Red dot your ccw? Or stick with irons?

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

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"?

At the range yesterday I was shooting golf ball size groups of 50 feet with this gun.
All the way back at 25 yards my group was the size of your hand about 3" x 5".

But unfortunately the fixed sights were off, and so was the LASER, which was lined up perfectly with the gun's sights that gave me a tight group down in the humanoid targets hip area.

I shot one group with iron sights only,
not using the laser (not touching the button that activated it ). I did that at 50 feet and got a group the size of a grapefruit.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

I have been carrying my 43X with an optic for the past few weeks. I like shooting with it, but hate carrying a gun with it. I carry IWB so at the end of the day my optic glass is completely covered with dead skin, deodorant, and whatever else falls on it throughout the day.

I clean it every night so I can try to stay ahead of the crud, but that kinda defeats the purpose of carrying a Glock. If I wanted to have to wipe crap off my gun every night, I would carry a 1911.

 

[gtalum1996]

I’m an iron sight pistol guy. I have zero interest in an optic for a handgun. I shoot just fine without one. I know lots of people are doing it these day, but I’m just old and set in my ways…….

Not to mention I’d probably break the dam thing..

 

[GeorgiaShooter]

Mine have both irons and dot. I train them as a dual redundant system. I eased into it over time with plenty of training and competition. Eventually I learned to revert to irons instantly when needed. We train as a pair setting up all sorts of gun and sight failures to deal with. Before long a huge epiphany hits.

 

[steviesterno]

I have been carrying my 43X with an optic for the past few weeks. I like shooting with it, but hate carrying a gun with it. I carry IWB so at the end of the day my optic glass is completely covered with dead skin, deodorant, and whatever else falls on it throughout the day.

I clean it every night so I can try to stay ahead of the crud, but that kinda defeats the purpose of carrying a Glock. If I wanted to have to wipe crap off my gun every night, I would carry a 1911.

keep a can of compressed air near where you keep the gun. a quick blast cleans mine.

Full disclosure, I sent my holosun back to the factory. the down arrow button stopped working, so I couldn't make the dot more dim or turn it off. this is the first and only red dot issue I've had for RDS on pistols. I have broken at least a dozen front iron sights, one rear 1911 sight, had the tritium fall out of my Baer front sight, and I've bent a few AR barrels. If you actually get out and use stuff it can and will break.

Can't wait for the dot to get back. I feel like a poor person carrying the sig without it

 

[lilred06]

Irons for me. Strictly because I’m too lazy to dedicate time and training to learning a dot. Maybe later when my plate isn’t overflowing but I barely have time to keep freshened up on my current skills