TrijiconRMR Type 2 6.5 MOA Adjustable LED Red Dot Sight

This is coming from a Grandmaster ranked competitive shooter who is also in several "Pro List" programs that do NOT included Trijicon, but do include some of Triji's competitors. This is my third Type 2 that I've purchased over the years for Home Defense (HD) rifle and pistol, with about the same number of other types of dots on my competition guns. First off, with reference to competition guns (ie, "play guns" that will only be used at the range), I go a different route than the RMR. There are other quality dots that are less expensive, have more brightness settings, and provide some better optical advantages in terms of window size and glass clarity. That said, the RMR can ABSOLUTELY be used on a competition gun, especially if the firearm is intended for dual-use with HD in mind. For instance, I use my RMR equipped PCCO for both HD as well as competition, just removing the flashlight on competition day. I just practiced with my RMR equipped Pistol Caliber Carbine (with a forward mounted flashlight no less!!!) at my Steel Challenge range and was able to consistently run sub-2 second Smoke and Hope strings with one getting down to 1.85 seconds.Now, the main reason to go with the RMR for HD purposes is durability. Trust me, you don't want to be the owner of a typical red dot that gets dropped! I've seen plenty of shattered glass over the years. The RMR Type 2 is very robust: see the Sage Dynamics 20,000 round review for a far better explanation and proof than I can provide here.Very importantly as well, the RMR has clear glass and a bright, well-defined dot. I can only think of one other dot that beats it in terms of dot definition and glass clarity, and frankly they are pretty close to each other with the other beating it due to it's thinner frame... but of course the RMR's thicker frame keeps it from breaking! It's a balance.For HD purposes, an additional feature that I REALLY like is the RMR's brightness auto-adjust function. Yes, when I'm shooting it in competition, I go manual because it's usually not quite bright enough to suit my tastes, but when I'm running HD drills at home, I can't express how comforting it is to know that I can grab my firearm with the dot constant on and auto-adjusted to the ambient settings, then run to a differently lit area and have it auto adjust for me as I'm on the move. For instance, I could hear a bump in the night while my house is fully lit with indoor lighting, rush outside with the gun mounted and ready to go--into nighttime darkness--and have the dot auto-adjust for me without having to take my hand off the grip or the forearm. Will the dot be perfectly auto-adjusted all the time? No. But what's everybody else's alternative?Here's the situation with everybody else's dots that don't auto-adjust: You set the dot to your typical indoor lighting level, and then something happens so you rush outside where the dot is now so bright it night-blinds you and forces to you to stop, search for cover, and start fiddling with the buttons to get the dot usable. Then you jump up and hit your weapon mounted flashlight which then makes the dot disappear so you have to take cover again and fiddle some more... All of this would be happening while the bad guys are free to continue doing whatever got my attention in the first place... except now I'm in the middle of it.Get the RMR with the auto-adjust, run some drills, and you'll be sold!As for complaints that other folks have about the RMR... Could the lens be bigger? On a rifle, the window size is totally irrelevant as long as you've got the gun mounted with a proper cheek weld. I'll run an RMR any day on any rifle, period, end of discussion. On a pistol... it depends on your level of training, really. The other big complaint that I hear all the time is the necessity to remove the RMR from the firearm to change its battery and thus make it lose zero. C'mon, really??? The battery lasts four friggin' years!!! If you're letting your gun go six months without checking the zero, much less four years, then you're a fool. I check my zero once every few months on every gun I own, and frankly the RMR holds zero way better than the others. All the other dots are always drifting on their own, due mainly to variances in temperature as well as gun vibration, much less changes in load which will ALWAYS ruin your zero. Regularly checking and adjusting zero is simply part of being a responsible gun owner.My only real complaint about the RMR is that I'd like to see more available daylight level settings. I think the official number of brightness settings is something like 8, but when you remove the bottom two that are only usable when viewed through night vision devices (NVD), and the top one or two that are just stupid bright, the actual number of usable settings is closer to four, maybe five. Sometimes when I'm manually adjusting the brightness on a cloudy day or at dusk, I find one setting that isn't quite bright enough versus the next level up that is slightly too bright, so I have to settle for one or the other. This isn't to say that the dot is unusable at these times--far from it!--but it's not making me as happy as I'd like to be with a $500 piece of equipment. This is where my experience with multiple dots makes me picky, as I have other options that offer enough adjustability to give me the perfect brightness level to help me excel in competition... whereas if all I owned were RMR's, then I wouldn't know any better. But, alas, I know better. Frankly, I'd prefer it if Trijicon offered a "civilian version" with the same number of possible brightness choices, but ditched the low-end NVD settings that I literally can't use.As of this moment in my life, I'd have a hard time naming a better "all-around" red dot than the RMR: if I were forced to own only one optic, this would be it, no question.

