This is going to be a long post. Get ready.
I love the dot and at this point can not see myself going away from it for my self defense and shooting needs.
I’m running the 6.5MOA dot. I really like it for the yardage I shoot at. Out to 15yrds it is small enough to still make accurate shots on head zone IDPA scoring boxes. I’ve shot it out to 25yrds on beer bottles and it makes that an easy proposition. I’ve looked at a couple 3MOA dots in gun stores and I find them hard to find against a busy background when making a target transition.
The only issue I’ve had with the RMR is I have the auto dimming model. At my indoor range the booth is a bit dim so the RMR lowers the brightness of the dot where it is hard to find against a white target that is well lit down range. But after the first shot it goes full bright and then is not an issue. I will switch the the manual brightness adjusting model when I have some money. That is the only place it has occurred. I have spent a lot of time doing dry fire around my house to get used to a different presentation and picking up the dot and have not had that occur any where else.
I grew up trap shooting and upland bird hunting. I have no idea how many thousands of rounds through a shot gun I have. When I was 14 years old and on I averaged 3 hundred a week for 5 years in practice and 5-8 hundred a week end at tournaments. I shot my first 100 straight when I was 16 or 17. So who trap shooting you have a hard target focus and the rib of the shot gun and beads are blurry. Having a clear sight picture on a hand gun where I can shoot with both eyes open and clearly focus on the target and the red dot is clearly in focus on the target is a blessing to me. I have a bit of a stigmatism and the broom of my dot “blooms” a bit later in the day when my eyes are tired and I really try to focus on the dot doing dry fire but I have never noticed it outside shooting.
Now for speed. I have only been shooting hand guns for 4 years and have fired close to 4 thousands rounds in that time. I average one range days month and shot 150-200 rounds depending on the drills I’m shooting. I had never drawn from concealment or carried prior to that. I have kept track of every round and shoot with a shot timer on IDPA targets and have been able to track my progress over this time. At 3-5 yards on the draw to first shot I’m not any faster but I’m not any slower with the RMR. I had never shot a Glock prior to the one rental day to see if I liked a red dot on a hand gun at all. This week when doing one shot from the draw with a buttom down shirt for a cover garment I was 1.9-2.03 seconds on avarage at 10 yrds. That’s not fast by high level shooters standards but it is where I’m at now. That’s also the exact averages i was at with my 5” 45ACP 1911. Now as soon as I move back that is where the RMR really starts to come into play. I used always shot at 3,5,7 yrds because I felt more confident. Now I shoot the same drills at the same speed at 10 and 15 yrds with the RMR.
