Your dot is still 13-ish MOA no matter what the distance. A 3.25 MOA dot at 25 would only cover roughly an inch of target. No matter, I would be fine with a dot that big on a pistol. I have a 9MOA RMR and I really like it, it's riding on a shotgun right now. I am willing to sacrifice some brightness for not needing batteries.
I have experimented with various sizes and the 7MOA worked out best for me on a handgun. The 3.5 Insight MRDS (I think it's the best of it's kind) was too small for me to pick up consistently. If I dedicate a gun to a red-dot it will be the MRDS in 7 MOA.
I am puzzled as to why anyone would make a sight of this nature and not have it fit Docter-pattern mounts. It seems your market would be that much bigger with all the mounts and optics already on the market. If people could retrofit existing mounts with new sights (Elcan Specter, Trijicon ECOS, Larue's Irondots) I bet they'd sell more of these.
Last edited by M4Guru; 01-18-10 at 10:36.
Grant, I've been very interested in this concept ever since I saw the set up on the FN 45, but I am curious as to your thinkng. Is the idea of this RDS along with CT grips simply for redundancy? Why else would you want to couple these 2 things.
When using a none battery powered optic, there can always be a reticle washout issue. The CT laser grips are a good idea IMHO when using this type of optic.
In the event that the dot fails, you could also point shoot.
I do a lot of CQD/low light shooting so I might be more concerned about it than others.
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Last edited by C4IGrant; 01-18-10 at 12:30.
I haven't really fired it much to be honest, maybe 50 rounds of 00 buck. So far, so good.
These are pictures off of David Bowie's site detailing the cut in the slide that is made for a J-Point. Surely not the same for an RMR but similar. The lower the better I would suppose. http://www.bowietacticalconcepts.com/mandpprices.html
Last edited by JohnN; 01-18-10 at 15:06.
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Grant,
Can you post some pics from the back of the gun showing how the dot works and what happens when the gun tilts up and down?
Thanks!
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