"...and now, you're dead." What the heck kinda women are you hanging out with, Colion?

Noir’s analogies are like a Texas twister. Long and winding and by the time it’s over you don’t know which way is up.

"I'm a habitual overthinker." I can relate to that.

“Needing permission to do things you used to do before” hit home and had me laughing

"Tactical Analysis Paralysis" Waiting for Colion to drop his first mixtape.

Steven crowder really has effects people with these change my mind videos

I wasn't a fan either, I got a chance to train with one for long enough, and man.... Wow. I can knock the hair tie out of a man bun from 30 yards with one now.

“I don’t know what it’s called. I just know the sound it makes when it takes a man’s life.” I’m WEAK!!!😂

VIRGINIANS “What country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.” - Thomas Jefferson This is the most extreme attempt to take our rights to bear arms Ever. Give them a proper warning this 20th

Americans discussing about nice attachments on their buffed out guns. Me, in germany: *cries in 10-round magazines*

Why I don't use or own a Red Dot. Cause I cant afford it end of story.

"I'm a habitual overthinker" Bro why you gotta come after me like this.

Sparknotes: “I hated them until I trained with one and became competent with it” 😂

The drunken sex bit had me laughing like a dolphin with asthma

I didn’t hear you mention the greatest benefit of red dot shooting so I will: Threat Focus. Rather than focus on the threat, focus on the front sight, you are able to continuously focus on the threat and just place the dot on the target. I never found handgun marksmanship that enjoyable until I added a red dot. I found my eyes fatiguing as I shot as my eyes had to continuously adjust focus. Now with a red dot I also find I am able to focus even more on my grip and trigger squeeze fundamentals. Appreciate all you do! Jon

Colion, Don't ever change, You are one of the few people who can make anything you are talking about interesting, Great clip!

Later that day the governer of VA refered to the red dot as "a Cylon death ray" and added it to the definition of what makes an assualt weapon...

Man, who would have thought getting some training made a difference...

I’m with you. Just shot my first red dot on a hand gun. I feel you 100%. The gun just never feels like it’s aimed right even once you finally find the dot.

Thanks for being and keeping it human and not some ninja tactical uber pistol guru. Glad to hear you struggle with the same stuff I struggle with. Never could get a handle of red dot on a pistol. Thanks again!

"Man, I hope I'm still talking about shooting" It's moments like this that remind me why I love Colion's videos.

The drunkin sex remarks had me rolling on the floor Colion

Little late on seeing these, but this red dot series you made have really helped me since getting my RMR. I loathed it, but I couldn't justify removing it for the cost of it. Found myself focusing more on my irons than the dot itself, so therefore making a $500 purchase a waste of money. Listening to your gripes matching my own, this short set of videos have definitely changed my mind and after six more trips to the range. I'm finding that I quite enjoy the red dot now, but I'll be damned if a few volleys don't get out on target from my irons still. Haha. Always love your content though and will continue pointing people to your channel whenever possible!

For anyone without an optics-ready pistol, this seems like an expensive thing to get into.

"Eventually you find it, but it took forever, and now you're dead." I wish I could subscribe again just for that line.

Colion: "What's your favorite gun?". Colin: "Yes".

“A tactical paralysis by analysis”. That quote is awesome and I’m stealing it.

"Change my mind." No.

"Tactical paralysis by analysis" lol

This video highlighted everything I love about Colion's content. Great footage. Clever commentary. Crazy analogies. Relevant topics. I also happen to feel the same way about red dots on pistols so it was nice to hear that I'm not alone. Well done and Kudos to Sig for setting it all up. I love to see you doing content in this format again.Keep em coming!

Just tried my 1st red dot on a pistol. I'm in love. Yes, you need to ignore that dot moving everywhere, but after that is gravy. Way faster way more accurate.

I’m only halfway through, but this is easily the most honest take on pistol RDSs ever. It’s also comical af. I know it’s a year old, but well done, sir.

"You've lived with this thing your entire life"

Man that red dot analogy was hilarious Colion

Really well thought out and executed analysis. Also WILDLY entertaining!! Thank you for creating this and sharing with the rest of us. Your analogies are, of course, on the mark.

Just started watching your videos. Really like your mindset and sense of humor. Good stuff. Marine infantry vet here with zero pistol training however. Looking to learn.

