You can still have irons with a dot. Full co-witness with suppressor height sights is a thing.How about lasers? I don't see those on handguns much anymore.
I suppose it's a similar issue, i.e. how long does it take you to find the laser dot and get it on target in different lighting conditions. But at least with a laser you'd still have your irons.
How about lasers? I don't see those on handguns much anymore.
I suppose it's a similar issue, i.e. how long does it take you to find the laser dot and get it on target in different lighting conditions. But at least with a laser you'd still have your irons.
Lasers are a no go on defensive pistols in my opinion, except in specific use case scenarios. You spend more time looking for the dot than you do shooting. We did a great 2 year study on lasers versus not in defensive pistols and, tragically, before we published it, my co-author had a fatal heart attack and his sister, when cleaning out his house, threw out all our research.How about lasers? I don't see those on handguns much anymore.
I suppose it's a similar issue, i.e. how long does it take you to find the laser dot and get it on target in different lighting conditions. But at least with a laser you'd still have your irons.
Have you had any issues with the shake-awake feature not "awakening" on the Holosun EPS Carry? I saw a video from Nightwood Guns on YouTube discussing this...curious to hear about any known reliability issues - thanks!View attachment 446976
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lasers can be cool for odd firing positions. There's some light/laser combos that are OK. They largely went out of fashion though.
With red dots, you keep your irons. You can either have them tall, like my 407c set-up on the left, or minimal, like that 407k set up on the right. I prefer normal stock-height sights and an enclosed emitter optic, like the holosun eps carry. The enclosed optics are durable and can't crud-up like open -emitter designs.
With open emitter designs, you've got a single pane of glass and a light source projecting a reflection on to the glass from down in the optic body. This sucks for 2 reasons...
1) it's a pain for maintenance- As you get dust and lint in it, you need to reach in to the back face of the glass to wipe it and will probably need something like a q-tip to clean the emitter itself.
2) reliability- rain/dirt/blood can get down and block the emitter, leaving you with just a panel of glass that now may be blocked or not have a dot on it. You have to quickly blow it out or rely on backplate shooting/backup irons depending on how boogers it gets.
In contrast, enclosed emitter designs protect the emitter by completely enclosing it between two panes of glass, like on most rifle red dots. Going back to the above complaints...
1) maintenance-simply wipe the front and back glass with your shirt or a clean cloth from time to time
2) reliability- if blood/mud/water gets on it, just quickly wipe it with your shirt/thumb and get back to shooting.
The eps carry also has noticeably better glass than the 407k or 407c. It has less fisheye distortion and is just as clear, despite having two panes instead of one. Below you can see the open emotter 407k on the fde slide and the enclosed eps carry on the black slode. View attachment 446977
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Annnnnd since it hasn't been mentioned, one added benefit of an optic is one-handed manipulations. They make it extremely easy to rack the slide off of damned near anything with one hand.
Nope. All my holosuns, whether handgun or rifle, have reliably come on when I pick then up.Have you had any issues with the shake-awake feature not "awakening" on the Holosun EPS Carry? I saw a video from Nightwood Guns on YouTube discussing this...curious to hear about any known reliability issues - thanks!
I'm guessing nightime/wearing NV is one of the specific cases for which lasers are useful. But if I've got time to put on NV I've probably got time to pick up a rifle, too.Lasers are a no go on defensive pistols in my opinion, except in specific use case scenarios. You spend more time looking for the dot than you do shooting. We did a great 2 year study on lasers versus not in defensive pistols and, tragically, before we published it, my co-author had a fatal heart attack and his sister, when cleaning out his house, threw out all our research.
I haven’t had the heart to redo it, but here’s the salient points - with the laser, at defensive distances, you will be slightly more accurate but will take significantly longer to get shots on target.
I have a full size EPS, never been a problem on mine either. The motion sensor is incredibly sensitive. I imagine it stays on the whole time it’s being worn. Haven’t been able to draw it before the dot comes online after it’s been sitting awhile. Don’t reckon I’ll ever be faster than it is.Have you had any issues with the shake-awake feature not "awakening" on the Holosun EPS Carry? I saw a video from Nightwood Guns on YouTube discussing this...curious to hear about any known reliability issues - thanks!
That's great to hear, thanks!I have a full size EPS, never been a problem on mine either. The motion sensor is incredibly sensitive. I imagine it stays on the whole time it’s being worn. Haven’t been able to draw it before the dot comes online after it’s been sitting awhile. Don’t reckon I’ll ever be faster than it is.