Future of Defensive Pistol Sights

[cedartop]

Someone mentioned the height of the sight. My RMR stands .850" above the slide at its tallest point. The taller cowtiness sights are about .300" tall. It would be tough in my opinion to shrink the sight much more and still have a decent box to look through.

For comparison, my Trijicon HD sights are about .200" tall.

 

[esrice]

It would be tough in my opinion to shrink the sight much more and still have a decent box to look through.

How about a "lens-less" pistol RDS? Wouldn't it be cool if you could bolt a small plate onto the top of your slide and it would "suspend" a red orb that was your sighting dot?

I can dream, right?

 

[cedartop]

How about a "lens-less" pistol RDS? Wouldn't it be cool if you could bolt a small plate onto the top of your slide and it would "suspend" a red orb that was your sighting dot?

I can dream, right?

Actually I was thinking that very same thing. Who knows, it might not be too far off.

 

[shooter521]

How about a "lens-less" pistol RDS? Wouldn't it be cool if you could bolt a small plate onto the top of your slide and it would "suspend" a red orb that was your sighting dot?

I can dream, right?

A friend of mine who has long been a proponent of RDS on pistols says his ultimate concept would be an integrated RDS with a tubeless lens that folded into the slide for storage/holstering, but immediately deployed and turned on when the gun was drawn.

 

[Rookie]

That is not a problem for me.

Correct, it's not a huge problem. My Raven works perfectly, as does my Serpa. Crossbreed will not fit.

 

[shooter521]

I think, key word is think, that they are all close enough....

Well, each sight has its own mounting hole pattern, and LWD says they need to know what sight to machine it for when you order, so...

 

[Rookie]

I figured out where I was getting thrown off.
Product: Smith & Wesson M&P9L Pro Series C.O.R.E.
"Engineered to accept six models... " so I assumed they were interchangeable. What Smith actually did was design six adapter plates. I'd have to see one to decide if I like that idea or not.

 

[shooter521]

"Engineered to accept six models... " so I assumed they were interchangeable. What Smith actually did was design six adapter plates. I'd have to see one to decide if I like that idea or not.

I found the adapter plate thing to be a little chintzy, as it puts the RDS up off the slide a little bit. Some models of RDS will allow co-witness with the iron sights, while others will not (which kinda defeats the purpose of having those bigass sights on there to begin with). Having the slide machined to take a specific sight allows for a much lower and cleaner installation.

 

[Rookie]

Yeah, I thought the core was the answer, but I wonder now. I really need to see one up close. Of course, I'm getting the itch to set up another one, and the core isn't available...

 

[EvilleT]

Rds are great, Im just not sure I can convince a bad guy to wait while I turn my sight on to shoot him or her.

 

[Rookie]

That's probably why Trijicon decided to have their RDS on all the time.

 

[42769vette]

Rds are great, Im just not sure I can convince a bad guy to wait while I turn my sight on to shoot him or her.

You didnt read the thread did you?

 

[Signal23]

Product: Smith & Wesson M&P9L Pro Series C.O.R.E.

I saw this on Shooting USA, it looks like Smith is going for the factory pistol class in various shoot competitions.

Glock will follow pretty quickly would be my guess.

 

[Ridgeway]

I saw this on Shooting USA, it looks like Smith is going for the factory pistol class in various shoot competitions.

Glock will follow pretty quickly would be my guess.

Yeah, right after they release the single stack 9mm & the carbine.

 

[cedartop]

Rds are great, Im just not sure I can convince a bad guy to wait while I turn my sight on to shoot him or her.

If you have one you have to turn on, you are doing it wrong.

 

[Signal23]

Yeah, right after they release the single stack 9mm & the carbine.

They have a single stack already

 

[iChokePeople]

If you have one you have to turn on, you are doing it wrong.

T-shirt.

 

[cedartop]

They have a single stack already

They have a single stack 9mm, can you get it here?

 

[Hohn]

That's a point I had not thought of. Thanks for pointing that out.

If you have a light on your gun with the laser, the BG will struggle to trace that laser back to its origin. In addition to allowing you to ID the target, the main advantage of a TL is that it disorients the BG and makes it hard to pinpoint your location.

Also, a laser doesn't work so well in bright sunlight. RDS isn't affected.

It appears that the green lasers don't seem to have this problem nearly as much.

 

[SmileDocHill]

A friend of mine who has long been a proponent of RDS on pistols says his ultimate concept would be an integrated RDS with a tubeless lens that folded into the slide for storage/holstering, but immediately deployed and turned on when the gun was drawn.

Like a pop up flash on a camera. That would be cool.
It would be an upgrade to have it do the "psssssssst" sound as it went up.

I thought the ones that "time out" and turn off also have a motion sensor that turns it back on when picked up?


I had a brain storming episode after attending a pretty mind blowing seminar on 3D imaging technology a while back. I posted a thread about similar ideas you guys are mentioning regarding the future of red dot sights.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...39246-crazy_site_and_bullet_design_ideas.html