Are you gun amish?

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Iā€™m ā€œGun Amishā€ and will remain that way, proudly!
I donā€™t need anything more than a tritium dot on the torso!
Trained this way since 1977. If it ainā€™t brokeā€¦thankfully my eyes are fine, the warranty on the ears is up!

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Till the day I die! K.I.S.S. :+1:

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:laughing: From time to time, I find myself looking for optic cut slides for my firearms, but yet still remain amish! :laughing:

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My Walther optic pistols are pulling my Glock buggies. :rofl:

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Nothing against iron sights (Iā€™m still using them) but red dot these days is like semi auto pistol in 1900. Invention that changes reaction time in defenderā€™s favor.

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Now THATā€™S a DANDY side iron!!

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Iā€™m 100% gun Amish. Now, I do have a rifle with a traditional scope, but that itself is century old technology, so yeah, I like simple and effective.

Itā€™s one of the things I like most about the firearms hobby. It changes very slowly, and it doesnā€™t need technology creep. Advancements in materials are great for stronger, lighter, more powerful guns, and ammo has advanced along the way, but my guns donā€™t need batteries, and never will.

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I will admit that the dot gets me on target quicker but if your natural point of aim is consistent then the dot wonā€™t matter

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I was going to say basically the same thing. If my red dot was the same size as my iron sights, I would use my red dot.

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The XS Big dot on my 19 is the same size if not larger than the 6 MOA dot on my Walther.

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Red dot sight equipped guns donā€™t ā€˜needā€™ batteries either. :wink: Co-witness to irons is quite nice.

Though if you put a new battery in once every 3-5 years, itā€™s that much more effective

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ā€¦ for defensive distances up to 25 feet. :slightly_smiling_face:

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ā€¦ or, just go with optics equipped with solar. ā€œBatteries problemā€ solved.

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I put an XS big dot on a 1911. Does that make me ā€˜Gun Cavemanā€™?

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Holosun SCS

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Nope, it will just save you money on an eye exam later. :grinning:

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Iā€™ve always equipped one AR with a red dot, but the transition to red dots on a pistol was another matter. I took a couple Sig classes where I was the only one without a red dot. The folks with optics out shot me by a long way, so I broke down and replaced my semi autos with slides that accommodate red dots. Big improvement once I figured out that finding the dot was a matter of pointing in and looking for the front sight.

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This is one the aspects you only get with quality live in person training, and why live fire in person training goes hand in hand with learning/education/stuff you can do electronically

And why going to classes, competing, and/or running well known drills on a shot timer is valuable. Objective measurement of performance vs others/known standards

Good on you for attending top flight training and evaluating your gear

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