I have no engineering or mechanical background. However, it appears that the mounting systems for the RDS feature 2 failure points. I know that there are folks on this sight who seem to be able to minimize these issues. First is the mounting of a plate to the slide and then the mounting of the RDS to the mount/plate. From a layman's point of view, this seems archaic.
It would seem to me that there needs to be an open source standard mounting system. This system would be incorporated within the slide of all pistols. It would seem to mimic the standard picatinny mount that is incorporated into a standard AR upper. It would then be incumbent on the RDS manufacturer to make their RDS with the standard base. Seems like the way the ACRO mounts to a plate would be a good system. If I understand it correctly, there would be only one cross bolt to tighten. Hence, no more plates would have to be attached to the slide and no more screws to be used to attach the RDS to the a plate. Plates would be a thing of the past.
Just some random thoughts. I am probably missing something. Your thoughts???
Cheers, Steve