5 Best Pistol Red Dot Sights

5 Best Pistol Red Dot Sights
March 30, 2023 16658 view(s)

5 Best Pistol Red Dot Sights

The red dot sight is one of the most versatile and easy to use sighting system for firearms used today. Couple that with the fact that better options are becoming available at a much more affordable price with many more companies taking notice and jumping in on the action. The red dot is no longer exclusively for just rifles and pistols. They are now available for compact carry guns as well.

 

Advantages for running a red dot with your compact carry gun: 

  • Faster sight/target acquisition. 
  • Greater Accuracy
  • Both Eye’s open Shooting
  • Low Light condition
  • Ideal for suppressor use.

 

Cons: 

  • Battery-powered, you need to maintain batteries. 
  • Additional cost to get a slide cut for the MRD or new slide. 

 

For many already shooting MRD’s in their competition or hard use/work guns, they can now be consistent with their compact carry guns that many of us already have. Which is why the need for Mini red dots, designed for smaller slides are being met by many manufacturers now. 

 

With so many great options, here are a few stand outs and top sellers for red dot sights for compact handguns. 

 

Top 6 Compact Red dot sights: Compact Guns     Price
Riteon Optics X3 Tactix MPRD $199
Sig Sauer Romeo Zero $199
Shield Sights RMSC $400

 

 

 

RITON OPTICS X3 TACTIX MPRD MICRO RED DOT


$199

 

 

Riton Optics X3 Tactix MPRD MICRO RED DOT

 

The X3 Tactix MPRD (Micro Pistol Red Dot) is an extremely compact and versatile pistol red dot with a 3 MOA dot that will ensure ultimate precision and rapid target acquisition. Designed with a Shield footprint, the optic features a 12 hour auto shut off and 10 levels of brightness with night vision compatibility on levels 1-2.

 

Features:

  • 1 MOA Windage and Elevation Adjustment
  • Shield RMSc Footprint
  • 10 levels of Red Illumination
  • Night Vision Compatible on Levels 1-2
  • Accepts One CR2032 Battery
  • 50,000 Hours Battery Life
  • Assembled in EP-Level Clean Room
  • 100% Waterproof, Fog proof and Shockproof (tested up to 1500 G’s)
  • Aircraft Grade Aluminum with Rugged Design Ready for the Toughest Environments

 

Specifications:

  • Magnification: 1x
  • Parallax Adjustment: Parallax Free
  • Lens Coating: Fully Multi-Coated, Low Light Enhancement
  • Dot Size: 3 MOA
  • Material: 6061
  • Eye Relief: Unlimited
  • Click Value at 100 yds: 1 MOA
  • Adjustment Range: 70 MOA
  • Length: 1.6in/41mm
  • Width: 0.98 in/25mm
  • Weight: 0.6oz/17g
  • Battery: CR2032
  • Included Additional: Battery, Mounting Tools, Screws, Lens Cloth

 

 

 

SWAMPFOX SENTINEL ULTRA COMPACT


$239

 

 

 

 

swampfox sentinel ultra compact

 

The next generation ultra-compact micro red dot sight optimized for every day carry on slimline pistol slides. No plastic body or polymer lens for us, only hard coated 7075 aluminum and multi-coated glass here. Sentinel offers very real advantages in defensive shooting situations.

 

If EDC is your lifestyle and you are looking for every edge you can get, step up your pistol’s sighting system with the state-of-the-freakin’-art Swampfox Sentinel.

 

Features:

