As soon as I start getting beat by someone with a red dot I'll start milling my slides and putting blue tinted glass with a 4 moa dot that can be made completely ineffective by a drop of water on the emitter on them. Practiscore and uberscoremaster have yet to convince me I need one or it would make me more effective.
When you're done saying what you're saying, stop saying it.
I've ran drills back to back with and without the dot and found no change in speed, but my accuracy is measurably better. Up close it's not really a big difference, but past about 15 yards it is noticeable. This was running about 500 rounds each through a red dot and iron sighted gun recording the data and comparing. Bill drills from 7-25, the humbler, press six, a few USPSA classifiers, etc. I'm a lowly B class shooter, so maybe if I was better with handguns overall it would be different.
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Ha! Nice catch. What I neglected to say is that he is he single shooter with an optic who consistently beats me. Everyone else runs irons.
While I’m sure they are helpful to shoot at 30+ yards I’m just not sold on the idea that’s what one should be training for. I think the VAST majority of shooters would be better served by buying another 3k rounds and taking a class. Shit, even in high speed classes the distance shots are an unbelievably small portion, usually reserved as the last drill of the day or right after lunch for fun.
When you're done saying what you're saying, stop saying it.
I had my P226 slide milled by L&M Precision and a Doctor optic and love it!
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Already have several my use is for duty only, I don't compete at all. For my use i see several benefits including being able to stay threat focused, increased accuracy/speed on moving targets, easier/faster Target transitions and greater accuracy at distance.
I was more asking about the specific application on my 226 in regards to the Rx. The only time I'll be using irons is with new recruits. All my shooting will be with a RDS in the foreseeable future.
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