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Grandpa's knife from Vietnam. Star BM just began production in early 70s so some overlap.
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A photo from his training program (He is in the foreground)
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Hammer67 said:
I'm not going to try and sell anyone on red dots - they are a great help for some (including those who are cross-eye dominant), and for others they are simply not worth it. Personally, most of my pistols don't have them, but I do have a fair bit of time behind them.

There are a lot of outdated myths, and flat-out incorrect information about red dots, often by people who haven't spent much, if any, time with them. Suffice to say them have come a really long way, even just in the last 5 years or so.

Most police departments are using them, the Armed Forces are using them, including those at the tip of the spear who absolutely need something that is 100% reliable and rock solid. They wouldn't use them if many of the supposed short-comings were accurate. I'll just put that out there.
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Agree for for the most part, except use in rain. There is no argument that they are absolutely useless in wind driven rain. Or in humid conditions without anti fog coatings.
 
155440 said:
Grandpa's knife from Vietnam. Star BM just began production in early 70s so some overlap.
BhUXJ8B.jpeg

A photo from his training program (He is in the foreground)
BK6ejG2.png
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Wow, nice! Had a Star PD .45 back in the 70s, still kicking myself for trading it off. While the metallurgy wasn't up to Swiss, German, or US standards etc they were good pistols.
 
RPZIP said:
Agree for for the most part, except use in rain. There is no argument that they are absolutely useless in wind driven rain. Or in humid conditions without anti fog coatings.
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I wonder if the newer sealed models negate the rain issue. I haven't tried one, and I also tend not to stand around in the rain so for me it will be a center of the tootsie pop scenario most likely. Plus it doesn't rain much here in NoCo.

As I stated before, its important to have the red dot mounted low enough to co-witness with the iron sights for backup.
 
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