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Rio7

If you have a gun that works well for you, and you are satisfied with your performance then roll with it. I carry guns with both iron sights as well as RDO equipped ones. It is not a big deal. Some guns, I simply do not want to cut/have milled for an RDO for various reasons. Some, like Glocks, I don't really care about it if they get cut.

Both work fine, though as I get older I have found that for distance shooting I am far more accurate/precise with an RDO due to my eyes not being able to see a front sight as clearly as I once did.

Yer still packin' a revolver and drivin' a CJ5, eh? Good for you.

I took one of my most familiar platforms I've been shooting for years and had it cut for a 407k. The transition was pretty much non-existent, and I've not had any problem with daily carry or range work. Change the battery yearly and no worries.

McKay, I think a lot of this depends how you normally use your hand gun, 99% my hand gun use is to dispatch downed critters at close range 10 yards or closer, I have shot a few critters that were not down or wounded a fairly close range under 40-50 yards, as far as being able to see the sites I have no problem there I see 20-20 very clearly.

There are no big bad Bears in S.Texas within 250 miles of here, and the Bears that are that close are small brown bears, we have some large antlered or horned critters that can be aggressive, but when dealing them common sense prevails I carry a rifle. Rio7

RIO,

You have a system that obviously works for you. I would not change a thing.

The Glock 22 I referenced earlier:




When using the RDO is capable is excellent accuracy with its chosen load, which is a hot 170 grain poly coated SWC at 1200 FPS.



The thing is that I just cannot shoot very small groups like the ones shown above when using strictly iron sights. With a good rest and a red dot there is no doubt the advantage goes to the RDO.

This is a good example.

Both of these types of ammo, I am pretty sure are equally as accurate.

One is a 240 grain hard cast semi wadcutter .44 magnum shot by the iron sighted Model 629.

The other is a 270 grain hard cast semi wadcutter .45 Colt shot by the RDO equipped Blackhawk.

Both shot at 15 yards. over bags.






The one shot out with the .45 Colt is all me. I just tend to do that.

No doubt about it, the RDO makes shooting tight groups far easier.

I see no disadvantage to a RDO, at any distance. I see a clear advantage to using a RDO

It's something else that can potentially go wrong at the worst possible time.

You're saying thr same thing that people said about scopes on rifles when I was young.
Scopes now are the preferred sighting system

I see no down side, because the irons are still usable

If your motor memory is to look for that dot, on the day it's not there you will reflexively just keep looking for it.

I saw it as a longer range solution for a shorter range platform. Yes, the RMR on my 1911 enabled me to shoot tighter groups, but my handguns and especially my CCW size handguns are not hunting guns. Defensive distance is feet, not yards and I found looking for that red dot took more time and practice for muscle memory than I wanted to devote to it. I saw it as one more bulbous thing sticking up on the top a handgun to snag on clothing.

I'm convinced that the frenzy to mount a red dot on concealed carry (defensive) handguns is mainly driven by a desire on the part of the industry to sell them. There's money in it, and therefore money is made available to those who are willing to promote and popularize the idea.

Convincingly said by someone who never put in the effort to actually use one and get proficient with it.

Learning to shoot with a red dot will make you a better shooter.

On that last bull, it appears to me that you only have ONE good shot (on the X) and five that you pulled low….😁

Thanks.

That’s your problem, you operate with half the info and think you know what your talking about.

When you can’t see iron sights accurately with the naked eye but you can see a red dot easily, then there isn’t much debate unless you think the bad guy is going to wait for you to put your glasses on (if you can find them)

I wear readers to read but don’t need glasses to see past 3 feet, the red dot has changed the game
For me