Optic or no optic on your defense handgun?

[WheelGunMan]

They don't all use batteries. Some are Tritium, just like those night sights. Trijicon RMR has something like a 15 year life span. The quality optics that do use batteries have pretty serious battery life. I change mine when I change smoke detector batteries, which is today. (Thanks DST). Some folks rotate carry ammo every few months and pop in new batteries then. I've never had a battery go dead yet. Still not using one on my carry gun currently, but that's more a result of my carry gun not being the best candidate for mounting one.

I had an opportunity to shoot my nephews Glock equipped with a red dot... and I shot it well. But, then again, no better than when I sight shoot. To be clear, sight shooting for me is focusing only the front sight, getting it on the target and press the trigger.. no aiming involved. It took me a while to get the hang of it and I shoot much better than when using both the front and rear sight combined. When I shot with the red dot it was a similar technique.

 

[Trey Veston]

I went to an optic on my woods carry pistol where it is not concealed and longer distance shots are more likely. I went with a Holosun 508T. It has solar back up, shake awake, and three different green reticles with auto dimming.



My daily carry is a P365 and I need it to be as concealable as possible, as simple as possible, and reliable. No optic on it.

 

[Anchorite]

I went to an optic on my woods carry pistol where it is not concealed and longer distance shots are more likely. I went with a Holosun 508T. It has solar back up, shake awake, and three different green reticles with auto dimming.

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My daily carry is a P365 and I need it to be as concealable as possible, as simple as possible, and reliable. No optic on it.

Nice. This is where I see the role of the optic sight on one’s handgun.

 

[OS/N]

I practice defense shooting by point and shoot and don't use any sights for that. Practice makes perfect.

I use sights for target shooting and hunting. Irons and scopes but do not care for electronic gear on my firearms. I do have one reflex on a 22 rifle for plate shooting but thats as far as I trust them.