I just recently shot a pistol with “red dot” it does let you know how much your moving when you think your holding steady! I think they are good for improving shooting skill... but for actually packing I prefer without!

"I dont know what it's called.... I just know the sound it makes when it takes every ounce of humor from my being"

You got me with the cross-dominant eye solution. Long ago a drill sergeant shifted my rifle to my left to match my dominant left eye. I've never been able to incorporate that switch to handguns; I'm going to give this a shot...so to speak. Thanks!

Later in life, when the eyes no longer shift focus as reliably as now, then you will understand an learn to appreciate an optic.

That analogy just KILLED ME ! ain`t that true man ain`t that true .

When your eyes start going to shit you'll love them for distance

Agreed. For a target pistol maybe but i like irons. Rifle that's a different story.

Like you grew up iron sights shooting got a Smith & Wesson M&P core when they first came out play the Red Dot on it haven't looked back took a little bit of training and now I shoot IDPA Optics Division and love when I shoot my 1911 with iron sights I got to go through a few practice magazines to get back to those fundamentals again and it all goes back to fundamentals appreciate everything you do

There is a lot to train through when adopting a red dot. But at the end of the day to each their own. That's my take

OMGGGGG this looks so fun and exhilarating. It looks like you were having a blast. Great job shooting and great video.

I have to say honestly , I love your content but this is the best you have done. I learned a lot

Shot my first red dot on a CZ P10C yesterday and yes although it took some adjustment to get the correct sight picture...once I had it down it started to become muscle memory. I fired only 50 rounds then immediately switched back to irons and found myself fishing for the front sight, which had never happened before and it felt really strange. So within 50 rounds my presentation with he gun had already begun to change to the red dot, I fired another 100 rounds and was extremely impressed not only with the ease of target accusation but accuracy as well. The RMR type 2 allowed me to zero the pistol in with a much higher degree of confidence than having to settle with fixed sights from the factory. My hits at distance were dramatically improved in only a short amount of time and couple hundred rounds. I resisted the move for quite some time but now Im a firm believer, give it a little time....there is a learning curve but when you start to see and feel the advantages you're confidence and proficiency will grow quickly.

At the end of the day, red dots on handguns require that everything "goes to plan". Your grip, draw, presentation, etc needs to be perfect or you're just staring at an empty window with no idea how you're misaligned. On a rifle, this is no problem. Once your cheek is on the stock, it will always get you lined up to where you'll see the dot somewhere in the glass. (Unless you mounted your red dot in some wonky fashion.) On a handgun in the real world? Not gonna happen. You're gonna be loading your shopping into the trunk and get jumped by one or two guys. You're going to be within spitting distance. Your grip, draw, and presentation will not be perfect. For CIVILIAN shooting, not LEO shootings, John Correia, Active Self Protection KZfaq channel, watched thousands of gunfight videos and he’s mentioned the most common range is 3-7 yards. Claude Werner, The Tactical Professor, did an analysis of several years’ worth of stories from the Armed Citizen column in The American Rifleman. His summary on distance was that the majority of the incidents were “slightly in excess of arm’s length.” So you're spending hundreds of dollars on the sight, hundreds of dollars in ammunition, and countless hours becoming proficient in something that statistically doesn't help you in a civilian self defense shooting. Imagine going to a tactical rifle course and spending hours learning how to shoot at low flying aircraft. Completely useless? No. Something that's going to be useful in the real world? Probably not. What sighting aid DOES help you? A laser sight. They're about as fashionable today as bell bottom pants, but they do everything a red dot does and more, as far as a person is concerned for self-defense usage at realistic self defense ranges. If you want to have fun shooting watermelons at 100 yards with a pistol, get the red-dot. If you want something for self defense, get a good laser sight.

The hardest thing I had to learn about a no magnification reddot was to keep both eyes open. Look at the target, raise the firearm, when the dot is on my target pull the trigger.

Thank you for the knowledge. I have that Sig on order with red dot and just waiting for it to arrive.

This is BY FAR my favorite video of yours! I'm a big fan of your work and your narration during the end of this is what opened my mind to red dots. THANK YOU!

Wait until you get older and your eyesight isn't as good.

I had to stop and replay the entire video after hearing "I'm a habitual overthinker". I think I over thought that phrase.

