Hi all, looking for some feedback. I’m wanting to add a red dot to my 226 EE and have two options I’m deciding between:
A. Buy a Rx slide for $470
B. Mill current slide for a Delta point pro I already have for $220
The Rx seems like a solid deal considering Romeo’s are $300 by themselves. I’d also be able to switch between my current stainless slide and the black Rx slide. Is the Rx worth the extra $250 in everyone’s opinion?
Are you wanting this as a serious use gun with the MRDS or do you just want to play with an MRDS?
If you aren’t sure you want an MRDS and just want to play with one, get the Rx slide.
If this is a serious use gun, get the slide milled for the DPP.
I’m very much a fan of the DPP. I have one on my G34 MOS, and I love it. Large field of view, and the price is probably half what a RMR costs, even if it’s slightly less rugged, I can buy two for what I’d have in one RMR.
Might be serious use, currently using a 320 x-carry with DPP for duty. The DPP has around 2k through it and I like it a lot. More so than my type 2 RMR.
I just wasn’t sure if the Rx slide made more sense since you get a whole extra slide and a red dot.
I just got my third sig p series sig slide milled for a red dot. I have a 229 that was done by ATEi, and a 226 and 229 done by L&M precision. All of them have an RMR, and all of them are working very well. If this is a carry or duty gun, I would recommend getting a slide milled for a DPP or an RMR. The DPP has a very nice window like the Sig dot, but based on the carry optics shooters in this area it seems like the Leupold is holding up much better to higher round counts. My RMR on the 229 is the new 2.0, and I have never had it die or flicker like I have had happen with the gen 1 models. Feel free to PM me if you want any more details about the sig guns getting milled and I can send you pictures or whatever you need.
God, I can’t wait until this fad is over.
What if it’s never over? Still have irons on your rifle?
Appreciate the reply. Mark is a solid guy, he’s done several for me. Actually modified my X 320’s to accept DP’s. I have an RMR on one of my guns, but really don’t like how it forces you into using auto after 16 hours.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a gen 2 Glock 17 who can’t wait for this weapon-mounted light fad to end.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a Glock 22 who can’t wait for this 9mm fad to end.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a 4006 who can’t wait for this polymer frame fad to end.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a 1911 who can’t wait for this high-capacity auto fad to end.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a S&W model 27 who can’t wait for this semi-automatic fad to end.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a Colt Model P who can’t wait for this sights-you-can-see fad to end.
Somewhere, there’s a guy with a Hawken pistol who can’t wait for this metallic self-contained cartridge fad to end.
I wouldn’t trust the SiG Romeo as a slide-mounted RDS for serious use. I have an uncle who has a P226 SAO RX and he really likes it, but I doubt it does anything but go from the safe to the range and back again (and while he and my father usually do a lot of shooting together, my uncle has had some health issues related to his eyes and shoulders that have kept him from being able to shoot too often since he got the RX).
If you’re concerned about going back to irons if you decide you don’t like the dot, you can always buy a new top end from SiG - and either have that milled for your DPP or just have your current slide milled for the DPP and buy the new slide from SiG if you change your mind.
I can’t wait to go back to a pistol that is more difficult to shoot at distance and on the timer is less efficient too.
On 2/6, yes. This isn’t a rifle thread. In addition to the sights being very different, how the weapons are employed are vastly different as well.
As soon as I start getting beat by someone with a red dot I’ll start milling my slides and putting blue tinted glass with a 4 moa dot that can be made completely ineffective by a drop of water on the emitter on them. Practiscore and uberscoremaster have yet to convince me I need one or it would make me more effective.
Maybe for you. I shoot 1-2 matches a week at three different clubs in the North Texas area. There is one Master classified shooter that beats me with a red dot, by 1-4 seconds overall.
I’ve ran drills back to back with and without the dot and found no change in speed, but my accuracy is measurably better. Up close it’s not really a big difference, but past about 15 yards it is noticeable. This was running about 500 rounds each through a red dot and iron sighted gun recording the data and comparing. Bill drills from 7-25, the humbler, press six, a few USPSA classifiers, etc. I’m a lowly B class shooter, so maybe if I was better with handguns overall it would be different.
So you’ve never even tried them, it sounds like.
ETA: In any event, nothing you’ve posted suggests that it’s a fad and as I see more and more serious shooters go to pistol-mounted MRDSs, I don’t see many (or any) dumping their MRDSs and going back to irons.
So is it in the mail yet?
In all seriousness, OP wants one and I doubt youll talk him out of it.
Ha! Nice catch. What I neglected to say is that he is he single shooter with an optic who consistently beats me. Everyone else runs irons.
While I’m sure they are helpful to shoot at 30+ yards I’m just not sold on the idea that’s what one should be training for. I think the VAST majority of shooters would be better served by buying another 3k rounds and taking a class. Shit, even in high speed classes the distance shots are an unbelievably small portion, usually reserved as the last drill of the day or right after lunch for fun.
I had my P226 slide milled by L&M Precision and a Doctor optic and love it!
Curious, what game are you shooting, IDPA or USPSA, and what division? I assume that the master who’s beating you is shooting a slide mounted optic, not an open gun.
Already have several 
my use is for duty only, I don’t compete at all. For my use i see several benefits including being able to stay threat focused, increased accuracy/speed on moving targets, easier/faster Target transitions and greater accuracy at distance.
I was more asking about the specific application on my 226 in regards to the Rx. The only time I’ll be using irons is with new recruits. All my shooting will be with a RDS in the foreseeable future.