You gotta do something about it.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2024
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I'm actually stuck right now because the gun I'd want a sight on is a Walther PPQ M1, which isn't sight-ready. I could get a dovetail, but I'd still have to tap the slide, and that's something I'm just not quite ready for.
So, no red-dots for me :-(
Tbh you're lucky, that's easily fixable when you are ready. I have an astigmatism that makes red dots functionally useless. Etched reticles and irons only it is I guess, pretty sure lasik is expensive.
It's gotten pretty cheap! Although, IIRC it won't correct astigmatism.
Can you use scopes? I've got a cheap little illuminated 4x on my RFB; the only reason I'd replace it with a red dot is for a better sight picture -- mine has horrible eye relief -- but I could also fix that by buying a better scope.
I want a red dot on the PPQ because, while the iron sights are actually pretty good, it does take time for me to acquire the target to achieve any decent accuracy, and I have this idea that a holo or red dot would make this easier/faster. I suppose even an expensive 1x illuminated wouldn't be much of an improvement for you in that area, huh?
Yeah, I can use etched reticles like the Trijicon Credo 1-6 lpvo, but I seem to have issues with almost every other type of illuminated optic I try. Eotechs look like barbed wire to me even if I look "through" the sight like you're supposed to, and regular red dots have an annoying starburst halo that obscures the target (I mean, it'd be serviceable for home defense distances, but it sucks).
Yeah, a dot will 100% make that easier for you (and for me too, but the starburst sucks). For me I just dryfire train and practice with my irons, I find using my finger to point at the target helps train acquisition and then it gives me the opportunity to practice fast transitions between "finger high on the slide/frame" to firing. I don't like bringing my gun up to target with my finger already on the trigger anyway, because of the possibility of an ND, so it works out.
If you ever get the chance, try looking through a Meprolight reflex optic. The reticle is illuminated either by tritium or fiber optics, but in function it acts like a red dot, but the reticle is chunky and not as bright so it may work for you.
Thanks I'll check it out, sounds like it'd be perfect, tritium works fine for me!