So who plans to dominate the new Carry Optic division with their P series gun?

[Raining_Brass]

I have a question about battery life on a carry gun.  I have accidentally left the red dot on for few days with apparently very little battery drain.  Do you guys who carry with a red dot just leave it on all the time?  If so, how long will the battery left with the sight set on auto brightness? 

I just moved one of mine to the P-07.  Videos later.

Joe

Well, the FF III battery life is supposed to be 10,000 hours. That's a year and a few months+ of steady on time. You could probably safely leave it on year round and just change the battery once a year.

[Nimdabew]

I am seriously considering selling my SP-01 with CGW guts to fund a P-09/07 with an optic... man... I should...

Any word on the durability of the Vortex Razor? I fondled one at the local fun shop and I initially thought it felt like a tank. If they would have let me, I would have chucked it at their safe to see if it stayed on. I like and dislike that the buttons are on top inside of the hood area vs on the side of the optic. This seems like a good and bad thing at the same time.

[Joe L]

I have a question about battery life on a carry gun.  I have accidentally left the red dot on for few days with apparently very little battery drain.  Do you guys who carry with a red dot just leave it on all the time?  If so, how long will the battery left with the sight set on auto brightness? 

I just moved one of mine to the P-07.  Videos later.

Joe

Well, the FF III battery life is supposed to be 10,000 hours. That's a year and a few months+ of steady on time. You could probably safely leave it on year round and just change the battery once a year.

Thanks.  Battery life seems to be almost the shelf life of the batteries if I turn it off.  Not much change when I leave it on, it seems.   But I haven't left it on for more than a few days at a time.  I carry spare batteries and have had to use them.  If it goes on and off once without touching the buttons, it's time! 

I also removed a stubborn firing pin retaining pin from a slide without taking the sight off because I was in a hurry.  That didn't affect the Burris either.  They seem pretty tough, my only complaint is that the lens isn't as clear as an Ultradot Micro HD. 

Joe

[jrodicus]

Can't wait to get my FF3 and Slide back from Primary Machine. I am a USPSA competitor and shoot as often as possible. I started with the FF3 on a springer mount. Worked superbly. Mount was very nice and rock solid. Sight had about 8k rounds down range with zero issues. I sighted the pistol in exactly once and have been dead on ever since. I decided to have the slide milled just to drop the FF3 down that last little bit, mostly for aesthetics.
     I have been shooting Carry Optics for a few months and absolutely love it. I have also carried my P-09 concealed this winter with the dot and found it to be totally do able.


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I have the Speinger mount and FF3 on my P09 too. So far I'm loving it. My first RDS in a pistol. It really highlights my shakey hold.

[BrazeauRacing]

I never did get comfortable enough in dry-fire with my P-09 using a Burris FF3 on a Springer dovetail mount to ever shoot it at a match, but having a milled slide makes a huge difference for me.  I'm going to use my Urban Grey P-07 with a multi-optic cut P-07 Duty slide from CZ Custom at a match in two weeks and I'm actually excited.   I installed a CZ Custom 10mm height tritium front sight that I can line up with the vertical line on the back of the FF3 for a pseudo co-witness/BUIS (similar to XS Big Dot sights) which also gives me an alignment point of reference to find the dot quicker on those strong-hand only and weak-hand only transitions.   I can use this complete upper on either of my two P-07s, which makes it very versatile.

Competition Mode:


Nightstand Mode:


Co-witness with red dot off:


Co-witness with red dot on:


My very first shot with the new upper at 10 yards using just the front sight lined up with the back of the FF3 (red dot turned off):

[Joe L]

Golly, I like that! 
Joe