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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.

Scott B. wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:38 pm My suggestion for those trying out pistol red dots is to give it time. I was less than thrilled with the first couple of range trips. I've decided to stick with the red dot for the next six months and I'm finally starting to turn the corner after about 700 rounds.

Absolutely correct. It takes time and reps to get used to it.

Too many people try it out once or twice and give up.

Red dots on handguns are game changing once you learn how to shoot with them.

I’m a fan.



The simultaneously most hurtful/true thing I’ve heard about shooting red dot equipped pistols is “There are no more hard shots, just bad trigger presses”.