Got a red dot for my Sig

[Savago]

Gentlemen

In free States you can simply walk in a gun store and buy pretty much any gun as long you got the money and got no legal impediments.

Not in California. We are at the mercy of the CA DOJ with its list of approved guns (i.e. the gun roster) and thanks to the microstamping law, California is frozen in time with outdated guns from many years ago.

That leads to all sort of restrictions (e.g. want to buy a Glock g17 5th gen? Tough luck! Only gen 3 in California) and abuses like people who are not restricted (e.g. LEOs or people who moved from a free State and brought their own guns) will sell those guns for 2x to 3x the MSRP price.

Wanna buy a Sig Sauer p320 X5 Legion? Even though the regular price is around 900 bucks, it is going to cost around $ 2600,00 in Cali if you find one from a private party.

In my pursue of studying guns, I thought it would be nice to have at least 1 gun with a red dot. In free States you can buy something like the Sig Sauer p320 RX (https://www.sigsauer.com/p320-rxp-full-size.html) for $900 bucks, but in Cali that is not an option thanks to the gun roster.

The alternatives are to either find a gunsmith that could mile the slide (the only 2 in my area are back logged and won't be able to help for the next 2 months) or get one of those sights/adapter plates to which you could assemble a red dot but I personally don't like how they look.

I was about to give up until I learned that Sig Sauer offers some pre-miled slides with the red dot installed for some of its models like the Sig Sauer p229, p226, etc (https://www.sigsauer.com/parts/slides.html).

So I ordered the RXP slide with a Romeo1Pro (https://www.sigsauer.com/rx-slide-assembly-p226-romeo1pro.html) for my Sig Sauer p226 Navy and was able to test it in the range this weekend.

First the good news:
a) It worked flawlessly (i.e. no failures to feed, eject, etc).
b) It is easier to see a bright red dot than iron sights.
c) The gun looks pretty cool.

That being said, it is a different experience than using iron sights.

Apparently, you are supposed to look at the target (not the sights) unlike the traditional sights. The way to present the gun (say from the holster) is different.

I think it will take me some time practicing to better learn how to effectively use a red dot but overall, I'm pretty happy with the acquisition.

Plus, I explained to my wife it was cheaper than buying a new gun.
 

[Savago]

Mandatory photos of the slide:
a) The 2 slides (original with the Navy symbol) and new (with the red dot):

[Savago]

b) How the red dot looks like:

[Savago]

c) Final result: if life was a game, it would have gained +20 points in target acquisition and lost -5 points in lethality (thanks to missing the Navy symbol):
 

[Savago]

There is a good video here explaining the pros & cons of red-dots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuwhA5D1PqE

And another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6b81vZ8fPo

[Jess from VA]

Many people are going to red dots on their defensive auto pistols, large or small.

And the older your eyes (and night vision), the better choice it is.  If it can be carried, you may need a new holster (or not).  

I have red dots on rifles/carbines, but none on a pistol.  Got lasers on pistols though, greens and reds, which are very good for night, but not so great in bright sunlight).

The red dot with a light is the solution.  

[SCain]

I looked at a Sig P365 with a Sig Romeo Red Dot the other day, not sure which model of Red Dot but all you had to do was pick up the pistol and the Red Dot turned on, he called it a Shake Awake. Pretty cool little CCW pkg.

[old2soon]

     While I am Not color blind I have some problems with the red dot. I do Much Better with the green! I like the quicker target accquisition and overall better accuracy. And at night if the dummy continues advancing even After I put the dot on them well we will see how well they pay attention after the BOOM! RIDE SAFE.