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[Member 45541]

I put my Primary Arms green dot on my P365 and now have a few range trips with it. So far, it is holding up and I am shooting it fairly well. Yesterday, I put a Veridian RFX15 green dot on my P365XL and did a range session but, will be doing more range sessions to get proficient with it and the P365.

I'm curious to know, for those of you who EDC with an optic, how long it took you to feel comfortable and proficient enough before you started to EDC that method? While I feel I'm getting the hang of the optic route on a handgun, I also feel, it's going to take a few more range session with each gun before I'm ready. For now, I'm loving my Sig P938.

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[TTSX]

It took me a few rounds of friendly steel competition using a pistol optic to get comfortable with the concept. But truth be told, once in a while I still lose the dot for a moment. I've never lost my iron sights. Running an optic on an EDC wouldn't bother me at all, just so long as I have irons to cowitness.

 

[Member 45541]

Running an optic on an EDC wouldn't bother me at all, just so long as I have irons to cowitness.

On my P365XL, I loose the rear sight when putting on an optic as it was made that way. I believe the newer version of the XL has remedied that. However, not only being in my price range, the Veridian RFX15 has a built-in rear sight so, I don't lose irons as my backup.

 

[Koda]

how long it took you to feel comfortable and proficient enough

Lots of dry fire press out drills in the garage. I find if I press out the gun level but at an upward angle the dot is always right on target.

 

[L84Cabo]

About a thousand rounds-ish. And LOTS of dry firing.

The hardest part about learning the optic...for me...was being able to pickup the dot on the draw. Each time...every time. The good news here is that you can do most of this dry firing.

 

[OregonRider]

Lots of presentation practice, slow & smooth until I could present the firearm with my eyes closed and open them and see the dot.
Adding trigger press after that was easy.

 

[64MercurysRule]

Presentation and follow through are key .

View: https://youtu.be/6ULnzq0DIww?si=J7rZKnP4xcPgaRW2

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/YFT-qExnVOs?si=NIk0XZ50UdXjyfrB

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/qPv3nsADbc8?si=tC09yaFu4AHr66Lb

 

[titsonritz]

I posted this in another thread earlier, I highly recommend going through his videos. This is the first in a series geared towards beginning RDS users. To answer your question, like anything else new it takes getting use to. Being use the irons for years it takes time to adjust but is well with it.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ZkD71-2tQ

 

[Koda]

Anytime I'm out of practice or need to learn a new trick with a gun I remember Wyatt Earp — 'Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. You must learn to be slow in a hurry.'

Basically summarize when learning: "slow is fast". Start out dry fire press out drills at a snail pace but perfect presentation, keep repeating that intentionally slow as possible for an hour. After an hour you will have forgotten to do it slowly but your presentation stays the same perfectly. Dont practice past your attention span, but practice the next day instead. In a week you will be ready.