Back-up iron sights on optic equipped pistols

[HiredHand]

Something to chew on for those running a RDO on a pistol.

“The fact of the matter is that iron sights are suboptimal backups because they’re only viable for an exceedingly rare set of situations: if the battery dies on your dot, your emitter becomes blocked by debris, or if the optic dies itself.” - Dave Merrill

https://www.recoilweb.com/overrated-unneeded-back-up-iron-sights-170761.html

 

[rockchalk06]

For every article on the web claiming this, I can find two that can dispute it

 

[O4L]

Since I don't use optics on my carry pistol I'll let the real operators here comment on this one.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Dots are making the industry a lot of money now.

Since I don't use optics on my carry pistol I'll let the real operators here comment on this one.

There are no operators here, are you smoking crack?

 

[HiredHand]

For every article on the web claiming this, I can find two that can dispute it

Good for you. I shared this because not every optic/handgun combo will have a perfect co-witness solution and finding one might not be worthwhile as the article suggests.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Something to chew on for those running a RDO on a pistol.

“The fact of the matter is that iron sights are suboptimal backups because they’re only viable for an exceedingly rare set of situations: if the battery dies on your dot, your emitter becomes blocked by debris, or if the optic dies itself.”

https://www.recoilweb.com/overrated-unneeded-back-up-iron-sights-170761.html

Those quotes mean someone said those words. Who said them?

 

[HiredHand]

Those quotes mean someone said those words. Who said them?

Dave Merrill is the writer. I saw the link to the article posted on Dave Spaulding’s Handgun Combatives FB page.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Dave Merrill is the writer. I saw the link to the article posted on Dave Spaulding’s Handgun Combatives FB page.

Thanks