Originally Posted by
Archer1440
This is a personal matter. If you’re going to depend on the pistol, and spend the cost of a high end optic simply to modify the slide to accept a specific optic, then I personally want what I have proven to myself to be the most dependable option. For me, at this time, that is the RMR, though I also carry pistols with SRO’s with zero concerns. Some people find the DPP or other options to meet their needs, and I do not for various specific reasons.
You’ll find plenty of advocates for just about everything out there. Some have done the work to vet their choices and some have not.
By the way, to your point concerning staying with a platform you are attached to, I get that. But with training comes certain degree of flexibility- I have no problem switching between 1911 - P7 - P226/229 - P320 - VP9 - P30 or irons/dot and back as needed or wanted, at a reasonable level of competence on demand, but I put a lot of time into each of those at one time or another.
(Heinlein’s dictum on specialization and insects comes to mind.)