PrimaryBruce Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I’ll be milling the slide for my personal SP-01 soon. Was pretty set on a Deltapoint Pro but there’s just way too much mixed stuff for me to be confident in it. We have customers who report failures from as soon as 3k rounds to some over 30k. Doesn’t exactly instill confidence in an optic. Trijicon RMR would be my number 1 go-to, but it’s too wide for an SP-01 slide without Trijicons ridiculously priced and ugly 1911 RMR adapter. i keep reading people are putting Romeo 3’s on slide ride guns. It seems like I don’t read much good about the Romeo 1’s. Are the 3’s better and what kind of round count do people have on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinIII Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 They all fail. The DPP is hard to beat right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimaryBruce Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, OdinIII said: They all fail. The DPP is hard to beat right now. So that’s still the go to? Lol jist replace every ~8k or so rounds (if you’re lucky) and live with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explosiveo Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I would use a Delta Point Pro. Romeo 1 would be my second choice. Both really solid optics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explosiveo Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, PrimaryBruce said: So that’s still the go to? Lol jist replace every ~8k or so rounds (if you’re lucky) and live with it? Leupold will fix your DPP if it fails. It's not like you have to buy a new one. I've got well over 15k on one without a issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimaryBruce Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Explosiveo said: Leupold will fix your DPP if it fails. It's not like you have to buy a new one. I've got well over 15k on one without a issue. We have a few customers with over 30k. But the huge majority don’t seem to be going passed 6-10k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explosiveo Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 We have a few customers with over 30k. But the huge majority don’t seem to be going passed 6-10k.Interesting. I have three of them. Had a issue with one. That I got used on a gun. Unknown round count but judging from who I got it from prob very high. Guessing well over 10k. Was shutting off after like 5 min if not in use. Sent it to Leupold and it was fixed in a week.Imo the quality of the DPP can't be beat right now. I try to always have a backup gun if I am competing in case something goes south during a match.I have them on open guns and a carry optics gun. Very few issues over a couple years of shooting.Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I have 2 Romeo 3, one with 10 to 12k on it and one with 2k, zero issues that would be my go to, only have heard of one issue on a Romeo 3 on the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I've got over 100K rounds on an original Deltapoint, I don't think the new Pro's are as reliable from what I've heard. I just keep putting batteries in the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Hello: I am using a Holosun 507C right now on a carry optics Glock 17. Not enough rounds down the pipe yet so I can't say how well it is holding up. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posvar Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 DP takes care of you even if you aren’t the original owner. I am liking mine on my open gun and will have second one shortly on a Carry optics gun. Very easy to use. A little smaller window than the RTS2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stango424 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've had good luck with the vortex razors, not a real popular choice due to window size and price but I've been really happy with mine. Use them on my co, open, ar offset and pcc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWacoKid Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 If it's 'toughest' that I need I'm going RMR. The rest just aren't being built to be as bullet proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimaryBruce Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, theWacoKid said: If it's 'toughest' that I need I'm going RMR. The rest just aren't being built to be as bullet proof. RMR is what I’d be using if I didn’t also have to buy a $180 1911 adapter plate that has rear sights made on it I don’t want and a front sight I can’t use even if I wanted to use the rear. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranoel Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) I gotta say, I'm pretty damn happy with my J-Point. Got somewhere around 3500 rnds with it and so far, not a hitch. I also like its simplicity. Edited January 20, 2019 by Dranoel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've moved from DDP to Romeo 1 6moa's 3 moa's work fine but I have a hard time seeing the 3moa in bright sun. 6moa's are much brighter, almost like a completely different sight one has about 6500 on it the other is fairly new maybe a 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPENB Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I have a DDP 7.5 & a Romeo 1 6moa. Like them both, but for the money, I’ll take the R1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverscooby27 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I would vote for a DPP with Duracell battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_J Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've had extremely good success with Vortex Vipers. Had a first production model that lost zero after a defensive handgun class with some one handed manipulation, but the one I run on a Glock for CO just won't stop. My experience may not be the norm, but I've been quite pleased. The Viper guns get shot way more than my RMR guns Y'all did the cut on my EDC blaster. Tons of practice reps and classes and it keeps on ticking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've had good luck with Burris FastFire III, first one I got would not adjust elevation properly, sent it in and received a new one back and it's worked perfectly for the last 4 or 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimaryBruce Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Dirty_J said: I've had extremely good success with Vortex Vipers. Had a first production model that lost zero after a defensive handgun class with some one handed manipulation, but the one I run on a Glock for CO just won't stop. My experience may not be the norm, but I've been quite pleased. The Viper guns get shot way more than my RMR guns Y'all did the cut on my EDC blaster. Tons of practice reps and classes and it keeps on ticking. Haha nice, I love to see guns we did actually dirty and used. Venom crossed my mind too, but it seems like everywhere I turn the Deltapoint Pro and RMR seem to always be talked about as the two most durable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_J Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Ive had a Venom. Didn't like it nearly as much at the Viper. Venom has a multi-piece housing and the viper being one piece. If you're gonna beat the crap out of it.. it's hard to beat the RMR. The shape of the housing has it leaps and bounds above everyone else for impact resistance. It does have the smallest window of them all... so until you have lots of reps on it.. its learning curve for dot presentation will be higher. Personally.. I find the blue lens tint and very slight magnification (like 1.05x) of the RMR distracting... so if something like that Viper isn't in consideration, I'd go DPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmella Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I had a viper on a 929 revolver. very light 120-125pf load. broke the glass in under 300 rounds warranty is good though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef15 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I use a Viper. 1st one got warranted at about 3k, the lense adhesive failed, which caused a zero shift, which was progressive and not immediately evident, made for an unfun match. Replacement does not seem as bright, and gets a ton of glare on the lense when the emitter faces a low angle light, turns the whole screen red and renders the sight useless, happens a lot in winter. The first never did that. Slide's milled so not many options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Okay, I'll chime in. Five Burris FF3s 8MOA. Three are slide mounted. The oldest is on my oldest 1911 45 44,000 rounds of major (172PF) and bullseye (156PF) without an issue. I had three RTS2v4s, but sold one. All 6MOA. One is slide mounted on a custom 45. The slide was milled to take the sight. No issues. I have three DPPs in 2.5MOA. One is frame mounted on my backup open gun. One is slide mounted on my super light custom reciprocating slide 22 upper I use for Steel Challenge. The third is slide mounted on my Steel Challenge Open gun. Two full seasons shooting each with no problems. I shoot A LOT. I've never had a failure I could attribute to recoil. I had one DPP fail almost immediately. DP said something on the circuit board separated. They fixed it, and I'm still shooting it. I love the RTS2s, but they eat batteries. If you want to use one for Steel Challenge, change batteries halfway through the match. Even then, the are not as bright as the DPPs. A battery in a FF3 will last years. It gradually gets dimmer, but so slowly you don't notice. I was having problems seeing the dot on white steel in bright sunlight, so I tried the others. Eventually a battery went. I put a new one in and was astounded by how bright it was. It was definitely bright enough for steel. Now I change my FF# batteries once a year, need it or not. BTW, they all hold zero when slide mounted. The one sight I would never, ever buy again is the Slideride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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