Taurus G-3, now with Ruger Ready Dot sight.

[CajunBass]

A couple of months ago I got a Taurus G-3, T.O.R.O. (Taurus Optic Ready Option) 9mm. I'm happy to report that through about 400 rounds or so, it's performed perfectly. Ball or a couple of different types of hollow points, factory or reloads, doesn't seem to matter. No malfunctions, hits about as well as well as I expect to with most any gun in it's class. Maybe a little better, because I've spent a lot of time with this gun dry firing with a laser cartridge. Those things will teach you a lot about sight alignment and trigger control.

Since then Ruger has announced their new "Ready Dot" sight. Sort of like a standard "red dot" sight, except that it needs no batteries, and doesn't need to be sighted in. It works off fiber optic technology to create the dot. There are no adjustment to it. Just mount it and shoot. I'll not attempt to explain HOW it works, but it seems too, at least at the self defense type ranges it's intended for. It also allows co-witnessing of the factory iron sights.

Now, I had no intention of putting a "dot" on this gun. I couldn't see the logic of putting a sight that cost more than the gun did, but this Ruger gizmo is relatively inexpensive, so I went ahead and ordered one. Got it yesterday, and mounted it. The dot is easily visible in normal indoor light. I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but with the laser "bullet", the laser burst hits RIGHT where the dot is located in my dry fire test. I've had a little experience with a normal "dot" type sight, and it seems to work about the same.

Now I just need to get it to the range tomorrow morning.

 

[Tallball]

I'm interested to hear how it shoots for you.

 

[CajunBass]

Shooting it isn't much different than the other red dot's I've used. They're no magic wand, and do take some getting used to. The supplied screws were too short to mount the sight on the Taurus (they're intended to work with a Ruger), but Taurus had provided an assortment of screws and mounting plates, so it went on without any trouble.

Now, I don't look at this as a serious combat sight or anything like that. I think of it sort of as "training wheels" for a dot sight. An inexpensive alternative to a more expensive sight that I might not like.

Where it falls short is low light operation. Since it's a fiber optic system, it uses available light to create the dot. It works fine in normal outdoor light, or inside a normally lighted building, but in low light situations the dot is faint or invisible. Not a problem for me, since it's a range gun/sight only, but might be less than ideal for someone else.

 

[Mark_Mark]

once you go red dot you don’t go back! waiting for LCP Max with built in micro Reddot

 

[CajunBass]

once you go red dot you don’t go back! waiting for LCP Max with built in micro Reddot

That's pretty much the way I was once I tried a scope sight on a rifle. While I'm not a real rifleman, I don't remember the last time I fired one without a scope sight.