Posted: 6/28/2017 3:14:10 PM EDT
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I've been seeing a lot online about the RMRs on pistols and I am considering going down that road. I love having red dot's on my ARs, so why not have one on a pistol. Those that have been there, what has been your experience of the transition from irons to RMR?
Also, what are the best value method (not the cheapest) of having a compatible slide? I want to keep my factory slide intact so I was looking at buying a new slide off GB for $200 and getting the work done. I want front serrations which will cost about $250 total (from the battle werx site) for all in price of $450 on the slide. This is not that far off from some of the Zev slides. I also looked at Agency thinking the price of the patrol series was not too bad at $550, only to find out that was the price of the labor and you must provide the slide; screw that! One more question, any opinions about rear irons in front of the RMR? |
| Whenever I decide which route to take as far as mounting my RMR I will for sure be putting the back up irons in front of the RMR. Sage dynamics has a couple of videos explaining his take on it. In my experience I've preferred them in front as well... I will probably be sending my slide to ATEi unless I get a crazy deal elsewhere.... They are hard to find pre milled with the rear sight in front of the optic though. Have you looked at the ATOM slide? |
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I picked up one of the Glock MOS models, and I was on the fence as well. LOVE it now. Seriously once you get used to it and get it dialed in, its like cheating.
I got the Trijicon RMR RM01 (like the smaller 3.5 moa dot) and some trijicon suppressor sights, Get the taller sights, it makes life easy, it will visually guide you to the dot when shooting faster. |
I get my slide back Friday . In hindsight, I wish I had paid the little extra to get the sights in front. As mentioned Sage Dynamics has a good video about why that placement is his preference, and covers it in a lot of detail.
The ATOM would be the way to go if you want sights in front, plus you have the advantage of running another optic if you ever choose to do so. Learning curve seems to be different from person to person, and in general the longer you've been shooting irons the longer it takes to close the gap in speed with RDS. Its almost universally considered to allow more precise fire right out of the gate vs irons. |
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My first RMR equipped gun was a Glock 19, had it cut by Jagerwerks. Wanted the rear sight forward after watching the Aaron Cowan video above, but I was afraid I wouldn't like it or couldn't get used to it and there I'd be.
Just got a full Agency Arms 34 build with the rear sight forward of the RMR. I'm never going back. 
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| So I wasn't planning on purchasing an RMR for quite a while, but I saw that Cabelas had a sale for the Trijicon for $350. I wasn't sure how long the sale was going to last, so I bought it. The total came out to $400 with shipping and tax. It will probably be a while before I spend the money on a slide though. |
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So I wasn't planning on purchasing an RMR for quite a while, but I saw that Cabelas had a sale for the Trijicon for $350. I wasn't sure how long the sale was going to last, so I bought it. The total came out to $400 with shipping and tax. It will probably be a while before I spend the money on a slide though. Had you purchased discounted gift cards, used a third-party kickback company like Active Junky, and some promo codes, you could have gotten your price down to ~$280 (or even less) like many of us did. 
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Discounted gift cards? Then, sign up through Active Junky, and click the link on their webpage that then directs you to Cabela's website. Active Junky will give you another 10% back in a month or two. Also, use some promo codes on Cabela's site for free shipping or even more off), and it drops the price further. ps. If someone (who is already a user on Active Junky) sends you a sign-up link, you receive another $10 off.
eta- between all the discounted gift cards, the cash back & new sign-up from Active Junky, the promo codes on Cabela's AND the Cabela's Visa deal they had going some days back, a few guys got their RMR's for just over $200 or so IIRC. Got to stack those codes, cashbacks and discounts. |
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Who makes a decent slide with rear sight forward that doesn't cost as much as a whole gun? Glock 17. |
