Red dots on handguns are for play (change my mind)

[WebSnyper]

I guess we should ask how he feels about 5 rounds being enough!

if he had an RDS that would be all he'd need to get the job done.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Wait until he hears about green dots.

 

[Gabriel]

Wait until he hears about green dots.

I hear they are better for people who have an astigmatism, but am wary about switching to green after using red for so many years (on rifles). I may be worrying about nothing, but I'll probably stick to red.

 

[Gingerbeardman]

I hear they are better for people who have an astigmatism, but am wary about switching to green after using red for so many years (on rifles). I may be worrying about nothing, but I'll probably stick to red.

I tried a green fiber optic front sight and quickly discovered it was far inferior. That's kind of apples to oranges, but I think I was just used to looking for red, and I felt it stood out better.

 

[92FSTech]

My latest guns (and I do carry them) No RDS required!!!

Y'all can have whatever you want. I'm'a just sit over here with my snubby and die.

That big long post advocating for the dot, yet based on my favorite carry gun, I guess I'm probably going to die with you guys...

 

[bwframe]

I hear they are better for people who have an astigmatism, but am wary about switching to green after using red for so many years (on rifles). I may be worrying about nothing, but I'll probably stick to red.

I also had poor results with the green fiber optic sights vs red. That said my Holosun SCS was only available in green. So far so good. I have yet to spend a lot of time in areas with heavy green backgrounds though. In the sun and green grass, the dot/circle picks up just fine for me though, while the fiber optic did not.

 

[cbhausen]

I also had poor results with the green fiber optic sights vs red. That said my Holosun SCS was only available in green. So far so good. I have yet to spend a lot of time in areas with heavy green backgrounds though. In the sun and green grass, the dot/circle picks up just fine for me though, while the fiber optic did not.

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Same rig I run, right down to the OEM polymer sights. Replacing those with proper sites is next on my hit list. And for anyone who wonders about the battery and solar charging, I left mine in a safe for a month or more and it lit right up when I pulled it out.

 

[cbhausen]

double tap

 

[Bassat]

I don't believe that RDS can correct the problems of poor fundamentals. If you are limp-wristing and/or jerking the trigger, the RDS is pointless. Learn to shoot. Then learn to shoot RDS. This is NOT to say that one can't learn to shoot with RDS.

I deem myself fairly proficient with handguns. I do two types of shooting.
1.) Indoor firing range, fixed position, fixed targets. Most of my shots are taken at 7 yards, or so. I have no problems putting most of 14 rounds of .45 ACP (G21) into a 3" group as quickly as I can pull the trigger.
2.) Bleach/Fabric Softener/Milk jug thrown on the ground at about 7 yards. Goal is to hit the jug with every shot as it bounces and flies around the yard from each impact. I have never connected with all shots from any one magazine. On a good day, I get about 80-85% hits.
I don't use RDS, never have, but not ruling them out. I shoot right handed with my left eye, mostly because I am blind in right eye. I do my most accurate shooting when I focus on the front sight; the rear sight and target are indistinct blurs when I am doing this properly. My brand-new P365XL has a cut-out for an RDS that allows co-witness. I may try a cheap RDS someday. I don't think it will help at all with my type of shooting. My biggest problem with RDS is that they make the gun (any gun) butt-ugly.
And for god's sake please don't get me started on ugly guns. Say, for instance, a 1911 with an RDS, square trigger guard, Picatinny rail, and an arched main-spring housing. Wrong! All wrong! Completely wrong!

 

[Gabriel]

Same rig I run, right down to the OEM polymer sights. Replacing those with proper sites is next on my hit list.

If you shoot it a bit more, the 19 will be kind enough to remove those sights for you.

 

[gregkl]

For people who are cross eye dominant, Red Dots are a game changer. I don't have to close an eye, and tilt the pistol to come close to where I want. I can just keep both eyes open, look through the red dot and hit where I want.

So I don't view it as a toy, or for play. I view it as something that helps me be better.

I'm cross dominant and though when you watch me, you can tell, I don't have to "smudge" my shooting glasses or close one eye or mess around with countless magnification lens combinations to only end up seeing something blurry.

With a dot, I look at the target, present the pistol, see the dot, send it.

 

[mmpsteve]

You are correct. They do NOT belong on a cowboy revolver or lever action rifle. That's just wrong.

It may be wrong, but I can hit s*** now, both near and far. Couldn't before. And I may be biased, but I don't think it's totally ugly. Honestly, if it didn't already have a ported barrel, I probably wouldn't have done it. Will be looking for a Skinner site for my Henry Golden Boy.




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[gregkl]

I have my dad's Marlin 336 Carbine in 35 rem. I removed the scope from it years ago.

I just can't bring myself to have any kind of optic on it.

Which is dumb. Because I can't hit **** with the original iron sights. But then again, I don't shoot it anyway. It is a safe queen.

 

[flightsimmer]

I guess we should ask how he feels about 5 rounds being enough!

You mean like who wants to be first?

 

[flightsimmer]

My son-in-law is on Ingo and I didn't think that a red dot would be very quick but he shoots competition out at Marion county fish and game and he says it's very quick once you get used to it.

 

[bwframe]

If you shoot it a bit more, the 19 will be kind enough to remove those sights for you.

Really? Have you had this happen?

I have always listened to the "cheap plastic sights" talk and replaced them with Ameriglos. The same as I did on the G19 pictured above.

After using the SCS for some months, I have convinced myself that I might live with stock sights on the next Glock/SCS?

Maybe not, if I can find real world folks who have had issues with the stock sights, beyond rumors?

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

I have my dad's Marlin 336 Carbine in 35 rem. I removed the scope from it years ago.

I just can't bring myself to have any kind of optic on it.

Which is dumb. Because I can't hit **** with the original iron sights. But then again, I don't shoot it anyway. It is a safe queen.

Marlin 30aw with Romeo 5 is my absolute deer slayer. Looks a bit goofy, but very effective for me last several seasons

 

[Gabriel]

Really? Have you had this happen?

I have always listened to the "cheap plastic sights" talk and replaced them with Ameriglos. The same as I did on the G19 pictured above.

For years our issued backup handguns were the 27 and then the 26 (when we went to 9mm) with the stock plastic sights. I saw a lot of the sights from those come off at the range. I've also seen more than a couple people find either the front or rear was missing when they got there.

The Gen 5s we have now all have night sights.

 

[DadSmith]

If you shoot it a bit more, the 19 will be kind enough to remove those sights for you.

Glock Perfection

 

[ShimmeringTrees]

Shooting a gun is like throwing a baseball, the ball will go where the eyes lay. Ever see the girl shoot an arrow with her feet? Dang straight, she hit the target.