The Duty sight from C&H continues to do well, recently finishing up some force-on-force training early this week. I realize that a T-gun doesn’t exactly stress the sight in any meaningful way, but I wanted to try it in that environment. My issued T-gun had an Acro on it, as a copy of one of my duty gun options, but I swapped the Duty onto it instead and the Acro went on a G22 for a bit. I’m waiting for a production version of the Duty to arrive and will then put it on the G22 for some potentially more punishing testing.
In other news, a large metropolitan police agency in my area is in the final stages of testing and approving RDS guns for their force. The head of their training program was kind enough to invite me to an RDS transition school they were putting on and asked for feedback on the gun, sights, and training.
We fired 600 rounds during the 9-hour training day. 7 of those hours were spent on the range. It was a well-run class, and I think everyone felt that they benefitted from it. The gun I shot was a G45, direct milled for a 509T. It also had the new Glock performance trigger. It was an excellent shooting combination and I am pretty impressed with both the 509T and the new trigger.
I chose to use the circle reticle, based on Justin Dyal giving me a nudge in that direction. It worked out very well. Accurate at 25 yards, and fast at all distances, it seems to be a very solid choice. I can’t say it did anything better for me than my usual dot reticle, but I do think it would be easier for a person new to RDS sights to learn on. I also liked the hash marks on the outer edge of the circle. I have heard that the bottom hash may match up with 200 yards. That would be a lot of fun.
The performance trigger was also pretty impressive. It is definitely my favorite Glock trigger, as I have never been a fan of the various aftermarket options out there. I liked it enough that one is now on its way to me for my G17 competition gun used last season. One nice feature of the new trigger is that it springs back after a dry-fire break. For those of you who like multiple-shot dry-fire drills, this will go a long way to bridging the gap between the standard dead trigger and a resetting trigger. The weight and break won’t be there obviously, but it seems to have full-distance travel and springiness. Hopefully, this trigger will work out long term as well as it promises to.
I am glad you were able to test drive the Performance Trigger and give a positive initial report. I plan to try one.
Great to see you here dude and thanks for reading and commenting! I owe you a call…
SLG, did you or do you normally use a Gadget on your Glocks?
I have it on a few guns, but I don’t normally use them as the gadget is not approved for work use.
Its interesting to see that Holosun is making progress into duty grade sights. The leader in red dot sights has always been the RMR. The Acro P2 is newer and seems to be a challenger.
I wonder if the RMR’s adoption had more to do with availability relative to a p1/p2 from Aimpoint and its non PRC manufacturing. Having to remove the optic to change the battery is/has become a no go for many.
I use the RMR on my duty gun everyday, and have been competing with an RMR for the last year or so. It is sub optimal in many ways, but still very usable. Removing it to change the battery is perhaps the worst point. Even so, my battery is at almost 2 years now of constant on, no issues.