Recent content by geoevansiii

I picked up my XDE (Langdon Tactical version) yesterday. Langdon did as could as they can with the trigger…still lots of creep, a crappy reset, a long, mushy take up to a crisp break…but this gun is just not designed for a DA/SA pivoting trigger. It is designed for a flat-pull trigger or short...

I have the OEM metal on my std. Saint AR 15. I have fixed front A2. I’m actually replacing my rear with a set of steel MagPul MBus Pro as the std. Spgfld. feel kind of “tinny” though they work well.

I’ve always addressed the “go to battle with” discussion with “you wouldn’t go to battle with a red dot to begin with.” Or “trust your life to.” Like my tac instructor said the day we had to do a cease fire while one of our guys had to mess with his optic: “Excuse me Mr. Bad Guy while i adjust...

That was my assumption...though I have to say the one vid I found (can’t find the link at present) put the Romeo through water, ice, repeated drops and a shotgun blast so for sure for my range visits, I’m going to spend the sub $200 versus the $900.

Indeed, looked into AimPoint. But you can literally buy five Romeo 5 units for the price of one AimPoint...so as good as they seem are they really 5 times better given that we’re only looking to put a little red dot on stuff?

After a bunch of research, I opted for the Sig Romeo 5. Lots of great reviews and torture test videos on YouTube (one guy shoots one with a 12 gauge shotgun (7.5 shot) and it not only still works, it is still zeroed. Rated at 40,000 hours on a battery...that's almost as good as an Aimpoint.