A lot of great comments and opinions. I do thank you all for the insight. I’ve always ran optics on rifles and defense shotguns. Trijicon and Aimpoint is what I cut my teeth on in the army and I loved them. I’d love to try and carry a Optic on my sig 320 or 365. But I’ve always ran into my barrier of “less is more”
I like being a minimalist in regards to my handgun. Basic night sights, maybe a small light pending on what I’m doing. Beyond that I typically run factory everything. An optic to me just seems like something that could go wrong when you indefinitely need it within seconds. As a Instructor, I train people with the idea of muscle memory, you won’t have time to line your sights up if a threat is moving in fast. A optic I could defiantly see as a great “reference” tho to when you get your sidearm up, you see that bright red or green, you know your in your sweet spot.
If I was going to use a optic on a pistol, I think I would try a trijicon RMR. Call me old school, but we beat the crap out of trijicons back in the army days, I put full trust in if I bang it against a door, lay down on it, have a cat try and chew on it, that it will perform.