From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	Red Dot Sights
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 1999 22:20:05 +0100

In article <19990702015904.27854.rocketmail@******.mail.yahoo.com>,
Rand Ratinac <docwagon101@*****.com> writes
><Buncha snips everywhere...>
>> I'd disagree, if only because all the serious Practical Pistol
>shooters I knew used red-dot sights of various types (mostly Aimpoints,
>but a few C-Mores were appearing). Not a laser to be seen, though. If
>the laser was faster then it would have been used - these guys were
>_quick_ shooters.
>
>How fast? About one, one and a half seconds to line up on each NEW
>target?

Try two rounds in the A-zone in less than half a second.

> About the same amount of time as a simple action for a person
>with only one action per round in SR? :)

Nope. These guys - I shot with some _good_ IPSC contenders, even if I
was nowhere near their league - were double-tapping the target in the
time it took me to clear my holster. If this was SR, they were using Quick
Draw.

>Anyway, the reason I'd do it that way is because the red-dot sight is
>basically twice as good as a laser sight if it doesn't have that
>disadvantage and I want to keep them on a parity.

It's bulky. Even the C-Mores had to have glass panels in the shooter's LOS,
which make concealable holsters a pain - I'd say at least -1 for
concealabilty.

By contrast, even in 1996 you could get a laser sight that mounted inside a
Glock's recoil spring - zero added size and bulk, no concealability penalty at
all. (Your typical 'integral laser sight' as in the Manhunter and Ultra-Power)

Swings and roundabouts.


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Paul J. Adam