LAS VEGAS -- Red-dot optics mounted on pistols are becoming so popular that some professional shooters see them replacing iron sights in the tactical environment. Non-magnifying optics have long ...

Red dot sights for pistols are becoming widely accepted and one of the hottest topics in the industry. Experts once called them a gaming toy never to be used on the street or for duty, but those ...

Not long ago, pistol red dots weren’t much more than a novelty or niche competition tool. Today they are the standard. Red dot reflex sights help us shoot pistols faster and more accurately, and we ...

Optic-Ready Pistol Slides The use of red-dot optics for competitive pistol shooting began to pick up speed in the 1970s and 1980s. Their advantages made them a good fit for open class pistol ...

Red dot sights have become very popular on rifles, pistols, and shotguns. But red dot sights have not been around all that long. In 1974, Aimpoint introduced the first red dot sight and their ...

I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: Optics-equipped pistols are the future. Mounted on a pistol, a red-dot optic reduces the number of sights and focal planes a shooter needs to manage ...

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Many of the red dot sight detractors claim that they can do the same thing with their standard iron sights as they can with a dot sight. This claim generally comes from time spent on the practice ...

LAS VEGAS -- Red-dot optics mounted on pistols are becoming so popular that some professional shooters see them replacing iron sights in the tactical environment. Non-magnifying optics have long ...