Perhaps this is a rhetorical question that only interests me. But with all the drama on the internet regarding broken RDS plates, I figured this was a question worth at least putting my two cents in.
The Wilson True Zero RDS plate and optic is the very first red dot I have seriously run on a pistol. And I confess, when I first saw it things seemed beefy. Perhaps too beefy? Not sure.
Now that we are over 11,000 rounds later, I have thoughts:
- It’s not too beefy.
- It looks big primarily because the SRO is big.
- The objective of the SRO sits pretty low actually.
- Bill Wilson states they engineered this system with lugs absorbing the recoil forces. Not relying on the screws to do that work.
- It seems systems that fail rely on screws to work as lugs.
- Everyone who is breaking plates is doing so on 9mm handguns. Wilson being a 1911 company, had to design a RDS plate that would always work with 45 caliber recoil.
- This gun has been shot, dropped, racked one handed, and subjected to more rapid fire drills than I could possibly count.
- Zero issues. None.
My next RDS gun will also have the True Zero plate installed. But that’s a discussion for a post in the future.
Sincerely,
Marky
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Areas of focus: Defense and National Security, Modern Light Weapons, Small Arms, Weapons Training.
Areas of focus: Defense and National Security, Modern Light Weapons, Small Arms, Weapons Training.
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