To check Country of Origin on Streamlight products, go to the product’s page, scroll down to the bottom and click “documentation”, then “fact sheet”. Country of Origin is bottom center of the fact sheet. Some are made in china; some are assembled in USA, such as the TLR VIR II.
I don't agree that you'd be better off without one. I've only really transitioned to red dots on my pistols in the past couple of years, as my eyes got to the point where I could no longer get a crisp front sight focus without glasses. I've only got a few thousand rounds down range with red dots on pistols, and probably several hundred presentations. I can consistently find the dot immediately, except when I'm trying to shoot in awkward positions using strong or weak hand. In those situations, I can often find the dot quickly, though not immediately as when doing a standard presentation from holstered.
It's really in those extenuating situations that I see some aid in finding the dot from the buis. If you don't experience this, you train way more than I do, in which case, kudos! Either way, there's no way I'm better off without the dot because I use the irons to find it on rare occasion.
Try what member Titsonritz mentioned in another thread where we were discussing this. He removed his buis altogether until he was proficient with the dot. What you’re doing is introducing a training scar. If they’re not there at all it will bring you to the point of not needing to spend that split second referencing your irons and transitioning to the dot. Unless you’re taking a highly accurate shot, you just need to get the dot somewhere in the window.
Last edited by Adrenaline_6; 01-17-22 at 13:50.
Part of the reason I went to just a front sight was the rear sight was slowing me down getting to the dot. As stated I use the red dot as a big ghost ring with the front sight.
One of the things that surprised me when I was shooting my friends Holosun was how useful the big circle surrounding the dot was for fast corrections in presentation. I was really trying to do bad presentations and see if it could be a good tool and it was.
I carried a DR. Optic for years with no back up irons and never had an issue.
How much does Assembled in USA matter to everyone? For my first red dot I searched high and low until I found a Romeo4 "Assembled in USA" for $200. Then I read comments to the effect of doesn't matter, it's just a Chinese Holosun. When I wanted another red dot I said screw it and got a Romeo5 for $100. I frankly don't know how to feel about that.
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