Question: I assume not, but does anyone have any thoughts on if the milled position of the red dot affects use/finding the dot in any way? In other words, is there a better position if all you are considering is DOT acquisition?
I've heard (although I can't cite which person or persons in the training sphere it came from) that having the rear sight in front of the optic (farther from your eye) will help you acquire the dot faster. The logic is that with a traditional iron sight placement (rear sight behind optic and closer to your eye), you will align the iron sights like normal and then focus on the dot. While that makes sense to me, and I'm sure whoever the source is has plenty of time on handguns and red dots to justify that claim, I personally don't find it makes a difference
to me.
I have both styles, and I neither find myself trying to align the sites to acquire the dot, nor do I perceive I'm faster with one over the other. I
like how less cluttered the sight picture looks with the irons in front of the dot, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get one style over the other.
Impact Machine offers either cut, but I'd verify they can do it with your dot/sights/slide setup before you send it in. Also, their front dovetail is for a Glock rear sight, just FYI.