Red dot your ccw? Or stick with irons?

[MRH]

Prolly the 507c or k

It is supposed to have a 50k hour battery life. Incredible!

 

[sheep dog]

Yeah

It is supposed to have a 50k hour battery life. Incredible!

red dots Have come a long way no doubt. I was a late adapter but like ya said…just makes it so much better across the board

 

[Sowega86]

With aging eyes, I put fiber optics on the .22LRs. My carry guns all have night sights three of which have lasers or laser/light combos.

 

[jpm2953]

I embrace the dot. Hard to go back to irons. Dots don’t really have many downsides.

 

[cskiles]

How do you conceal carry? I prefer appendix and I just don’t see a red dot being comfortable for long periods of time especially if your job requires a lot of moving around like mine does.

I have an optic on each of my daily carrys (Sig P365 and FN 509c Tactical, I carry between the 4 and 5 o'clock position. I have zero issue concealing or drawing with the optic on it.

 

[cskiles]

My daily CCW's are optimized for dropping up to 2 (no more) attackers at rock-throwing distances, not to exceed 15 yards.

Since both of the guns I chose for this role have crappy small fixed sights, I have equipped both guns with laser sights --that's my way of overcoming the factory sights' deficiencies and making sure I can keep tight groups while shooting fast at 15 yards.

I don't want or need a micro red dot optic for shooting at no more than a couple of bad guys who are no more than 15 yards away.

But, IF I wanted to be prepared for a different scenario, such as a goblin wearing body armor committing a public massacre at a local shopping mall, where I might feel like have to get involved and take a headshot or neck shot on him to avoid his body armor,

or if I wanted to take a shot from all the way across the food court at the mall,
a distance that might be 40 or 50 yards instead of the typical 15 foot self-defense shooting distance...

THEN I would want a gun that had a longer barrel than either of my two concealed carry guns. I would want my "active shooter armed response" gun to have a nicer trigger system, and I think I would like it to have a red dot optic --which would give me a considerable accuracy advantage even over the best iron sights on the market today.

I keep suppressor height sights on my pistols and I have no issue seeing the sights through the optic. A lot of folks claim that they co-witness their optic with their iron sights, doesn't make much sense to me, the co-witness would only be accurate at the distance that you sighted it in. I'm sure there are far more knowledgeable people than me on the subject but it just never made sense to me.

 

[jpm2953]

How do you conceal carry? I prefer appendix and I just don’t see a red dot being comfortable for long periods of time especially if your job requires a lot of moving around like mine does.

Zero difference in comfort. I carry appendix too. It’s a non issue

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I've recently upgraded from a 2" snubby revolver that was DAO (but a nice double-action trigger pull)
to a 3" barreled version that has the standard exposed hammer and single-action option, for accuracy at a distance.
While this may limit the value of the gun in a "pocket carry" role, it's much better for belt carry, and I think my practical accuracy,
my effective range with it, will be extended by a lot. Maybe twice as far.

EDIT: Oh, and it is now wearing the same laser grips that I took off my other gun before I sold it.

 

[lostchild]

I've recently upgraded from a 2" snubby revolver that was DAO (but a nice double-action trigger pull)
to a 3" barreled version that has the standard exposed hammer and single-action option, for accuracy at a distance.
While this may limit the value of the gun in a "pocket carry" role, it's much better for belt carry, and I think my practical accuracy,
my effective range with it, will be extended by a lot. Maybe twice as far.

so, maybe 10 feet now?

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

so, maybe 10 feet now?

Hmmm... we'll see. How many hits in the 8-ring or better, on a full-sized human silhouette target, for a .38 spl revolver would it take to be "effective"?
I'm thinking if 3 out of the 5 shots are in the 8's or better, that shows I'm within my effective range for single-action aimed fire.
On my next trip to the range, I'll find out what that distance is.