Originally Posted by
JodyH
^^^ This ^^^
My wife uses a RMR on a Walther Q5 for USPSA (she's a very casual shooter and the dot does improve her accuracy).
I tinker around with a RMR as a toy but currently the juice isn't anywhere worth the squeeze for me when it comes to actually trying to live with one 24/7/365.
For example, I was doing "draw to hit" drills on 8" steel plates at 20Y from AIWB with my VP9SK and big fat Night Fision sights.
My average over 20 repetitions was 2.5 seconds (all the first shot hits were right at 2 seconds flat, any plates that took a second or third shot were in the 2.8-3 range).
Even if I was able to shave .25 seconds off that average by increasing my first hit ratio what actual real world gains have I made compared to the negatives that current RMR tech comes with as far as reliability, batteries, target visibility, use in awkward shooting positions and varying light conditions and just general bulk and inconvenience?
None that make a compelling argument in favor of doing anything drastic to make the switch (especially from a platform I was already competent with) to accommodate an RMR in my opinion.