I'm slowly being sucked into the dot life due to my aging eyes. My first entry with a dot is a Burris FF3 mounted atop a Beretta 92x RDO.
The dot mount/setup is absolutely too high, does not allow for co-witness of sights, and is so tall that it will not allow for suppressor height sight.
This setup worked at the range, but I would not consider it for any other use, and therefor removed it, and went back to the Wilson sights on the pistol.
I had zero'd the dot at 20 yards, and it produced good groups from a rest to almost 50, while messing with it at the range. The the far distance, it would do about 2-3" from a rest.
Closer than 20 yards, it'll produce extremely tight groups, in to 5 yards.
I'm intrigued by the idea of a dot on a pistol, and particularly the Trijicon RMR, the RM04, dual illumination. The reason being no batteries.
So my long winded question to all of you users of the dots:
What is the best/practical/general distance for dot zero?
Is far better than near?
Does dot size dictate distance?
Thanks in advance for your experiences.
Chris~