Regarding pistol red dot optics, I have a somewhat unpopular opinion about them….
The average concealed carrier should probably not bother with them.
What I’ve noticed when training newer shooters is that a RDS greatly helps their stationary shooting skills over irons but when I have them rapidly move while shooting they do worse with a RDS compared to irons. Yes this can be overcome with training but the average person is simply not going to train that much.
The same is true in force on force with both iron and RDS equipped sim pistols. Newer guys have a lot of trouble finding the dot during a dynamic situation where another person is shooting back at them and they do better with irons.
Again, the average poster here is going to train enough where the pros of having a RDS comes into play but the average concealed carrier is not.
Just an observation from training newer shooters.