Best mini RDS for a pistol?

General Firearms Handguns - Semi Auto
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I have only been experimenting with RDS for a pistol for a couple of years.
The first two were designs not optimized for it, and I was using FF2s.

Those are no prizes, you have to take them off to change a battery.

I got a FF3 - which I still don’t find optimal because it goes off after a while when left on, and it has no draw/shake awake type feature. I don’t recall battery life.

I snagged a new gen 5 G19 MOS, to go with the plethora of gen2 19s and cut down 17s and first batch gen “2.5” G26 I have.

I threw on SH sights I can use for backup, had them dialed in nice. Put on my FF3 and it was near perfect without any adjustments. Then I started having issues with it shutting off during firing.

This is the kind of problem you are supposed to have with 50$ Chinese gun show RDS.

What is the consensus on current durable, non malfunctioning, great battery life, no button to push carry mini RDS at this time.

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Deltapoint Pro and RMR are the go-tos for the pros. The RMR in particularly having recently gotten a SOCOM contract for pistol-mounted red dots.

I’m personally waiting for the Acro, I suspect it will largely render the DPP and RMR obsolescent.

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Some people are fine with the DPP but the RMR is typically the only one that is not debated. Pretty sure there are plenty of recent posts on this.

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RMR is the standard for a duty use gun.

Delta point pro offers a little less durability from what I have seen but larger window. One of the issues with it is it doesn’t work well in rain the way the emmiter is set up according to Chuck Pressburg.

If you want to be any cheaper than that the Holosun 507c for $300 (less soon sale) seems to get good feedback

Check out Sage Dynamics YouTube channel. He had reviews on almost all of the pistol RDS

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Bought a CZ P10F just to put the ACRO on. Waiting…patiently…

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Rmr for carry. Durable, good in rain, small.
Im debating between another rmr ir a dpp for a competition gun myself.

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If you can be just a bit patient the Aimpoint ACRO P-1 will be available very soon. It was made from the ground up to be a slide mounted pistol optic and is the first optic that has been designed that way. It answers all the short comings of existing optics used for pistols IE: it has a closed emitter so no more water or dust/dirt blocking the emitter, it’s waterproof to 25 meters, one year battery life and the battery can be changed without removing the optic from the gun so no loss of zero. These features along with Aimpoint’s known dedication to quality should prove to be a winner.

Full disclosure, I work for Aimpoint as a Pro Staff member.

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Hook me up with an ACRO

Please

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Right now? RMR hands down. Future? The ACRO may set the standard. Time will tell.

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Aaron Cowan’s paper on MRDS on pistols is a good read. Unfortunately his T&E was done prior to the Aimpoint being out.

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I am also awaiting the Aimpoint ACRO P-1, I plan to have one of the slides for my VP9 milled to mount it if possible. Probably do the long slide first, since it is proving to be quite accurate and it conceals just as well in my PHLster Floodlight holster as the stock length slide.

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They might be out there somewhere. A guy running in front of me at rockcastle run and gun had the new aimpoint on his glock. I found his rubber sight cover on the barb wire crawl obsticle. Didn’t get a chance to look at it closely or ask him much about it.

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This is a living document though so it will be changed/updated when he get an ACRO

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Just to echo what everyone else has said. The RMR is the standard right now. The leupold has a decent runner up.

The ACRO is supposed to be the end all be all for RDS for pistols.

Does anyone know if the ACRO will mount to an RMR cut or does the slide have to be specifically milled for the ACRO?

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I have an RMR 2 on a Gen 5 MOS. I have a little over 1,000 rounds through it. I really like it. I am planning on having my Gen 4 20 milled for an ACRO sometime this summer, depending on availability. I want it for the coming hunting season. I will feel better having an enclosed sight. I guess I will find out how it holds up to full power 10mm.

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Different footprint.

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Agency Arms makes an ACRO plate where you can put the rear site in the back or front of the RDS. Aaron Cowan just got an ACRO in and will probably have a review up before to long. He has a few posts on instagram with it

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If I got into a pistol mounted RDS today, the new Aimpoint ACRO would be the only one that I would even consider, just because of it’s closed emitter.

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Its optic window is about 70% of RMR’s, and it is nearly twice bigger by volume. For a concealed carry optic, somebody needs to do a lot of convincing why I would even consider it.

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How interchangeable are the RDS on the market? So if I have a Sig gun with Sig RDS, can I buy the new Aimpoint or RMR and rock on or do I have footprint problems?

PB