Originally Posted by
M2CattleCo
I’m about a thousand rounds and a lot of dry work into a 19X / RM06 and I’m not as blown away with it as I thought I would be.
I really haven’t had much trouble with dot acquisition as my presentation with a Glock is pretty ingrained after 20 years of living with them.
Up close shots are doable, probably as fast, as accurate, but I find that if I don’t get the dot during the press out then I fuck around for a second, still don’t get it, and point shoot. Unless the target is far enough away, then I’ll slow down, use the front sight to clean up, and then make the shot.
15 yards and beyond? Fukkin awesome. No comparison.
Low/no light? I’m still not as comfortable with it. With an X300 the silhouette of the irons is easier to pick up than the dot especially when moving.
I thought this was going to be like going from irons to an Aimpoint when we first started putting them on ARs, but the difference is that ARs with an Aimpoint are more forgiving of mount/presentation than with irons, and the handgun is much more dependent on good presentation.
To me, the MRDS vs irons on a handgun is more akin to LPVO vs RDS on an AR.
I think they definitely have their place and I think it’s a great tool to have, but they’re not an across the board improvement over irons for *my* application of a handgun.
I’m still learning this, so my opinion may change as time goes by.