This came last week and I shot it for the first time Sunday, and can say I am very happy to have an optics ready pistol for $348 in the current market. We only shot plates Sunday and I didn't shoot it on paper for any kind of accuracy but I was hitting all of the same plates I can hit with my 5" 2.0 that has better Dawson sights on it. It never missed a beat.
We have been going through money like shit through a goose lately (Christmas, heat pump, bedroom furniture, going out to eat a bunch while leaving big tips like we have been doing since the CV has screwed all the people in the food service industry) so might need to lay low on jumping on the RMR until next month sometime.
I didn't think to try it side by side with my unported gun, maybe that will be next week.
Also now I can take the slide and all of the 40S&W mags (I have a bunch..) and stash them in the ammo can with the 2k-3k reloads and save them for a rainy day.
If I end up shooting this a lot and liking the dot maybe someday I will still get a 2.0 CORE gun, but who knows exactly what the future might hold.
Thanks again for the coaching and confirmation of the validity of this approach.