returningliberty
Well-Known Member
Well, I finally put this thing back together again, did a few upgrades, and this morning I bought my first pistol optic: a Leupold Deltapoint. The great (and damn expensive) experiment begins!
It came with an attachment kit that slides into the rear sight dovetail and attaches to the optic itself. Personally, I don't trust that setup at all and will have the slide milled (and BIS installed) ASAP. Current mounting it just to play with it and review it.
The recticle itself is a 3.5MOA dot, instead of the 7.5MOA delta. I'm not sure how I feel about that yet.
Looking through an optic is going to take some getting used to, but I can already see the advantages.
So why did I buy one for a carry gun? The fact that they're cool and different would have been a great reason, if it wasn't so damn expensive. Since it was $499 (not the best deal I saw by far, but they had it in stock and I was impatient), I really thought about Why, these were my answers:
1- precision. I wanted to be more precise with my shooting than I felt irons would allow at my current skill level. I think we can all agree that irons are very precise, but it's easier to be precise with an optic! I expect my groups @25m to shrink.
2- focusing on target instead of sights. I like how the optic allows me to look through the glass and superimpose my dot over it, almost effortlessly. No front sight focus (we'll see how this plays out on the range, and if its really true, but I'm 99% sure it is)
3- moving targets. I read a Lot about pistol RDS's, even though I've never really used one, and most of the research I've done suggests engaging movers with an optic is not even comparable to irons. If true, I'll be very happy about this.
Speed- I think multiple shots are going to be at least marginally faster, even if the original presentation is a bit slower. I'm willing to spend the money to find out. More speed at increased range is a given.
What I did Not consider in my decision:
1-cost of retraining. It's going to be a difficult process I think. Training myself to pick up the dot instead of the front sight will take awhile, and lots of ammo.
2-holster availability. I just don't see the issue. I will be modifying the one holster I have that wont fit the sight.
3-"reliability". In the sense that all optics are not as robust as irons. Well, I'm going to have both, so I don't think this is an issue.
I will zero tomorrow during my lunch break, and will give the first range report.
Plans for future:
Milled slide for better mount.
BIS
It came with an attachment kit that slides into the rear sight dovetail and attaches to the optic itself. Personally, I don't trust that setup at all and will have the slide milled (and BIS installed) ASAP. Current mounting it just to play with it and review it.
The recticle itself is a 3.5MOA dot, instead of the 7.5MOA delta. I'm not sure how I feel about that yet.
Looking through an optic is going to take some getting used to, but I can already see the advantages.
So why did I buy one for a carry gun? The fact that they're cool and different would have been a great reason, if it wasn't so damn expensive. Since it was $499 (not the best deal I saw by far, but they had it in stock and I was impatient), I really thought about Why, these were my answers:
1- precision. I wanted to be more precise with my shooting than I felt irons would allow at my current skill level. I think we can all agree that irons are very precise, but it's easier to be precise with an optic! I expect my groups @25m to shrink.
2- focusing on target instead of sights. I like how the optic allows me to look through the glass and superimpose my dot over it, almost effortlessly. No front sight focus (we'll see how this plays out on the range, and if its really true, but I'm 99% sure it is)
3- moving targets. I read a Lot about pistol RDS's, even though I've never really used one, and most of the research I've done suggests engaging movers with an optic is not even comparable to irons. If true, I'll be very happy about this.
Speed- I think multiple shots are going to be at least marginally faster, even if the original presentation is a bit slower. I'm willing to spend the money to find out. More speed at increased range is a given.
What I did Not consider in my decision:
1-cost of retraining. It's going to be a difficult process I think. Training myself to pick up the dot instead of the front sight will take awhile, and lots of ammo.
2-holster availability. I just don't see the issue. I will be modifying the one holster I have that wont fit the sight.
3-"reliability". In the sense that all optics are not as robust as irons. Well, I'm going to have both, so I don't think this is an issue.
I will zero tomorrow during my lunch break, and will give the first range report.
Plans for future:
Milled slide for better mount.
BIS
