RDS vs Irons

[edman99]

Irons for me.

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

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.

"However, most times it's used to cover up inadequacy in practice and performance."

This is exactly why they are so effective.

 

[Bypass]

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

No. I love Iron sights. Glass breaks and batteries go dead. Iron never fails.

ALSO .45 AARP for life.

 

[Bypass]

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

I shoot coke cans at 100 yards with pistol irons. YMMV.

 

[Bypass]

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

Force dividers.

 

[steviesterno]

deleting myself from this thread. Was trying to contribute but I'm clearly losing to an out of touch boomer who's not interested in learning.

 

[steviesterno]

deleting myself from this thread. Was trying to contribute but I'm clearly losing to an out of touch boomer who's not interested in learning.

 

[Bypass]

please post video of you doing that from the draw in reasonable time. Or your USPSA practiscore division

How about this?

 

[Bypass]

USPSA is for pussies.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

American made RDS > Iron sights > Chinese made RDS.