With their rising popularity and the fact that I have one pistol with a factory-ready slide, I’m considering a pistol red-dot sight. Never used one on a pistol, but am intrigued by the idea. I know very little about them other than what is to be seen on youtube and gun forums, so don’t have a particular one in mind.
The consensus seems to be that the Trijicon RMR is the toughest, but the fact that you have to remove it to replace the battery makes it a no-go for me. Right or wrong, “it’s only every year or two”, etc; don’t care – for me, that’s a deal-killer.
None of the other open-style dots seem to get the toughness points that most people give the RMR, and the closed Aimpoint Acro is substantially heavier; which I would assume would be VERY noticeable on a reciprocating pistol slide. So with the very-limited knowledge I have of these things, I don’t see an obvious winner.
Short version – what would be the recommendation for a very-rugged, very reliable pistol red-dot sight, that you don’t have to remove from the gun every time the battery needs changing.
Thanks
The consensus seems to be that the Trijicon RMR is the toughest, but the fact that you have to remove it to replace the battery makes it a no-go for me. Right or wrong, “it’s only every year or two”, etc; don’t care – for me, that’s a deal-killer.
None of the other open-style dots seem to get the toughness points that most people give the RMR, and the closed Aimpoint Acro is substantially heavier; which I would assume would be VERY noticeable on a reciprocating pistol slide. So with the very-limited knowledge I have of these things, I don’t see an obvious winner.
Short version – what would be the recommendation for a very-rugged, very reliable pistol red-dot sight, that you don’t have to remove from the gun every time the battery needs changing.
Thanks