I can match the speed of an optic all day long. That's the myth... Anyone willing to put a little effort in practicing his irons, understanding hold over, and employing the front sight only method for contact distance shooting can be just as fast, if not FASTER with irons.
I, to this day still have not put an RDS on any of my ARs. I have one on my 10/22 for the hell of it, but not on my fighting guns.
In about all of the carbean classes I've taken, the instructor has asked that the students take off or at least turn off the dot for a portion of the class. And none of my instructors run dot sights OR have friends at aimpoint who give them sights for free..... so there's less of a bias there in my opinion.
KevinB made the best, legitimate, arguement for an RDS here a while back. Although he admitted that he was equally fast with his irons, the RDS helped out in adverse fighting conditions..... Smoke, dust, etc. The dot sights do offer some benefits, but for an accomplished shooter, speed shouldn't be a factor.
I bought a mount for an aimpoint and was getting really close to picking one up, but now I'm thinking the money can be better spent on other preps.



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