Carry Gun (P320) RMR or SRO?

[Cool Breeze]

Hey, so I'm having my 320sc milled for the RMR pattern. The RMR is proven... The SRO is newer, and apparently not rated for "duty service". However, i love it's larger glass, top battery and all that. I don't mind how it hangs over in the front. Cost is redundant. I carry at 4 oclock, I'm careful with my stuff. Basically, all other things equal, on your daily carry, which would you take?

 

[Cool Breeze]

Also, what are the chances they release a type 3 RMR that has the top load battery, or a revised (beefed up) SRO in the near future?

 

[Dean C.]

Myself personally a SRO, I intend on building that exact set up with an p320 X-Compact. It's a carry handgun not a duty handgun so I am comfortable with the durability trade off. Especially if it's IWB carry I seeing it being a very good option.

 

[Vigilant]

Carry gun to me is a duty gun therefor RMR, proven. The SRO is a gamer gun sight.

 

[Tactically Fat]

A defensive handgun is something that you expect to use on the absolute worst day of your life. Probably at the most in opportune time (since criminal predators can choose the timing of their pouncing). Things can, will, and do go sideways. Remember this is the worst day of your life.

It doesn't take much to break an SRO.

Again, you're preparing for the worst day of your life. If you KNEW you were going to have the worst day of your life, would you still select sub-optimal equipment? Serious question. If you KNEW that you were going to get into a fight utilizing your handgun, would you still choose to put sub-optimal equipment on it?

Yes, the SRO's glass is bigger. But it is also a much more fragile piece of equipment. If you want bigger glass than an RMR offers, then the Holosun 507c (and I think there are a few more model #s, too) may be the ticket for you. It's another one that holds up to Aaron Cowan's testing.

"But I don't plan on dropping my gun" you say. Again - worst. day. of. your. life.

Have kit that will survive the worst day of your life.

 

[Trapper Jim]

A defensive handgun is something that you expect to use on the absolute worst day of your life. Probably at the most in opportune time (since criminal predators can choose the timing of their pouncing). Things can, will, and do go sideways. Remember this is the worst day of your life.

It doesn't take much to break an SRO.

Again, you're preparing for the worst day of your life. If you KNEW you were going to have the worst day of your life, would you still select sub-optimal equipment? Serious question. If you KNEW that you were going to get into a fight utilizing your handgun, would you still choose to put sub-optimal equipment on it?

Yes, the SRO's glass is bigger. But it is also a much more fragile piece of equipment. If you want bigger glass than an RMR offers, then the Holosun 507c (and I think there are a few more model #s, too) may be the ticket for you. It's another one that holds up to Aaron Cowan's testing.

"But I don't plan on dropping my gun" you say. Again - worst. day. of. your. life.

Have kit that will survive the worst day of your life.

very well said. Just not Dots. If you come to party with ANY substandard equipment (thoroughly tested by you and not some gunscribe to sell adds)
and no skill set and practice then the worst day of your life may get worser.

 

[EricG]

I've been training, practicing with and carrying the RMR for some time now. For my needs, I really dont see a need to change that.

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[Vigilant]

I've been training, practicing with and carrying the RMR for some time now. For my needs, I really dont see a need to change that.

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Certainly not for the inferior SRO product. Trijicon themselves stated the SRO was mainly for bullet golf, and not hard use.

 

[Bosshoss]

2500+ rounds on a SRO mounted on the slide and no problems so far.
Is the SRO more fragile Maybe but I do know it is easier and faster to acquire the dot with the bigger window.
You can practice and do just fine with the smaller window and picking up the dot but when in a high stress situation things can change and I like the odds of a bigger window.

 

[Vigilant]

2500+ rounds on a SRO mounted on the slide and no problems so far.
Is the SRO more fragile Maybe but I do know it is easier and faster to acquire the dot with the bigger window.
You can practice and do just fine with the smaller window and picking up the dot but when in a high stress situation things can change and I like the odds of a bigger window.

Dot or not, anything inside the window gets a hit?

 

[Bosshoss]

Dot or not, anything inside the window gets a hit?

At my skill level anything inside 10 yards(maybe farther but I haven't tested it out any farther) with no dot I'm good with hits just using the window.
YMMV

 

[Hop]

YMMV! My RMR died during a run-n-gun. It had survived it's 1st run-n-gun. My SRO lived through it's only run-n-gun. I'm going to borrow that same SRO gun (don't own it anymore) & use it again in February at the grueling Heartbreak 2020 run-n-gun. I'll let y'all know how it does. A run-n-gun event is going to be as tough on hardware as it gets imo. Heat, cold, bumps, scrapes, water, mud...