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74novaman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:32 am

K-Texas wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:34 pm So how many of you guys carry, or plan to carry with a RDS mounted on your carry-gun?

The points made about putting the time in to get acclimated certainly seem valid, as far as range use. In a defensive shooting scenario, can you get a shot on target as quickly?

You need to read the Sage Dynamics white paper on red dot use.

http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/7dc128_50 ... 7925b1.pdf

Related to your question would be the force on force testing they did.

In a direct comparison, there is not a great discrepancy in the number of rounds fired, nor in the number of rounds that were hits, there is a large discrepancy that favors the MRDS in the number of critical hits. It’s also worth noting that the number of rounds missed is nearly twice as high with iron sights.

In "defensive scenarios", the red dot equipped handgun was a significant advantage, even for students who did not have previous experience shooting red dot equipped handguns before this class.

txhighlander wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 6:07 pm

K-Texas wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:34 pm So how many of you guys carry, or plan to carry with a RDS mounted on your carry-gun?

The points made about putting the time in to get acclimated certainly seem valid, as far as range use. In a defensive shooting scenario, can you get a shot on target as quickly?

What little experience I have with RDS etc tells me my money is better spent on ammo and range time. I did put xs sights on my Shadow Systems and when I relax and just shoot it is much faster. My accuracy went down a little bit but the more I shoot the better it gets.

Tex1961 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:42 pm

K-Texas wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:46 pm

Tex1961 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:05 pm I’m just shy of 60. Old to many of you and young to many others. Over the last year I went down the RMR path but have returned to regular iron sights. My issue isn’t my eyesight but hands that aren’t as strong or steady as they used to be. Seeing the red dot on the target jinking around makes me look like I have Parkinson’s, and throws off my concentration. The iron sights while now harder to see due to my older eyes keep my sight picture more stable on the target. A conundrum for sure, but that’s my personal issue with RMR’s. Truly frustrating as I really do like them.

I haven't found one that works for me either. Takes too long to get the dot where it needs to be. Same with ARs, I much prefer a low magnification scope of 2X or less on the low end.

Crimson Trace is starting to do some very innovative things. Maybe they or someone else will offer a sight where the dot is fixed where you then adjust it for POA out to 25 yards, even 15 would be fine. Then I'd have a valid reason to add the Canik TP9SFx!

You won’t regret the SFX. one heck of a package

Tex1961 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:05 pm I’m just shy of 60. Old to many of you and young to many others. Over the last year I went down the RMR path but have returned to regular iron sights. My issue isn’t my eyesight but hands that aren’t as strong or steady as they used to be. Seeing the red dot on the target jinking around makes me look like I have Parkinson’s, and throws off my concentration. The iron sights while now harder to see due to my older eyes keep my sight picture more stable on the target. A conundrum for sure, but that’s my personal issue with RMR’s. Truly frustrating as I really do like them.