RMR dot size for a defensive handgun?

[HeavyDuty]

I haven’t ever owned a non-target handgun with a RDS.

What’s the groupthink on appropriate dot size? I’m thinking about taking advantage of the Father’s Day sales and picking up a RMR Type 2 - I want to let the ACRO settle down a little, and an RMR would always be useful to have around.

3.25 or 6.5?

[pew_pew]

6.5..

[Norville]

I have both and prefer the 3.25.

[Tokarev]

Does the size of the dot really make that much difference? I understand that, in theory, the bigger dot should be easier to see. With that said, the dot is either there or it isn't.

[GJM]

I think something in the 5-6 range is ideal, based on my experience and speaking with other USPSA CO shooters.

With the smaller size dots, I end up turning up the intensity to make them appear larger. I want to be looking through the display at the targets, and with a larger dot I can have it at a lower intensity and still quickly find it. A side benefit of a larger dot might be greater battery life, since you don’t need to “bloom” it, to make it appear larger.

[HeavyDuty]

Let me toss this in.

I wear glasses - they are bifocals for reading, and are plano for distance with just an astigmatism correction. In a pinch I can shoot without glasses using a fuzzy iron sight picture. (I try to do this regularly using just clear shooting glasses.)

The 6.5 seems to make sense to me, but I won’t have a chance to try them before buying.

[breakingtime91]

I really like the 3.25. Dial up if needed and dial down if needed for longer shots. 6.5 is good also so hard to go wrong

[StraitR]

IMO, larger dots have far less perceived wobble and are marginally easier for me to pick up.

[breakingtime91]

IMO, larger dots have far less perceived wobble and are marginally easier for me to pick up.

Embrace the wobble. Love the wobble

[HeavyDuty]

The coffee finally kicked in, and I grabbed my old Ruger CTM out of the safe. Late last year just before the divorce started I freshened it up, including mounting a FastFire. It’s been in the safe forgotten and unfired since then.

It’s 3 MOA, and it could stand to be bigger for a purely defensive gun. My use is 50’ or less, I don’t see myself ever realistically needing to take longer shots with a CCW pistol.

I think I’m going to try a 6.5 MOA RMR07.

Thanks, all!