Red-Dot Optics May Soon Eclipse Traditional Pistol Iron Sights Kyle Hopp, commercial manager for Glock, shows off the company's new Modular Optic System, or MOS, Jan. 18, 2016, at SHOT Show's ...

Red dot tip: Pistol optics (generally) make you faster It’s pretty simple, accuracy and speed at close range are about position, natural point of aim, stability and a good trigger press. It’s ...

After a few weeks with the Defender-ST and Defender-XL, and more than a year with the Defender-CCW, I have a clear understanding of what these optics are all about and can help you decide which is ...

The PRO red dot runs on a single 3V 123 Lithium battery. Run time from the factory says 30,000 hours when set on the 7 to 10 brightness settings. The entire unit weighs 11.6 ounces including the ...

The use of red-dot optics for competitive pistol shooting began to pick up speed in the 1970s and 1980s. Their advantages made them a good fit for open class pistol divisions, despite their drawbacks.

Retrofit If you consider the price of a gun already owned as a sunk cost, the least expensive way to a red-dot-ready pistol may be a retrofit. Two ways to retrofit a pistol for use with optics ...

There are hundreds of red dot sights on the market, but Aimpoint’s collaboration with Glock on the new Aimpoint COA isn’t just another repetitious optics launch. The COA, which is only available as a ...

The Sig Sauer Electro-Optics ROMEO1PRO is a miniature open reflex red dot sight, available with either a 3MOA or 6MOA red dot. It comes with 12 brightness settings for a full range of lighting ...

Enter EoTech, whose EFLX pistol red dot optic is specifically designed to drop into the DPP mount on the M17 and M18 pistols and, at $389 a pop with a comprehensive warranty, priced competitively ...

In my most recent order, I opted for a Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro CO2 BB pistol and an Air Venturi red dot sight just for fun. Here are my impressions after a bunch of backyard plinking.

LAS VEGAS -- Red-dot optics mounted on pistols are becoming so popular that some professional shooters see them replacing iron sights in the tactical environment.Non-magnifying optics have long ...