Friggin' love it! Just stumbled across your channel, and am now binge watching videos. Your analogies are hilarious and great. I just got a RDS for my VP9 and will have to try out some of these drills.

The nicest thing about a red dot is that you only have to focus on trigger control. No more lining up sights, just put the dot on the target and press the trigger. I don’t like the look of red dots on pistols, but I definitely see the benefit of having one

I'm 66. Been shooting at the age of 9. Always open sights until I went Antelope in Wyoming. It was my introduction to a scoped rifle. But 20 years in the Army, in three wars, I shot M16's always with open sights. I was on the AMU for 3 years shooting 1,000 open sight competition, as well as 1911 bulleyes competition. My very first introduction with a red dot sight on a pistol was this year. And I am struggling to get to like it. I have gotten to the point that I can run a rack of 8 plates almost a 1 full second faster with the red dot and with open sights, when I can pick up the red dot from the draw, but that's not consistent yet. I like it, but for self defense and daily carry, I'll stay with the iron sights for now.

Thoughts from an OG L/E and TacOps operator/instructor: - Sight systems are simple or complex... learn to use what you have, but don’t lose sight that what you’re actually doing is learning overall body/weapon system muscle memory... ‘cuz when that fancy dot fails, you’ll still be in the fight with confidence that favors your survival. - Keep your head and eyes up, toward the area of threat. During reloads, you repeatedly looked to your waist and mag pouch... the threat is not at your mag pouch! Reloading, tactical or emergency, should be by feel and fluid, with confidence it will happen 100% of the time... remember, smooth movement is fast movement. - Up your game... advance to the next level. You sprinted position to position, but every time took time to stop/establish a base and sight acquisition and THEN fire from a static position. You’re vulnerable in these moments, so start learning how to shoot effectively WHILE MOVING cover-to-cover. - In the shoothouse and from the vehicle, you exposed yourself entirely to shoot. Challenge yourself to get behind elements of cover (concealment, if that’s all that’s available) and ‘pie-clear’ that cover edge to the point the threat is identified and you make the decision to fire. Expose only your gun and that portion of your person absolutely necessary to intentionally engage the threat. Shooting fast is fun, but real world demands efficient deployment of resources to ensure/maximize effectiveness. So, start taking the next steps in your training.

Great video. Waiting on my Holosun Red Dot from Amazon to be delivered any minute like a kid at Christmas. I can't wait. IT"S HERE!!!

“You have lived with that thing your entire life”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #classic

Instructor - "moving!!!!" Colin - *stops shooting* Instructor - "reloading!!!" Colin - *stops shooting*

Great video Colion! Really really really liked how you approached the pistol red dot issues. I have the very same issues with one additional, the cost!

Sir, I love this video. You hit everything that I am currently going through. I just took my Sig Xcarry back to the gun shop to get the Romeo 1 sight removed from my pistol. It looks cool but I am not confident with it. I wish I could have training on it but until then, I am going back to Iron sights. PS, I am the guy who has to ask for permission to do stuff now, haha. I love the videos and I hope to order a shirt from you soon. Stay safe.

John Lovell would be the man to do a video with on that topic. IMO.

As snoop said in the 90s... ‘We don’t love these red dots.’ Yeah, we know what you meant. 😏

Just bought the trijicon rm06 this video helped understand it a lot more, thanks

Making the steady conversions myself- this was awesome and sunmmed up many of my thoughts/troubles.

Damn that looks fun and is definitely a course I need to take

When you see the dot "moving", your body (assuming you train often) will slowly and subconsciously make micro adjustments and the dot will stabilize if you put in the effort.

Thanks, I love your analogies and descriptions.

I hated the thought of a pistol with a red dot. They can tend to be bulky, difficult to conceal on your concealed carry gun. Plus, I am really good with my irons. I never “hard front sight focus”. Even with irons, I target focus and can see my irons just fine in my peripheral vision. Served me well for decades. And the thought of putting battery in my gun seemed ridiculous. But then Holosun came out with their SCS optic for my Walther PDP. Now that my eye sight is not as good when I was a younger lad, I love shooting with my optic. I’ve gotten REALLY good with it!

when you have the right Irons there is ZERO time delay finding the dot !

Red dots on pistols are possibly a fade like lasers.

