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Thread: Red dot pistol
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25-05-2022, 15:22 #11
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Re: Red dot pistol
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25-05-2022, 15:35 #12
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25-05-2022, 15:57 #13
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25-05-2022, 17:52 #14
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Re: Red dot pistol
Those of us who can't afford it will stay with iron sights.
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25-05-2022, 17:59 #15
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Re: Red dot pistol
There are also those of us who don't want to make our concealed carry guns bulkier and more snag prone by bolting things onto them. I'll certainly consider a dot for my sport gun but would need to get confident of it's 'failsafeness' and very proficient with it before I'd consider putting one on my carry gun.
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25-05-2022, 18:10 #16
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25-05-2022, 18:42 #17
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Re: Red dot pistol
I'm aware of the history and current state of the art wrt to carry optics. That being said, I've been carrying and shooting iron sighted, SA/DA pistols with external hammers for more than 30 years. Before I became 'quicker to change' I would need to convince myself that I could depend on the device and that I performed better enough with it to make the extra bulk, snaggability and potential for failure worthwhile. Precisely the same principle would apply to me deciding to make the change to a striker fired or shrouded hammer platform where I couldn't manage the hammer on holstering.
Being 'quick to change' is not a virtue in of itself any more than being 'slow to change' until you have a good reason isn't.
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25-05-2022, 18:50 #18
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Re: Red dot pistol
I am with Oafpatroll on this one, BUT (always a but), for my lifestyle and work. If I had an "office" job I would probably reasoned differently. I climb through fences, jump from tractors and wagons, crawl underneath trucks and other farm implements, fall with motorbikes.... etc. I am not confident that a RDS will have me confident that I will have a sight picture when the time comes when needed. I don't abuse my EDC (Glock 19), but it works really hard.
I have a RDS on my wheelgun though and for its use for sport shooting and occasional handgun hunting I am really content with it.
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25-05-2022, 18:56 #19
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25-05-2022, 19:09 #20
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Re: Red dot pistol
At the end of the day it comes down to the phrase: If the juice is worth the squeeze. A lot of the failures of red dots are due to improper installation and mounting. If you are willing to put in the effort to get it done properly and maintain that in terms of tightening screws and checking loctite (something irons sight screws also need), changing the battery once a year. Then I believe the extra effort is worth it for the advantages. The red dot is a simpler aiming system that does not require you to line up objects on 3 different vocal planes. It can help people with bad or deteriorating eye sight like myself. It's generally easier to shoot targets at further distances. Its also better adept to shooting in various lighting conditions, which is important for a carry gun. It allows me to focus on the target instead of the front sight so you can be more "threat focused"
At the end of the day people need to answer these questions and decide if its something they want or not.
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