5 Year Law Enforcement Report on Red Dots on Handguns

https://www.police1.com/police-products/...21-u6_9pBg

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Interesting that over 50% of them had less than 1 year with a mounted optic and also majority of them had less than 1000 rounds in training. It took me 1000 rounds jsut to get the same thing dialed in.

Also the percentage of them who were displeased with the performance or couldn’t see the dot during the incident is interesting.

I’ve been using dots for about 7 years now. Currently only 3 of my pistols wear them. From a competitive stand point, I learned to like them, but I do not find that I can shoot more accurately or faster with the dot than I can with irons. None of my carry guns wear a dot.

My hunting 10mm has a dot, it’s a P80 Glock 20 clone. And I have one ‘Zombie’ gun, a Glock 34, with a dot. My Zombie runs with it are about the same score as iron sights.

When I’m shooting I always wish the sight were much bigger and when I’m carrying it, I’m either glad it’s not any bigger or wish it was smaller.

Had a G19 slide milled in 2012 I think it was & turned that pistol into a Roland Special

Learning the dot has a steep curve and lots of people never learn how to use the dot properly and instead say how crappy it is and on and on

It’s all about focusing on the target & seeing the dot come into view, don’t focus on the dot

Take some tape & cover the optic, this forces you to focus on the target

If you are shooting the dot properly the lens size does not matter

Here is a side-by-side comparison between the new Aimpoint COA with the new A-CUT mounting system and the Aimpoint ACRO P-2 on a Gen.5 Glock MOS slide.