Speaking of red dots on pistols
Todd G says all or nothing. I have one and I have noticed that it takes me a while to find the red dot. Seems to be improving with practice though. I was unaware of the dot disappearing thing.
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April 6th, 2015 at 6:49 pm
Most people (myself included) have not developed the ability to track their irons during recoil.
April 6th, 2015 at 7:21 pm
I’ve had several R.D. sights on my .22 target pistol. The best one (IMO) was the first, a Bushnell HoloSight. The key for me was the “rising dot” reticle that had a vertical bar with the aiming dot above it, surrounded by a semi-circle with “rays” emanating from it. The dot was VERY fast to acquire, I used it for shooting bowling pins.
I would probably not want it on a defensive pistol.
April 6th, 2015 at 7:34 pm
It seems to be a reasonable and well thought out article.
Also I do have rifle/optic combos in which you loose all semblence of sight picture with each shot – A high magnification scope and moderate to heavy recoil don’t play nice together in that regard. Even shooting a heavy barrel 308 Win using 14x magnification, I only occasionally see my hits through the scope, ’cause I’m usually still busy recovering from recoil. Point is; it’s a familiar problem for most any shooter (then there’s the problem, shooting black powder, of seeing anything beyond the muzzle until the smoke clears).
A modern, light carbine with a 1x dot sight, now that’s a whole nuther deal.
On a pistol, with my old-age related problem seeing close, a dot sight on a pistol would be JUST the ticket.
April 7th, 2015 at 1:29 pm
The disappearing dot isn’t really an issue for most people, other than being a training thing. Which is the same for irons – the problems is that the dot behaves differently than irons, so guess what? You need to practice/train. I agree with Todd and Tam that, for 95% of shooters (or more), the RDS on a pistol is a boon, as long as you practice with it.
I’m still a little concerned about using that style of MRDS on a sub-compact carry gun, especially for pocket carry.
And as a personal preference, I’d rather train with one style of sight rather than two. And that ultimately means irons for me.