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Mounting a pistol red dot is straightforward once one thing clicks: the footprint. A footprint is the specific pattern of screw holes and recoil lugs on the bottom of the optic, and it has to match wh … read more

A slide-mounted red dot is only as good as its installation. Get the mounting right and the zero takes ten minutes and holds for years; get it wrong and the dot walks under recoil, the screws back out … read more

Trijicon's two flagship pistol optics share the same RMR footprint, so they mount to the same slides and plates — but they are built for different jobs. Both live in our Trijicon pistol optics collect … read more

Holosun makes a deeper pistol-optic lineup than anyone else at the price, and that depth is the problem — once you start comparing model codes the differences stop being obvious. Three families cover … read more

Reflex red dots come in two structural types, and the difference matters most when conditions get ugly. Compare both across red dot sights. Open emitter An open-emitter optic has an exposed LED that … read more