Steiner MPS red dot sight. I feel like a Blade Runner

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My agency has just equipped us with the Steiner MPS red dot sights (and new high profile metal sights if the red dot fails) on our Glock pistols. We spent about seven hours shooting on the range getting to know the sights (hot, sweaty but fun) and then we ran through the qualification course. Most of the time my qualification score runs between 93% - 95%. With the red dot I scored a 100% - all in the white and a very nice grouping of shots. Every officer passed first time through that day - 26 officers. I looked down the line at our new futuristic pistols and thought of the pistols used in "Blade Runner". I like the sights and I've always trusted Steiner's work. All those years in the Army and constant use of Steiner binos I suppose. Our range master is retired Army so I suppose he was biased as well. I can't believe how fast the tech has come. You younger guys probably don't see the big deal, but 35 years ago it was strictly iron sights and you held a flashlight in your hand. Amazing. The new metal sights haven't been installed on my pistol yet.



 
You younger guys probably don't see the big deal, but 35 years ago it was strictly iron sights and you held a flashlight in your hand. Amazing.

For me it still is and I still do.

Just saying. 🙂

(I get it Brother, if I were still on the streets I'd probably go "Dot" too.)

Maybe I can zip tie my old Streamlight 6 D Cell to the bottom of ...
 

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Deckard didnt' have sights(!) or a weapon mounted light, ... but it looked pretty futuristic in 1982... ;)

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I see lots of griping about 'gadgets' on guns here and on other sites, but the tech really does improve the tool. When I started, we didn't have cell service or computers in the car either. Yeah, we got along fine and did the job, but the improvements in equipment and technology do make things easier.

I wrote the instructional curriculum for my agency for handgun red dots, and they are definitely a game changer.

Edit for movie trivia: Deckard's Blade Runner 'blaster' movie prop was a mashup of a Steyr bolt action and a Charter Arms Bulldog.
 
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For me it still is and I still do.

Just saying. 🙂

(I get it Brother, if I were still on the streets I'd probably go "Dot" too.)

Maybe I can zip tie my old Streamlight 6 D Cell to the bottom of ...

In the past few years, I've had a detached retina repaired, stents installed for glaucoma and cataracts removed. I can still use the iron sights, but the red dot does make shooting more enjoyable, easier and even a bit more accurate. My eyes are getting older with me. It's unavoidable. FWIW the decision to go to red dots was made by the chief of police - my boss.

The sight is attached very solidly and can be used to operate the slide. They had us do immediate action drills. Just put the front or back of your hand against the sight and and push - hard. The sight stays on and the slide goes back and forth no problem. I was impressed. The weapon mounted light is nice. When you have to clear a two-story high school that covers a few acres of land at 4 in the morning the light on the pistol reduces fatigue and leaves one of my hands free for things like handcuffs.

However, the whole set-up does not lend itself to off-duty carry. Most definitely not. For that I have a basic gen 4 Glock 19 with no light or red dot.
 
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