Agreed
Somehow I seriously doubt it. In fact I would guess they never heard of offset or hold over/under
Yep we run 50 yd zeros on ARs regardless of dots or irons or low power optics. I’ve just gotten so used to it over the years we can comfortably run them to 300 without really thinking about it at all.
Point shooting is an important part of my training routine, but it's generally 5-10 yards-ish. Timed good hits from draw ( AIWB) hover around 1 second. Utilizing the (Green) dots still well under 2. I'm really not a "Bullseye" pistol shooter persay and I'm almost never just standing on a line shooting at paper targets. Combat accuracy ( solid kill shots) from ridiculous positions or under rushed and confusing circumstances is more my thing. Or hitting moving targets while I am also moving. Lots of transition drills. Sidearm/Carbine, sidearm, shotgun, etc. It's more fun and more challenging for me. The bulk of my training is either classes with an old retired combat marine instructor/Swat/ police captain or less formal stuff with some crayon eaters and cops I know.
I like some of those old military issue rifles, but if ammo is hard to find or more expensive, I’m out at that point. I’ve spent years using commonality for calibers and mags, so at this point I’m pretty much resolved to 9mm, .40 cal, 556 and 308.
I have buddies who have the SA Prodigy. It's no Staccato though. I shot one once and it is definitely in it's own class. I have an aversion to 9mm 1911s myself. I have several 1911s, mostly old Colts, a Para Ordinance and a Filipino Charles Daly. All .45 ACP. If I was after another one it would be a custom Wilson. I started in on the strikers though, discovered HKs and never looked back. I have , eh, more than one and less than ten of them. Only one is a sub 1k pistol, but they're worth the scratch. A few months ago I did discover a great pistol that's downright cheap. IWI Masada S. It's about the size of a P365XL and outclasses it as far as I'm concerned. And they run about $450 new. I've put close to 2k rounds through it in the last 3 months and it's definitely a "Going to war" pistol. Stupid accurate, thin and light with 13 rd. capacity and a full grip. I did put a Talon grip on it. Other than that it's bone stock. Well, I put a 507k on it. Mounts directly to the slide. Has a really good trigger too. Only strikers close in that department are the VP9s and the Walthers. With the quality, weight and capacity of current tier one strikers I don't see myself carrying a 1911 again any time soon.
Why not ? You're walking around in the sand and some dudes pop up like a mad max movie 14' away from you. You gonna ask them to move back before you slag 'em ? There's a good reason to be careful with steel at close distances. Soft tissue or paper or wood, meh, blast away.
I doubt I'll ever be in that position, not being in the military or law enforcement. Most of my shooting is done in the woods or at the range, where I wouldn't shoot at something that close because it wouldn't be any fun. If I were to ever actually shoot at someone, it would be in self defense...and an AR-15 would probably be among my last choices for an EDC gun.
I'm just guessing you've never taken any carbine classes or ran any transition drills.
No thanks. Occasional target shooting and annual deer hunts are enough for me. I'm more of an AK guy than an AR guy, anyway. And wouldn't hunt with either.