S12E14: Red Dots on Carry Guns…Are They Worth It?
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🗓️ 7 November 2025
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About This Episode:
Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen discuss the pistol optics and why we think it's important to start considering them, if you're not already. There is quite a bit of data that supports the efficacy of using them in a defensive context. How about you...do you think red dots on pistols are a good idea? Do you or will you use them on your carry gun? Tune in to learn more!
Resources Used in This Episode:
-Sage Dynamics White Paper on MRDS - https://www.sagedynamics.org
-NLEFIA Pistol RDS Survey Final Summary Jan 2025 - https://www.scribd.com/document/811177971/NLEFIA-Pistol-RDS-Survey-Final-Summary-Jan-2025
-Norwich University RDS Pistol Study - https://soldiersystems.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2011_Norwich_Study_RMRvIronSights.pdf
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Concealed Carry podcast, Season 12, Episode 14. |
| 0:15.3 | And welcome to the Concealed Carry podcast, part of the ConcealedCary.com network brought to you by HK. |
| 0:20.7 | Today is Thursday, November 6, 2025. As of the recording of the concealed carry.com network brought to you by HK. |
| 0:27.0 | Today is Thursday, November 6, 2025, as of the recording of this episode, and I am your host, |
| 0:31.8 | Riley Bowman, joined by fellow host Jacob Paulson. |
| 0:33.7 | Yeah, I'm here. |
| 0:35.0 | He's here. |
| 0:36.3 | He's so thrilled to be here, too. |
| 0:39.0 | Can you see it in his face and hear it in his voice? |
| 0:40.4 | Yay! |
| 0:47.0 | I was just thinking as we watched the intro, we probably had to update that. |
| 0:53.1 | I mean, there's some good stuff in there, but there's probably some more we could add to that, make that little opening pre-roll. |
| 0:54.7 | For those of you that catch the podcast on the YouTube uh I think that could be a fun tweak to update some footage there what do you think |
| 1:00.4 | Jacob yeah probably a good idea yeah yeah well today we're excited to be with you to actually |
| 1:09.3 | talk about red dots on carry guns. |
| 1:12.4 | Are they worth it? |
| 1:14.5 | Lots to discuss. |
| 1:16.4 | We've got some big news to share on the podcast today as well. |
| 1:20.1 | Those of you have been following our social media accounts recently. |
| 1:23.6 | Some of you may even be almost tired of seeing the content for you know like a week or so now |
| 1:31.2 | it's been like all about red dots and optics on pistols and we're going to talk about it some |
| 1:37.0 | more i promise you that that's going to come you know to an end here before too long but we got |
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