Trijicon RM04-34 RMR 7 MOA Dual-Illuminated Amber Dot Sight with RM34 Tall Picatinny Mount

This is an excellent red dot reflex sight. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE BATTERIES !!! And the color of the dot is amber, i.e., yellow-orange. I installed this on a 9 mm. Walther PPQ Q5 Match and it was dead accurate right out of the box. It is well established that you should be able to shoot more accurately, and maybe more quickly, with a reflex sight than with iron sights.The sight uses glow-in-the-dark tritium and fiber optics to create the dot in the lens, so no batteries are needed. The dot is 7 MOA in size, which I believe is the smallest size available from Trijicon in their line of RMR tritium-powered reflex sights.If you want to keep your iron sights for back up co-witnessing, then normally you will have to replace your stock iron sights with a taller suppressor sight set. That's because the base of most reflex sights will block out your view of normal height iron sights.

I have 2 of the 7 MOA Dual-Illuminated Amber Dot model, one mounted on a Glock 35 MOS and another on top of an ACOG. Bought these back in 2013. This optic is very robust, especially with the shape of the optic diverting impacts away from your glass. Other miniature red dots can end up with broken glass if dropped on top, while the RMR is much more able to handle those impacts. Having the dual-illumination ensures that you don't have to worry about batteries and you can see the dot in both low light and in sunny conditions, though it is much dimmer than I would normally prefer in a battery-only optic. The sight glass is smaller in profile than other miniature red dots, mostly due to the robust design. Make sure you practice with sight presentation after putting this on a pistol, as the dot can be easy to lose if you haven't built that muscle memory. On a rifle, especially on my ACOG, I find this isn't an issue. Also pay attention to how you mount the RMR on a pistol, as I had to buy a adapter from Trijicon to properly mount this on my Glock 35 MOS. I don't think you can find a better miniature red dot if you need one that can withstand tons of punishment.

This optic is very sturdy and holds zero no matter how many times I rack my Glock 19 MOS with it, I’ve had about 500 rds through it and it is holding up nicely. A couple things to note are that the screws need to be loctited in place and I highly recommend using a gasket that trijicon sells separately. This optic is very bright in the daylight however low light produces a very dimly lit reticle. When aiming from a low light area to a lighted area or a surface your weapons light is pointed the reticle washes out, best way to shoot accurately with this is to use know point of aim, suppressor high sights, or using the hot spot of your weapons light will get you fairly decent results at close range as well. All in all I highly recommend this optic for any firearm you would want to mount it to.

The glass is very clear and the amber dot is very quick to pick up. It's got great brightness in sunny conditions and the RMR is easily the most durable reflex sight on the market.A flashlight will definitely wash out the dot but this is expected with any of the dual-illuminated models. If you have a gun like mine that can cowitness (M&P core) it makes this not too much of a problem. I like not having to remove the sight to replace the batteries since it doesn't have any.The nickel boron finish reflects back into the window slightly when not perfectly lined up. If you want this on a carry gun or defensive gun I would pick a darker finish. But the nickel boron is very sharp looking.

fit on my slide cut really well and can take a beating. in a single session I put 350 rounds down range and it never lost zero. Yes the dot is bigger, but for home defense or even speed shooting events like the steel challenge or some uspsa matches this is more than adequate. Not to say that this will hurt your accuracy, if you can shoot 1-3" groups with irons you will be able to do the same with this.

the site is of great construction, very sturdy, doesn't look or feel cheap or made with cut-rate materials. With a sight that costs this much money I guess I anticipated more. The dot is not a crisp dot like you'd think, it's more of a fuzzy spot. I have 20/20 vision and the Trijicon iron sights on the handgun I can focus on perfectly but no matter how close or far I focus, the dot never really turns crisp.The 7 MOA dot is about as big as you'd want as the dot is the same size as the average Trijicon dot on the front iron sight of a handgun. Any larger MOA will just get in the way, any smaller MOA and you may be spending more time than needed trying to find the dot.I can say with confidence that my accuracy has greatly improved. My wife, who'd never shot a gun previously, is holding very impressive groups at 15 yards due to this sight. It really helps you visualize how small movements can throw your point-of-contact off so far.