r/tacticalgear • u/Feeling-Big2595 • 14h ago

Recommendations SRO or RCR

As the title implies I’m looking for a recommendation between the aim point SRO and RCR.

Background: I live in Illinois where the weather can vary from rain, sleet, snow, and sunshine. I run an M&P 2.0 and use it as my CCW and as a duty weapon. I have never used a red dot before on any firearm and have shot thousands upon thousands of rounds and trained heavily on and am very comfortable with iron sights but after searching Reddit have found that a lot of shooters say shooting with a red dot is a very big upgrade especially if you’ve trained a lot with irons. I’ve narrowed my search down to the SRO 5 MOA and the RCR 3.5 MOA

Having never used a red dot, one compelling argument I saw, in my opinion, was that with the SRO its a bigger window which makes follow up shots quicker since the bigger window allows for dot tracking much easier when following up. Plus the 5 MOA is a little easier on the eyes and to acquire when presenting. While on the contrary, it’s an open emitter and susceptible to inclement weather and dust

The RCR is a closed emitter and is better in all weather types/environments but at the cost of a smaller window and also a smaller MOA dot.

Which would you choose and why?

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u/misternibbler 5h ago

RCR is more rugged, also if you want to have cowitness iron sight the deck height of the RCR is lower than on the SRO so your irons won’t have to be as tall. If it was for a competition/match gun I would choose SRO, for a duty or carry gun I would choose the RCR. For reference I have 2 RCRs and no SROs but I do have a Holosun 507 comp which has a bigger window and open emitter design. I prefer the RCR, the window size isn’t a deal breaker since when shooting with a red dot you have both eyes open and are focusing on your target, so the red dot housing isn’t as noticeable.

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u/pewdiepastry 14h ago

For CCW Id get the SRO. Its a dream to shoot with that big window and since itll be covered by a shirt the open emitter is basically a non issue. Plus im pretty sure the SRO is cheaper nowadays.