I'm going to give it 5 stars because the things I would say that might be considered negative are a design issue and my vision. The one design change I would say is making the battery easy to get to without having to take the sight off my gun. But since the battery last over a year I don't have a problem changing out the battery yearly. They probably didn't make the battery easily accessible due to moisture or durability. As for my vision ... if you have an astigmatism the dot won't be a perfect circle. People with astigmatisms will see the dot differently. Some may not notice a difference and some will see different shaped dots. If you have an astigmatism I would recommend going to see a red dot in person before making such a large purchase. What made me choose this red dot over a few other high quality red dots was the following: 1) Durability - Most of the reviews and comparisons I saw, and there were LOTS of them, had this red dot at the top against all others. 2) Type 2 - The first version of the RMR (AKA Type 1) was great but some people did report a flicker in the red dot due to battery contact issues. So the Type 2 improved on what was already a great, durable red dot.I decided to go with the 6.5 MOA dot over the smaller 3.25 because I'm not using this red dot for long range shots and as I get older it's easier to see a larger dot. Again ... go check them out in person before you purchase one because it will really help you decided if you want one and what dot size works best for you. NOTE: There is a 10 to 15 minute learning curve on finding the dot on the range but it won't take you long to get used to it.These are an expensive add-on item, but after watching YouTubers beat the heck out of them and stating how much they like this red dot I was sold. When I ordered this for my Glock 19 MOS Gen4 I also ordered "Loctite Threadlocker" ($5.42) and "Trijicon AC32064 RMR Mounting Kit For Glock MOS and Springfield OSP Models" ($13.99) from Amazon. The mounting kit comes with the seal plate and longer screws that are needed for the Glock MOS plate. The Loctite will help hold the screws in place. The Glock 19 MOS Gen4 came with 4 plates and the #2 plate is what fits the RMR Type 2. Order of install: #2 Plate that came with the Glock MOS firearm, sealing plate, install battery in the RMR, install RMR to firearm, Loctite on screws, install screws ... you're ready to go sight it in!I would highly recommend this red dot, but it is expensive compared to some other options. However, I tend to spend a little more money on things that are going to help protect me and my family and I feel this is the best red dot no the market today. NOTE: In the photo ... Glock 19 MOS Gen4 9MM, RMR Type 2, Inforce APLc Compact Weapon Mounted Light, Trijicon Suppressor Black Outline Night Sight Set with Green Lamps and the Trijicon RMR Type 2 6.5 MOA.

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Mounted on my Gen 4 Glock 19 pistol, which is carried IWB (4 o'clock pos) everyday. I switched to red dots on my carry pistols after an initial urge to want to be like those tactical warriors from my Instagram and YouTube fantasies.Does a red dot speed up my sight alignment? With training and repeated drawing drills it sure did. Was it frustrating as hell to learn? A little bit.Anyway, why the Trijicon RMR?-Battery life is out-f*cking-standing-Rugged (better coating/housing material over budget stuff like Vortex and Holosun)-Small footprint-Extremely lightweight-The Military uses it (seems silly to some but it's field tested and that means something)Why not Trijicon?-Pricey but it's earned that, costs about 1.5x-2x as much as budget stuff-Blue tinted lens (Doesn't bother me but it might you)-Changing the battery requires you to remove the optic from the gun or mount (Eh)-Doesn't include sealing plate to protect bottom internals. It's not necessary but I bought one (15$)On a carry gun, which is what this sits on, I would only trust these RMR sights (me personally). It gets bumped around everyday and thrown under my car seat if I'm going into no-gun places like a bar or something.If you're just wanting a plinking sight or something that's gonna sit on a gun in a safe or case at home consider the numerous budget stuff out there.Me personally? I recommend saving the extra money and investing in one of these.