Red dots on pistol.?

[big five 1]

What's your take. Im in the market for new sights on my glock. I think sights will be the perfect mod

 

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[Howard 538]

I just put a set of Dawson Precision fiber optics (front and rear) on my Glock G34 and LOVE them!  No batteries to fail either

[checko 180]

Depends how much you want to spend I guess. Triji's set the standard (surprise) but I'd consider a Burris fastfire for a budget optic

[chris327 30]

Have you shot with a red dot on a pistol? It definitely takes some getting used to to shoot it.

[big five 1]

The fast fire is 190 with mount

 

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[big five 1]

I mean if red dots are great on rifles then why not on a pistol and or sd pistol

 

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[chris327 30]

Im not saying theres anything wrong with them. But when i first got my fnx with sight on it it took some getting used to. actually im still getting used to it. I think it is more to do with the distance a rifle sight is from your eye vs the distance a pistol sight is.

[Howard 538]

I mean if red dots are great on rifles then why not on a pistol and or sd pistol

 

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There is nothing wrong with red dots for competition stuff.  I would never put anything that relies on a battery on a self / home defense weapon.  What will you do when split seconds may count when the battery is dead or you shook it and the connection broke for a second.

[big five 1]

U good point. . This for my glock17.. I will definitely be buying a 19 pr 26 when I move to pa

 

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[Shane45 807]

They have their place and I would say they are here to stay. I think you will see this trend continue.

 

Some of my observations:

At least at this stage, I am slower on close targets vs Irons. I did not expect that to be the case as I used to shoot Open class IPSC back in the 90's. But the window size is much smaller on these "carry" type setups.

 

Accuracy and speed at distance is better VS Irons.

 

I have no concerns about the dot dying or turning off. I am fully confident I can transition to irons just fine if I had to or other methods depending on engagement distance. Current trijicons seem pretty damn reliable at this point though. If you have a hangup with batteries, get the non battery version.

 

Here is the massive difference. In low light / no light situations having a WML and a dot optic gives a huge advantage, in my opinion, over irons.

[Fred2 367]

I love the red dot for target shooting with my 22.

It is much easier for my old eyes to focus on just the target, and not the target and sights

 

Significantly higher scores than with iron sights.

[s8n 14]

I have a fastfire II on my buckmark. makes shooting a .22 almost too easy 

[Vlad G 345]

Yeah, we are not talking competion guns here with ONLY a red dot, you can always keep iron sights with it to fall back to. I think the technology is about there now, so why not. 

[DirtyDigz 1,811]

Relevant to discussion:

 

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/06/daniel-zimmerman/gear-review-trijicon-rmr-sight-adjustable-led-6-5-moa-red-dot/

[302w 83]

I hated the one time I used a red dot.

 

My dad inherited a Sig/Hammerli Trailslide 22 that had a decent red dot on it. I'm a decent pistol shot but I couldn't shoot it for anything because my hands shake too much and the reticle bounces. With irons I was fine.

[DeletePLS 178]

I have a Burris fastfire3 on my mk3 hunter love it for plinking, much better than the irons on that gun. I tried a cheaper knockoff of the Burris but the dot was way to large at 50ft

 

 

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[weekend_junkie 129]

Go for it. Please report your findings!

 

JMHO, but if you can't hit center mass with your SD pistol without looking down the sights, then it's not your SD pistol... I trust my 92FS because don't really need to look down the sights to score a hit. Practice and muscle memory, my man.