I have run red dots for years on other guns and love them. That being said, I have had a bunch of them fail. Yes the very first one was a cheap red dot but after that I learned and never bought cheap again, but have had at least 4 or 5 crap the bed. I will say a shotgun with a heavy turkey load is ruff on them.
That said, I can defiantly shoot tighter groups at longer distance with the red dot on my pistols but at 7 yards and in, not much difference. That is why I am wondering about them. I know we never know when or at what distance we may have to use our EDC but for 7 and in I see irons working just fine. at 10 I am a little tighter with the red dot but still ok with irons. It is at about 15 and longer that the real difference shows up.
