Im going to learn to use a red dot on my pistol.

Give it some time to get used to it before you write it off. I'm at 255 rounds through my Walther PDP with a Trijicon RMR on it and honestly, I've had little trouble adapting to using the dot instead of iron sights. The thing I'm learning is to look where you want the bullets to go instead of at the dot. Ben Stoeger has a bunch of videos up on YouTube with tips and tricks for shooting with a dot (among other topics), and in one of them he compares using a red dot sight on a pistol to driving a car. You don't maneuver your car down the road by looking at the end of the hood, you look where you want to go down the road and let your hands steer the wheel. And of course it took some practice before you got the hang of driving a car; same will happen with a dot sight.

Interested to see how it goes for you.
 
I tried 3 different tube type dot sights on rifles and was never satisfied with them, granted none were high end. A Vortex SPARC was the most expensive. I have a Sig M18 with the cut for an optic and decided to try a bit better quality optic and bought a Holosun 507 for it.

I found my accuracy improved considerably. Especially at ranges farther than 10-15 yards. BUT... I also had trouble picking up the dot when trying to draw the gun and get on target quickly. I acquired a Glock 19 MOS with the optics cut and moved the sight to the Glock. I found the sight worked MUCH better for me on the Glock.

I THINK that at least part of the reason is that the rear sight has to come off the Sig to mount the dot sight. The rear sight stays on the Glock, and it is possible to use the irons on the Glock if the optic were to fail. I think that subconsciously I am using the rear sight on the Glock as a reference even with the optic. With no rear sight on the Sig, I had more trouble getting the gun on target quickly. I'm sure that with more trigger time I could have gotten better with the Sig. I have no problem going between the 2 designs when using irons.

As a side note, I liked the Holosun well enough to buy 2 of them for long guns. I have one on an AR and another on a 9mm PCC. These are the only dot sights that I found to work for me. Not saying they are the best choice. There may be better, but of the ones I have experience with I like these.

But I do think that this type of sight is the future of handguns. I think they will be commonly seen in the holsters of LE in a few more years. It may take a while before one design proves to work the best and be accepted.
 
The lower you go (lining up with the irons is ideal) the shorter the learning curve.

The higher you go over the sights, that you have been using, the longer it takes you to retrain yourself.
 
You're taking the right approach. It is something that has to be learned over time. For me the tubes are quicker to pick up than the mini reflexes.
 
I find tube type red dots very easy to use. Just look though the tube and the dot is there. I do not care for the bulk. I find the reflex type more difficult to find the dot in but after you use one for a time it becomes easier.
 
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