  • REAL WORLD, REAL ADVANTAGE: Slide mounted red dot sights are taking the law enforcement and competition worlds by storm, and for good reason. The advantages of target-focused sighting, quicker sight tracking for faster follow up shots, and increased accuracy all apply just as much to concealed carry as they do to duty or competition use. It’s a real performance boost, day or night.
  • MANUAL VS. AUTOMATIC, THE CHOICE IS YOURS: Sentinel-M features ten manually adjusted brightness settings accessed via digital push buttons. Shake ‘N Wake motion sensing illumination preserves battery life when Sentinel-M has been motionless for about 4 minutes. As soon as motion resumes, Sentinel-M resumes its previous brightness level. Manually shut off Sentinel-M by pressing the brightness DOWN button for 3 seconds.
  • BRIGHTER DOT, LONGER BATTERY LIFE: Like Liberty and Justice, Sentinel uses a high efficiency emitter projecting a 3 MOA red dot. Sentinel’s highest setting is brighter than any other current Swampfox red dot. There is no room for a robust and strong tray system with such a small footprint, so replacing Sentinel’s battery means removing the optic and potentially re-zeroing. The good news is, deleting the tray system creates space to use a larger CR2032 battery, effectively doubling battery life. Whether you choose Sentinel-M or Sentinel-A, expect two years of real-world battery life, even carrying your pistol all day everyday.
  • A FUSION OF METAL AND GLASS: Sentinel is crafted from CNC machined 7075-T6 aluminum, hard coated in matte black, and features multicoated glass of the same excellent quality used in our long-range precision rifle scopes.
  • WHAT DOES IT FIT?: Sentinel is really small. About an inch tall, an inch wide, and 1.6 inches long. Shoehorned into this tiny scope is a 16mm x 16mm window, big enough for fast acquisition and sight tracking, small enough that it doesn’t affect concealability even a little. Sentinel will fit the Sig P365XL, Springfield Hellcat OSP, Canik Elite SC, S&W Shield 2.0 Optics Ready, Walther PPS M2 Optics Ready– any slimline slide with an RMSc footprint incorporated, either factory or gunsmith cut.
  • BET YOUR ASS DEPENDABLE: A concealed carry optic must be ultra dependable, because you are literally betting your life that it will be ready when called upon. Some pistols, like the P365XL shown opposite, have no way to co-witness iron sights once a dot is installed. If your dot goes down there are no other sights. Sentinel is “dunk it” waterproof when installed using the included flexible seal that fits between the optic and footprint. It is shock rated to an incredible 1500G.  
  • GO FORTH AND SHOOT 50,000 ROUNDS: Fortune favors the prepared, right? So get out there and train hard. As the round count climbs, as you earn the holster wear on that pistol, as you replace recoil springs and mag springs, and yes batteries too, Sentinel won’t give up, and neither will we.
  • VITAL STATS: Sentinel features a 3 MOA red dot enclosed in a window measuring 16mm wide and 16mm tall. Sentinel fits all RMSc footprint slides and mounts. Sentinel’s 7075 aluminum body measures 0.91” wide and 1.61” long. Sentinel is very easy to conceal while still providing a window size large enough to preserve sight acquisition speed when fractions of a second count.

 

Specifications:

  • MOA Adjustment: Dial
  • Dot Size: 3 MOA
  • Magnification: 1x
  • Lens Diameter: 16mm
  • Illumination Positions: Sentinel-M: 10
  • Brightness Adjustments: Sentinel-M: Up/Down Digital Press
  • Shockproof G Forces: 1500Gs
  • Waterproof: 1 Meter/ IPX7
  • Battery Type: CR 2032
  • Max Battery Life: Approx 2 years real world
  • Dimensions: 1.61”(length) * 0.91” (width) * 0.94”(height)
  • Weight: 0.62 oz
  • Lens: Multi-Coated Ruby Red
  • Specialty Coatings: Anti-fog, hydrophobic, anti-scratch
  • Parallax: Parallax free @100 yards
  • Eye Relief: Unlimited
  • Mount Type: RMSc footprint
  • Chassis: 7075 Aircraft grade aluminum
  • Windage/Elevation Movement Range (MOA): +/- 35 MOA/ Total 70 MOA Range

 

Included In The Box:

  • Optic with sheath
  • Screwdriver
  • Lens Cloth
  • Battery
  • Three screw sets
  • Torx #6-32x0.315L T10
  • TORX #6-32x0.393L T10
  • TORX M3.5x10L T10

 

 

 

SIG SAUER ROMEO ZERO REFLEX RED DOT SIGHT


$199

 

 

Sig sauer romeo zero reflex red dot sight

 

The fastest, most accurate, ultra-compact micro reflex sight - the ROMEOZero has been optimized for everyday concealed carry and pistols with slim slide profiles. the sight features a ruggedized, WeaponsGrade textured polymer body and the SpectraCoat HD Polymer lens system. The ROMEOZero enables rapid target acquisition in an everyday carry package at an iron sight price.

