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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Frosty on June 19, 2013, 08:05:00 PM
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Came upon an interesting post from another site. I don't have one but I am starting to see some people, not a lot, with Red Dot sights on their pistol(s). I am curious as to what folks here think about them & do you have one or are you thinking of getting one? Not a scientific poll/survey just an unadulterated sh*t stupid curious question. ;D
Read the post & see what you think about red dots.
http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/red-dots-and-pistols/ (http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/red-dots-and-pistols/)
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For self defense they serve no purpose. However, with target and hunting these old eyes really like them ;D
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Gabe Suarez has been doing a lot of combat/SD work with them on Glocks for a year or so now.
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Gabe Suarez has been doing a lot of combat/SD work with them on Glocks for a year or so now.
Does he have any takes on them? Just curious if he has given any feed back.
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MB has a couple and not just for fun.
Richard
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I have the Burris Fastfire on two of my .22's. It's one of the best <$200 red dots out there. They make a number of different configurations including a protected mount and an AR mount. http://www.burrisoptics.com/fastfire.html (http://www.burrisoptics.com/fastfire.html)
Here's the Protected, rough duty mount.
(http://www.burrisoptics.com/images/PiccatinniProtector.jpg)
That said, if you're an "operator", part of HRT or your work commonly requires you to shoot people (think Army, Navy, Marines in the mid-east), by all means go for a red-dot or laser if it suits you. Competitors by all means, do red-dots. But for most of us "regular" types who may never ever fire our gun in anger (which includes most of the LEOs), I'm unconvinced of the use of red dot or laser sights. I think they're a highly probable point of failure and a distraction. Sure, if you practice quite a bit and do failure drills, you can be highly successful with and confident in a red-dot sight. But for the rank and file, I think that when the chips-are-down, a red-dot or laser represents a liability. When the body shuts down the fine motor skills in a fight-or-flight mode I believe that the simpler, the fewer controls, the more instinctive the weapon the more likely it will work for me.
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Does he have any takes on them? Just curious if he has given any feed back.
I can't find the Blog on the site, but I didn't search to hard .
http://www.onesourcetactical.com/infidelmediagroup.aspx
They have been working with the RMR sight on a Glock.