WINDAGE ADJUSTMENT RANGE: 100 MOA
- ADJUSTMENT GRADUATION (MOA PER TICK MARK): 1 MOA
- OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE: -4 °F to +140 °F (-20 °C to +60 °C)
- STORAGE TEMPERATURE RANGE: -22 °F to +140 °F (-30 °C to +60 °C)
- POWER SUPPLY: One Lithium Battery (CR2032)
- DIMENSIONS: 1.81 in. x 1.41 in. x 1.26 in. (46 mm x 36 mm x 32 mm)(LxWxH)
- WEIGHT: 2.45 oz (69.6 g)
- BATTERY LIFE: 60,000 hours on setting 5
- WATERPROOF: IPX7
The sight mounts using the Aimpoint ACRO footprint giving it considerable comparability with a wide range of platforms. MSRP is $420 and they are shipping now. Find out more at www.burrisoptics.com.
Managing Editor: TheFirearmBlog.com & Overt Defense.com. Matt is a British historian specialising in small arms development and military history. He has written several books and for a variety of publications in both the US and UK. Matt is also runs The Armourer's Bench, a video series on historically significant small arms. Here on TFB he covers product and current military small arms news. Reach Matt at: matt@thefirearmblog.com
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