 

Features

  • SpectraCoat HD Polymer Lens with 10 times the impact resistance over traditional glass lenses
  • WeaponsGrade Ultralite Polymer housing optimized for use with Polymer pistols, concealed-carry and also slim slide profiles such as single-stack 1911s, and sub-compact firearms
  • Stippling pattern on the housing matches P365 and P365XL grip pattern, for an integrated look
  • 8 vivd, user configurable daytime illumination levels
  • MOTAC (Motion Activated Illumination System) that powers up when it senses motion and powers down with does not
  • Parallax free
  • Highly efficient, point source LED emitter for a crisp dot that is 8 times more efficient that conventional red dots 
  • 10 year battery life - unrivaled in a micro reflex sight
  • Assembled in the USA

 

Specifications

  • Sight Window .72 in x 61 in / 18.3 mm x 15.4 mm
  • Battery CR1632
  • Windage 120 MOA
  • Elevation 120 MOA
  • Brightness Settings 8 Daytime Settings
  • Battery Life Up to 10 yeats
  • Weight 0.4 oz / 14 grams

 

 

 

SHIELD SIGHTS RMSC - REFLEX MINI SIGHT COMPACT 4MOA


$400

 

 

Shield Sights RMSC

 

The RMSc version of the extremely popular RMS is a slimmed down version of the RMS designed to fit on single stack pistols such conceal carry handguns such as the Glock43, Smith & Wesson shield and the 1911.

 

Weight .4oz.

 

 

 

HOLOSUN HE407C


$254.99

 

 

Holosun HE407C

 

The HE407C-GR is an open reflex optical sight designed for pistol applications. Features include Holosun’s Green Super LED with up to 50k hours battery life, 2MOA dot only, Solar Failsafe, and Shake Awake.

 

Specifications:

 

OPTICAL DATA

 

  • Reticle 2 MOA Dot
  • Light Wavelength 540nm
  • Reticle Color Green
  • Parallax Free Yes
  • Unlimited Eye Relief Yes
  • Magnification 1x
  • Multi-Coatings Yes

 


ELECTRONIC DATA

 

  • Power Source Solar & Battery
  • Battery Type CR1632
  • Battery Life (Hours) 50000
  • Brightness Setting 10 DL&2 NV

 

PHYSICAL DATA

 

  • Window Size 0.63x0.91
  • Dimension (in) 1.78x1.15x1.15
  • Weight (oz) 1.5

 


MECHANICAL DATA

 

  • Housing Material 7075 T6 Aluminum
  • Surface Finish Anodize
  • Adjustment per Click 1 MOA
  • W&E Travel Range ±50 MOA

 


ENVIRONMENT DATA

 

  • Storage Temperature -40℃~70℃
  • Working Temperature -30℃~60℃
  • Submersion IP67
  • Vibration 5000G

 

 

 

HOLOSUN HE507C


$339.99

 

 

Holosun HE507C

 

HE507C-GR-V2 - The HE507C-GR-V2 is an open reflex optical sight designed for pistol applications. Features include Holosun’s Super LED with up to 100k hours battery life, Multi-Reticle System, Solar Failsafe, and Shake Awake.

 

In the Box

 

  • Picatinny Mount
  • User Manual
  • Lens Cloth
  • T10 L Key
  • CR1632 Battery

 

Specifications:

 

OPTICAL DATA

 

  • Reticle 2 MOA Dot & 32 MOA Circle
  • Light Wavelength 540nm
  • Reticle Color Green
  • Parallax Free Yes
  • Unlimited Eye Relief Yes
  • Magnification 1x
  • Multi-Coatings Yes

 

ELECTRONIC DATA

 

  • Power Source Solar & Battery
  • Battery Type CR1632
  • Battery Life (Hours) 50000
  • Brightness Setting 10 DL&2 NV

 


PHYSICAL DATA

 

  • Window Size 0.63x0.91
  • Dimension (in) 1.78x1.15x1.15
  • Weight (oz) 1.5

 


MECHANICAL DATA

 

  • Housing Material 7075 T6 Aluminum
  • Surface Finish Anodize
  • Adjustment per Click 1 MOA
  • W&E Travel Range ±50 MOA

 


ENVIRONMENT DATA

 

  • Storage Temperature -40℃~70℃
  • Working Temperature -30℃~60℃
  • Submersion IP67
  • Vibration 5000G

 

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By Aristotle Bartolome
Director of Marketing, Rainier Arms and Triggrcon
Ari is a lifelong firearms enthusiast, 3gun and USPSA competitive shooter, product tester, firearms content creator and host of Rainier Arms The Peak Podcast Show.

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