School me on using red dots on handguns

[chris_1001]

You should change your username to not_that_chris, really

I thought about it.

 

[Knob Creek]

I took a class at Sig with Colin Murphy. Here he is instructing Colion Noir:

 

[MAGA99]

I built a G17, put a holosun on it, and I suck at the dot. I’ve shot other peoples dots and been good, hitting steel. Site it on a bench, misses galore in hand. Switch to irons, no issue. You’re not alone!

 

[paul73]

Some like them. Some don’t.

i like them, but.
as i have now 2 identical shadows, one with sro and one with irons - under 15 yards on the plate rack, 8" round plates - i am way faster and more accurate with irons.
if i move to 20 and 25 yards - then i miss way less with the dot, and generally can do 5 plates rack faster with the dot.

2 identical guns in most other aspects, so for me it kinda settled that once and for all.

 

[paul73]

I built a G17, put a holosun on it, and I suck at the dot. I’ve shot other peoples dots and been good, hitting steel. Site it on a bench, misses galore in hand. Switch to irons, no issue. You’re not alone!

when your glock shoots to the left, it is neither glock nor red dot fault.

 

[chris_1001]

when your glock shoots to the left, it is neither glock nor red dot fault.

 

[chris_1001]

i like them, but.
as i have now 2 identical shadows, one with sro and one with irons - under 15 yards on the plate rack, 8" round plates - i am way faster and more accurate with irons.
if i move to 20 and 25 yards - then i miss way less with the dot, and generally can do 5 plates rack faster with the dot.

2 identical guns in most other aspects, so for me it kinda settled that once and for all.

My point made.

Shoot what you are comfortable and competent with.

 

[paul73]

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ha. the original old classic is immortal: