From reading on this and other forums it seems to me that most don't think these slide mount RDS's are quite ready for 'prime time got to be 100% reliable' use. The RMR is one that gets mentioned as maybe the best so far but....Does this USSOCOM contract mean they know more than we do because they have done a lot of testing? Or perhaps the mil version is different than what we can buy? I am curious because my impression was that we are a few years away from 100% so this thread surprised me.
As an engineer I would have like to have seen an adoption of a footprint and bolt pattern then allow/let the market compete.Originally Posted by jwperry
It would only make sense to commonize the footprint/bolt pattern.
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...IMO, many times USSOCOM adopted things before they were 100%
and, "perfect is the enemy of good enough"
While I don’t think many feel the technology is fully mature, perhaps the military thought, on balance, the benefits of a dot on a pistol, even with current technology, outweigh the negatives. From what I have read, and only based on that, the military optic is a type 2 RMR.
Footprint/bolt pattern is a start, but I would like to see the optic fully supported the way Primary Machine and ATEI do their installations.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
Sometimes getting a unit that’s good enough out there is better than delaying till you NEVER get the perfect unit. Plus, I’m 99.973% certain that should a SOCOM guy draw his sidearm and doesn’t see a dot that he wouldnt freak out and miss the target, like say the guy who shoots 1000 rounds a decade and never trains with his backups. The other benefit of the choice is that this may further motivate folks to spend time developing better stuff. Knowing there is a SOCOM need means there will be a DOD need soon, then a LEO need ... just like how the RDS on a carbine has become the de facto standard.
1000+ on the full support. I was honestly totally surprised that when Trijicon releases the RMR2 they didn’t shave a few millimeters off the sides do it doesn’t overhang at least the Glock slide width.
Last edited by TAZ; 08-22-2018 at 10:24 AM.
Just curious if these are identical to type 2s? CDIII said the rep he was taking to said they were and I would assume the same thing.
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