Considering a 9mm 1911 and eyes lie a red dot. Kimber has one but I am unfamiliar with the Vortex sight. Have RMR red dot sights and like them.

With the Vortex are they reliable, reasonable rugged for ever day carry?

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Originally posted by abnmacv:
Considering a 9mm 1911 and eyes lie a red dot. Kimber has one but I am unfamiliar with the Vortex sight. Have RMR red dot sights and like them.

With the Vortex are they reliable, reasonable rugged for ever day carry?

Vortex has an outstanding, no questions asked lifetime warranty. They're a good company.

That being said, Aaron Cowan (Sage Dynamics) did a 4 year study of pistol red dots and determined the only two that are rugged and reliable enough for carry use are the Trijicon RMR and the Leupold Deltapoint Pro. For a summary of the study, go here.

The full study can be found here.

I don't carry with an RDS, but if I did the only one I would consider would be the Trijicon RMR.

None of the rest are remotely close.

I'm the same. I do carry with an optic and its an rmr. I have watched numerous people at my regular tactical match try other stuff and eventually they get an RMR. FWIW>

Vortex has a good warranty, but I have been tainted by some problems with one of their scopes that they refunded my money after sent back a couple of times. I think I just got a bad one, not that a 45-70 has any recoil..........