I'm taking a hard look at two pistols, the FNX-45 and the FNX-45 tactical for general range shooting and home defense. Yesterday I was handling one at the local gun shop and ALMOST made an impulse buy but decided to think about several factors. From what I can tell there are two main differences between the "standard" FNX-45 and the tactical version which are the threaded barrel and the top slide milling to accept a simple bolt on red dot sight such as the Trijicon Ruggedized Miniature Reflex.
Two things I would like to have on a pistol are a suppressor for shooting indoors when things go bump in the night at 2 AM and a red dot sight. The tactical pistol would be the clear choice if I wanted both of these options but I have questions and would appreciate anyone jumping in with their opinions hopefully based on actual experiences.
1. This would be a nice sight to use at the range in daylight but would the sight mentioned above ( http://www.amazon.com/Ruggedized-Mi...1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423250499&sr=8-1&keywords=rm01 ) be a wise choice to use at night in a dimly light house?
2. I see a lot of these sights in photos but wouldn't this sight interfere with racking the slide? Some folks selling them actually say it aids in getting a good grip on the slide but they are on the selling side of the issue.
3. Supposedly the sights can simply be taken out of the box and screwed onto the slide. I'm wondering if I got the FNX-45 (for about $300 less) and took it to a gunsmith, couldn't he mill the slide to accept the same sight?
4. Shooting the 45 indoors would indeed be loud, possibly damaging to ones hearing or would it? I hear a lot about the detrimental effects of shooting inside a house but the discussions are generally from those making the suppressors. What do those of you do who keep firearms at the bedside?
Two things I would like to have on a pistol are a suppressor for shooting indoors when things go bump in the night at 2 AM and a red dot sight. The tactical pistol would be the clear choice if I wanted both of these options but I have questions and would appreciate anyone jumping in with their opinions hopefully based on actual experiences.
1. This would be a nice sight to use at the range in daylight but would the sight mentioned above ( http://www.amazon.com/Ruggedized-Mi...1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423250499&sr=8-1&keywords=rm01 ) be a wise choice to use at night in a dimly light house?
2. I see a lot of these sights in photos but wouldn't this sight interfere with racking the slide? Some folks selling them actually say it aids in getting a good grip on the slide but they are on the selling side of the issue.
3. Supposedly the sights can simply be taken out of the box and screwed onto the slide. I'm wondering if I got the FNX-45 (for about $300 less) and took it to a gunsmith, couldn't he mill the slide to accept the same sight?
4. Shooting the 45 indoors would indeed be loud, possibly damaging to ones hearing or would it? I hear a lot about the detrimental effects of shooting inside a house but the discussions are generally from those making the suppressors. What do those of you do who keep firearms at the bedside?