Just ordered the Viper from Vortex and the plate from the company mentioned above.
Got a few jackets for me and the family as well. Can't beat the discounts!
Got a few jackets for me and the family as well. Can't beat the discounts!
Lets talk Red Dots on handguns
- Thread starter Edwardteach72
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Eotech dropped a new pistol red dot that looks ugly but is an OK price
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
Holosun has a new one coming out that cowitnesses and is solar powered. I think the solar powered thing is a bit gimmicky since most people dont open carry or store their guns on their windowsills.
www.gunsamerica.com
Holosun's Ground-Breaking New Products: Solar Charging Sight, Enclosed Pistol Sight, More — SHOT Show 2022
Holosun's new Solar Charging Sight- MOS is a reflex sight that mounts directly to pistol, allowing lower mounting and better blending to firearms.
www.gunsamerica.com
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Hooks in has a new one coming out that cowitnesses and is solar powered. I think the solar powered thing is a bit gimmicky since most people dont open carry or store their guns on their windowsills.
Holosun's Ground-Breaking New Products: Solar Charging Sight, Enclosed Pistol Sight, More — SHOT Show 2022
Holosun's new Solar Charging Sight- MOS is a reflex sight that mounts directly to pistol, allowing lower mounting and better blending to firearms.
Not solar powered.. its battery powered but it's an internal battery that gets recharged by solar power.
Or 50k with no shake awake... aka Trijicon (and now aimpoint acro p2 allegedly)
Agreed more is better but at what price? Like I said above I'll change the battery once a year. Longer than 30K hours really doesn't make a difference to me.
Yup I change my rmr battery once a year. Who knows I may have 1-2 years still on the battery. But here's the thing they are cheap so why not change it once a year.. you can get a 4 pack for like $12 so what $3 a year why even be cheap and worry about it and not change them
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
It was two 9mm rounds not to long ago now it’s six rounds.
gingerbread_mag
9mm
I haven't heard much negative feedback on Holosun, but I run a 507K on one of my carry pistols and it's been a bit finicky. The shake awake feature seems to be the problem.
When I grab the pistol, occasionally the dot won't come on right away, or it will come on but will be one of the sight picture settings I don't use.
I always have it set to just the dot, but on the half dozen occasions it's done this, it's switched to the circle and the circle with the dot. And I can't unlock the settings, power cycle the unit, or use the buttons in general. Then, 30 seconds later, it works fine like nothing happened.
I practice with the irons with the dot powered down, and any sight picture is better than no sight picture, so it's not really a life or death problem. But it's not good for a $200 investment. I actually removed the dot not long ago and just run the irons these days. Those don't fail.
When I grab the pistol, occasionally the dot won't come on right away, or it will come on but will be one of the sight picture settings I don't use.
I always have it set to just the dot, but on the half dozen occasions it's done this, it's switched to the circle and the circle with the dot. And I can't unlock the settings, power cycle the unit, or use the buttons in general. Then, 30 seconds later, it works fine like nothing happened.
I practice with the irons with the dot powered down, and any sight picture is better than no sight picture, so it's not really a life or death problem. But it's not good for a $200 investment. I actually removed the dot not long ago and just run the irons these days. Those don't fail.
Me takes deep breath
Me after an extremely quick search. Here is just a quick few photos showing that irons do in fact fail, and it's not just one or two times. Again. This was a very quick search of only one source, many many more can be found
gingerbread_mag
9mm
Well, I stand corrected. Egg on face, etc.
I mean, I always assumed one could break their iron sights, just that it rarely happened.
And there are certainly far fewer points of failure in a set of static, metal pistol sights than in an electronic red dot.
But I have to ask, even though my statement was premature, and irons can fail, what exactly is my alternative vs. red dots? As far as I know, it's one or the other, and I'm not going to put a red dot on every pistol I own in the event that my irons fall off unexpectedly.
Lol it's all good.. everyone has been there at some point... but with a high quality optic (yes holosun can fall in that department, usually the ones made by the kids that got 2 bowl of food that week for their pay are good to go) you have the same level of reliability if not better than iron sights
It’s almost stupid not to. If the option is available for your specific pistol to run a quality red dot, do it. The future is now. If optics weren’t better than irons you wouldn’t see 99% of rifles running some sort of optic.
I’ve seen multiple irons fail first person. Front irons fall off, rear irons drifted out, both of them chipped, shit happens. Try and buy quality parts and them failing should happen much less. As for your optic acting weird, it it’s really doing all kinds of weird shit, reach out to Holosun and they’ll most likely send you a new one to swap and send the broken one back.
BMF JK
.44 mag
Redundancy is key .
I’ve seen handguns with a dot only as well as handguns with irons only .
A dot and irons you’re GTG . If both fail you some how found yourself in one bad shit sandwich.
I’ve seen handguns with a dot only as well as handguns with irons only .
A dot and irons you’re GTG . If both fail you some how found yourself in one bad shit sandwich.
Literally just waiting to get an in-stock notification so I can order a P2
Pat is a Boss
Truth.
Phazer
.338 Win Mag
OFT has been teaching this for awhile.
Installed the Vortex Red dot on the Sig today. Looks great, cannot wait to try it out, maybe I will head down to the land on Monday and test it out.
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