Burris FastFire III is another good reflex sight for the money, but lands slightly below Vortex Venom in our ranking. – Red dots come in different sizes, ex: 6 MOA, 3.25 MOA, 1 MOA. The casing on Trijicon is thicker than Leupold Deltapoint, Sig Sauer Romeo 1, and Vortex Razor - sights that are all in the same weight class when it comes to price. Trijicon has 3 advantages over the other red dots in the same price class: If you want these, go for the Trijicon. Make your AR, pistol, or shotgun even more poisonous with the Venom Red Dot sight. The dot is enormous and I find it impractical and annoying beyond 15M. The pistol rds shuts off automatically after an hour to save battery. That's simply not the case - they will not help you acquire your target faster. The sight has memory - when you turn it on it activates on the last setting. It relies on tritium tubes that have a half-life of about 10 years. You have the standard windage/elevation adjustments. The sight holds its zero on firearms, which can't be said for other budget sights. A 6 moa from company A will not be the same as a 6 moa from company B. The decision to use the 3 MOA or MOA depends on your preference, range of shot, and your eyesight quality. And while Trijicon RMR is better overall, Leupold retails cheaper and has a couple of important upsides over the RMR that I want to talk about. Night vision - When you have night vision with a red dot it is very obvious where you're aiming. Some people compare these to Burris FF 3 and Vortex Venom, saying that ADE gets the job done for a quarter of the price. They're both great, time-tested beginner reflex sights. The 6.5 MOA that is easily adjustable by 1 MOA per click, with no special tools. It has the footprint of the rmr for pistol mounts and a pic rail for rifle AND it has solar back up. The sight doesn't perform well with night vision. At most reasonable engagement ranges, red dots have no parallax. With a bigger 6 MOA size it is easier to pick up a target more quickly, but these larger dots will cover up your target at a distance. For action pistol, like USPSA/IDPA/Steel Challenge/3 gun, you want nothing less than a 5 MOA, 7 is better. It's the same models from China sold under different brands. The short answer is that yes, military does use red dots on pistols, special forces included. I have shot a few of the Trijicon RMR 3.25 MOA site and I really do not like the dark tinted glass at all, and the smaller window make the dot harder to track. Go to a store and look through a couple of them, a 3 MOA dot at 50 yards is just a little more that the width of a turkeys' neck. It's already cut out for the red dot sight and you won't need to make any additional modifications. Apart from the MOA difference, the two Venom models are identical. You need to train to use red dots - If the alignment of your handgun is wrong when you pull it out, you won't see the red dot at all.
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It's not a critical flaw, but I prefer laser dots with buttons on the sides.