Yeah. I found that interesting. A unique choice.
Why? A lot of pistol rds now now come with a rear sight notch built in (RomeoZero, for instance). And people are now really trusting rds much more than they used to. The idea of BUIS isn't as important, so it seems, as it used to be.
Why? Because they were lazy and did it like the PMR. CANIK did it also and realized it was stupid and changed the design.
I don't really agree. I think it's a clever way of addressing the lack of MRDS footprint standard. To me, it feels a little like being able to choose KeyMod or M-LOK, or to select which rail you want on your AR, Picatinny or Weaver.
I agree with this perspective. The lack of pistol RD base compatibility is annoying and it DOES force pistol manufacturers into design choices that aren't optimal. Why we can't settle on a standard for handguns, like we did years ago with Weaver and then later with Picatinny on longarns, is beyond me. I get it from the perspective of optics manufacturers, they want you to own a pistol that forces you to use their brand of glass, but the pistol manufacturers maybe need to assert themselves here a bit... or maybe the consumers do.
You're right, they are supposed to be competitors. But I wonder if that extra thin design, while being nice to carry, won't be a problem for shooting, the PF9 was harsh, I think because it was so thin. Not that it's a deal killer...carry guns don't have to be comfy for 200 rounds a weekend.
That is a common concern that I keep hearing. No one knows but everyone is thinking about it.
Apparently they didn't have a sample at the range day at SHOT. A few commenters stopped by the booth and played with the booth sample and said varying things about the trigger, from it's fine to it's terrible, but I don't know that you can actually judge it by what they put at the booth.
According to a new post over on TheKTOG, price for the aluminum frame version is "~$550-650" and the poly is "$320-350"
