RDS vs Irons

[white ghost]

Am I the only one that finds myself in the position that I am starting to prefer good irons over a RDS on pistols?

 

[jpm2953]

I think you are the only one

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

There are probably a couple boomers that agree with you and just despise force multipliers

 

[BHPSteel]

Depends how much you've trained on the RDS.

I still run irons by preference because I'm an utter boomer.

 

[cmshoot]

I’m still running irons.

 

[Farmer 2]

Count me in for irons I’m old too

 

[browndalton]

Irons.

 

[white ghost]

So to quantify, I am well versed in RDS on pistols and have run them for a long time. I just find that I like the less sight movement from irons than RDS. Yes I know it moves the same, but it "looks" different with full sights vs a 3 moa dot.

 

[ROCK6]

To be honest, you likely don't need an RDS for what their value is compared to just iron sights. In fact, most self-defense shooting distances rarely involve "sighting" over just point shooting. That said, the value of an RDS becomes very apparent doing drills beyond 10 yards out to distances of 50 yards and including more than one target. You split times will vastly beat iron sights and accuracy is usually much, much better. For close in drills, like arms-length to 1-2 yards, it's all point shooting anyways, so there's no disadvantaged to having an optic.

Now, I do run drills with a few handguns that don't have an optic (J-frame, Glock43, Ruger LCP Max), but I also don't practice at 25+ yard drills; I would be seeking cover or escape



Outside of a pocket gun, I prefer an RDS.

ROCK6

 

[white ghost]

To be honest, you likely don't need an RDS for what their value is compared to just iron sights. In fact, most self-defense shooting distances rarely involve "sighting" over just point shooting. That said, the value of an RDS becomes very apparent doing drills beyond 10 yards out to distances of 50 yards and including more than one target. You split times will vastly beat iron sights and accuracy is usually much, much better. For close in drills, like arms-length to 1-2 yards, it's all point shooting anyways, so there's no disadvantaged to having an optic.

Now, I do run drills with a few handguns that don't have an optic (J-frame, Glock43, Ruger LCP Max), but I also don't practice at 25+ yard drills; I would be seeking cover or escape



Outside of a pocket gun, I prefer an RDS.

ROCK6

So again, I agree with you in most part. However, what is have found through the years is that RDS's make up for poor disciplined shooters much more than they do those that understand and adequately apply the fundamentals.
Can you be faster with a RDS? Yes.
Can you be more accurate with an RDS? Yes.

However I view an RDS in the same way that I view chatgpt, can it help you if used properly? Absolutely. However, most times it's used to cover up inadequacy in practice and performance.