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Anyone run one? I’m thinking about a vortex venom to ride atop my Glock 45.

Do it and don’t look back . “Threat” or target focused shooting suits me so much better

I have the Vortex Venom on my G17 MOS, it came on the pistol when I bought it. I figured I’d run it till it quit, send it in for warranty, sell the new one and buy an RMR.

Dang thing won’t die.

It has some glare that an RMR doesn’t have but the dot is bright and view is clearer except with the sun behind me. But for the price, it’s a fair dot.

They work for sure & will likely make you a better shooter....................

But I hate seeing them on a gun.

MM

I would say no to the Venom and choose a model with “instant on”. I own several venoms/vipers/rmr/holosun.

Oops, I have the Viper

Same thing...

I like them on a deer hunting revolver.

Had the Bushnell 25 that did well for a couple of years. Am now on year 3 or 4 of a Vortex Venom. Much easier for my eyes than iron sights. Agree with those who find them an abomination. They badly unbalance a handgun.

My 60 year old eyes like them more every day. I currently have red dots on 4 handguns (2 hunting revolvers, a 9mm and a 22 LR). I just ordered another red dot sight today for a Sig P365XL.

I'm and RMR fan myself. My youngest daughter turned in this group at a family shoot a while back:



It was her first time shooting a Glock (She's a Sig fan), and the first time shooting a red dot equipped pistol.

YESSSSSSSSS

I bought a new Kimber with a Vortex already mounted on it last year. MUCH faster and very accurate. The future of handgun sights is now...

I have a RMR on my Glock 40, 10mm. I dont love it.

3 Trijicon RMRs myself. But, to be fair, I've never ran anything else. Found what worked, I liked it, and never looked back.

I have a Venom on my G40. Love it! Very accurate!

I have a G17 with an RMR. Its as much of an enhancement to the pistol as a red dot on a rifle.

Another RMR guy here and while it is a tough sight, it has taken a bit to get use to finding that red dot quickly. I’m sure that it is just muscle memory, but I think that I would have been a little happier with the larger window on the Tijicon SRO. I do see where Tijicon just brought out a RMRcc miniature red dot for the cc crowd on the smaller handguns. They sure improved my .45’s hit ability, but for concealed carry, I still prefer a good set of fiber optic sights.

I use more Burris Fastfires currently, but also have several Holosums and a couple of C Mores.

Mike Holmes

Trijicon RMR is undoubtedly the most rugged. Leupold DeltaPoint Pro is a solid optic as well.

I have RMR's on two hunting revolvers, a Fastfire on a Buckmark, a Holosun on a P320 and am waiting on another Holosun for the P365XL.

I prefer the Trijicon RMR and the Shield RMS-C, as they are always on and auto-adjust to the light conditions.

I've got a couple of other Micro red dots, that either you have to turn on/off or they do not auto-adjust (sometimes due to lighting the red dot can be washed out), so I much prefer the RMR/Shield. They're worth the extra coin.

Jerry