Robert/ Mapwrap,
Great comments and information. some thoughts:
“Inside of 3 yards I think of it as a fighting problem, not a gunfighting problem.”
- I really like this Robert…I am probably going to write that down and use that when I teach."
X2 on stealing this quote for myself.
“I think the Hack, CAP, and Trijicon HD are great options for someone looking for a “faster” close quarters pistol sight.”
I am in agreement with your research and analysis. I dont think the ghost ring is the best choice. I have a desire for a Glock 41, will be trying to decide on the best sighting system. I guess a lazer sight would be the hot item, but, I have a little experince with them, and they are not all that visiable in harsh sunlight (for me) and I really have no basis for this, but, I just dont trust them to deliver when the shit hits the fan. Maybe , technology has vastly improved in the last couple of years, and I have been in the boonies too long to know. 
“His observations are that novices benefit from them, but that very soon it holds them back in terms of accuracy at long range, or on fast difficult shots at close range”.
Could you expand on this a little? I consider anything over 15 yards to be “long distance” in a pistol gunfight. What does he mean by “fast difficult shots” hard to acquire a sight picture? hard to make a accurate shot on a small exposed target? just curious.
“I think you will find that it isn’t all blondes and blow jobs”.
Damn, stealing this one also…pretty much sums up my life:)
“I think you are taking the right lesson from all of it. I didn’t mention it before, but if we combine the now infamous “21 foot rule” regarding edged weapons with what we know about close range gunfighting, I can actually envision certain scenarios where it’s going to make more sense to close distance, or move off-line, or react with an unarmed tactic first before going to guns…and that’s regardless of the bad guy’s weapon system.”
Totally agree with Mapwrap: If the picture comes through you can see where I made a rookie mistake in allowing a 95 lb. female get too close and slice my butt. Had I gone for my gun, instead of blading my body and slamming her head into the apartment wall, she would have cut me 6 ways from Sunday.
IMHO, this is the area where a “martial arts of any style” trained officer has a distinct advantage over a non trained officer. Self awareness of distance and proper response is automatic in a trained officer, verses an officer who only relies on his handgun to solve every situation. Often there is NO time, to do anything but react with your body, either “sweeping” a weapon from the kill zone, or creating distance to engage with your own weapon.
" I’m gonna ask Idaho to chime in here as well, but I see the “best” solution as more one of principals, not tactics. Train your OODA loop under real stress, add a healthy dose of KISS to your response options, with a a loose translation of Occam’s Razor. Sounds to me like you already do that anyway, and you are clearly smart enough to avoid bad situations or disengage when you can. I’d say you are good to go…at least as well as any of us can be."
Again,we totally agree. A fundamental base in principles leads to a strong mental combat mindset, tactics are the Katas of fighting.
“Rumor is that Delta(CAG? Is that what they are actually called now?) was experimenting with RDS on their Glocks, but I have no idea how that went. You might be in a better position to know.”
As far as I know, its still in the testing stage, but, my info is about 4 months old. BTW, last I heard they are under “ACE”, “Army Compartmented Elements” Quite the PC approach.
great conversation…guys like you keep me sharp, make me think, and let me know that I need to always keep on training.
