For those of you with a lot of time behind a slide mounted red dot, how long did it take before you started seeing serious improvement/increases in speed over irons?
Recognizing that everyone is different, I'm starting to waiver on the whole concept due to, what feels to me like, very slow progress. I've had a RMR G19 for several months and have put a little over 1000 rounds through it along with a fair amount of dry practice. Starting to get a bit discouraging to see how much faster I still shoot irons with a big orange front sight. I definitely see the advantage in long-distance shooting - I can put shots on steel out at 50-100 yards in a way I know I could never match with irons - but inside 10 yards my first shot is so slow. Inside 5 I have to make myself find the dot because I start getting annoyed with missing it and just rely on all the other mechanics to put the first shot in the 0 blind.
I know what I really need is some professional training, and I am looking to get it as soon as I can, but the experiences of the group and any tips/drills/videos you all have would be appreciated in the meantime.