Having just switched to a red dot after 27 year of iron sights on a pistol. Lol a buddy of mine had me go to a match with him and just told me to show up and shoot I finally did it. A few corrections were made. I’m cross eye dominate and corrected astigmatism with glasses come to find out looking over the glasses to find dot was causing walleye vision and that’s why I hated it so bad . I never really had that problem with iron sights and just never realized I was messing myself up! Great video love the analogies lol been a fan for awhile of Noir just first time I’ve commented

Thank you for your video. Finding the red dot is my biggest difficulty. I think this can be overcome with training. Problem now is finding ammo. I used to reload, and have lots of brass. Need to get back to it.

"And now...you're dead."🤣

This guy needs to stay away from making analogies. 😂

Thank you!! My wife is cross eye dominate. And I had no idea how to get around it. I got her a M18 so it’s a easy conversion.

Looks like you learned to 'embrace the wobble' as a red dot enthusiast said on his KZfaq channel. Also there is a transition training needed as you stated. Did well in changing your mind. As a seasoned citizen I found that one focal plane to look at makes it easier for me to shoot without corrective eye glasses to get the front sight in focus.

Huzzah! A man of quality! I seriously hate red dot sights on handguns, too. Not only does it look unsightly, I find it to be useless and difficult to align with as well. I don't know why I let myself be convinced to get one.

Bruh... several times thru this video I found myself thinkin "this n...a" 😂😂😂 dude was wilin with all them analogies

Alright. I subscribed and liked. Your vids are killer. So is your commentary. I love it haha. Thanks for the great content.

I just bought my first striker fired polymer 9mm pistol and it's the Sig P320 RX full size with the Romeo 1. It's a hell of a learning curve, and most days I feel like it was a mistake. Seeing that it gave YOU issues makes me feel a bit better. I just gotta get better is all.

Watch the whole 11 minute video 1 minute after upload and already commenting how good it was. +1 big brain

I won't try to change your mind at all. I tried red dot sights on both my AR15 and my AK47 and also on a couple of my pistols and absolutely hated the damn things because I couldn't hit a damn thing. Switched to optical sights on the AR and the AK and could put the lead on target every time. Always use open sights on my handguns.

Awesome. You just made me feel a lot better about purchasing and starting to shoot with a Red Dot. At my age it is very hard to focus on the iron sights.

The narration for this video was fantasticly entertaining.

I use one. My neighbor down the road swears by his. His name is Jerry Miculek. World champion hand gun and three gun shooter. He uses a Vortex Razer on his S&W 9mm M&P.

I just found out about ten seconds ago that I’m cross-eyes dominant. Dang it.

Just brought my first red dot haven’t shot from it yet but your videos been a big help

I appreciate your input, Colion. However, I am at that age where I can no longer focus on my front sight without glasses, but I don't need glasses for anything just a bit farther out, so if I'm wearing glasses, I can't focus on the target. The RDS fixes that for me.

I hated dots until i tried one with cowitness irons. After that im a believer,

I need a class like this

This video reminds me so much of the first vid I ever watched you make P07 vs G19. I missed that style man

I got to say that i find your videos awesome to watch. This one on red dots has helped me a ton as i am looking at getting one for my weapon. Like you i have one on my rifles and love it to pieces. So know i am looking to add one to my hand guns and improve my shotting should and i hope i never have to use them. Please keep up with your videos as it is the thing i look forward to each and every day. Thanks for the insight

4:20 ok so this definitely sounds like a specific thing that happened

"I didn't like red dots because they exposed my shortcomings. Then I actually practiced with a handgun, and now I like them." Wow. Cool vid. Very insightful. /s

I can’t change your mind. I EDC the worst sight 1911 for sale. Kimber RCP II with a trench/trough sight. I don’t need a sight at all because I train for no sight defensive shooting. If the aggressor is far enough away that I need real optics on my EDC defensive hand gun, then I’ll just walk away and they probably can’t hit me anyway. I can actually aim with my trench site and hit a pop bottle at 40 yards…so…yeah the red dot. Can’t change your mind. However, it’s a great optic for people who want to have ease of shooting without the requirement for practice. In agreement with your video my daughter carries with a red dot because her cross eye dominance makes target acquisition slower and more difficult.

Ur video was awesome keep them coming your analogies are on point and hilarious keep them up

4:13 I think collin started getting a little personal there...