Originally Posted by
1Rangemaster
Good advice from earlier posts. I have been working with “red dots” and studying here for going on a year.
GLOCK is my department issue, and I have a G45MOS and personally own a G19MOS. A Trijicon RMR mounted on the G45, with an Aimpoint ACRO on the 19. JMO, but for duty I would only consider those two, and they each have their pluses/minuses.
Regarding buis, I have Heinie “suppressor” sights on one, and plain AmeriGlo on the other(less expensive-dept.issue). I “think” multiple dots/fiber optics/etc could be confusing and complicate the sighting process-but I haven’t really put it to any testing. FBI HRT reportedly runs a single tritium tube on theirs, and that makes some sense(though more cost-but hey, tax dollars).
Whatever you do, I’d recommend strongly dry fire and shooting before ever going on the street. For me, it was several hundred rounds of focused drills before I even started to be comfortable. I continue to dry fire(presenting from holster)weekly, and try to get a live fire session monthly. Shoot a Qual/eval with the sight off-just use buis to verify.
Your other probable purchase will be a holster; Safariland is the standard, but they are way behind(according to rep) due to demand.
All this, but it’s been worth it to me. The sights aren’t a magic amulet, but if one works at it, IMO, very beneficial. Best of luck