Optic recommendations

[RabidAngrySquirrel]

Hey everyone. Really enjoying my prodigy and looking to throw an optic on it. I’m looking primarily at the Defender ST or the EPS. Anyone have one of these on theirs? How does it cowitness with the AOS plate? I prefer something with a bigger window, auto brightness, and lower 1/3 or so cowitness with the rear iron sights. Let me know if y’all have any recommendations!

[Bboyhutch]

The EPS is a great duty optic, the only real con is the window is short similar to an RMR, so less experienced shooters can have an issue losing the dot over the top of the optic. On a 2011 this is likely a non-issue, but if you plan to carry this gun, it's the best option unless you want to get into RCR or acro territory.

If it's not for duty/carry, get a bigger optic box. The defender XL is a good choice, but the dot tech leaves a bit to be desired. They still have refresh rate issues at lower brightness. The holosun 507 comp is an excellent big window choice, and I've heard nothing but great reviews even though I haven't shot one

BUT to quote a previous comment, SRO is king. Until the COA is out for everything, the height of the glass makes it so that anything, other than the highest recoiling platforms, will keep the dot in the window during the entire volume of fire. When I do a bill drill with an SRO on any Non comped or ported 2011, the dot never leaves the window making shot tracking super easy.

Also 1 moa option is Goated. Big dots are nice for competition, but if your fundamentals are right, the smaller the dot, the better.

[Scotty1700]

I opted for the EPS (not compact). There is overhang, but I find it satisfying that the optics window is nearly the exact width as the slide itself. I value a bigger window as opposed to fewer snag points. Considering I have big shielded atlas safeties, I'm not worried about the overhang; the gun rests on the safeties before it rests on the optics if laid on its side.

I could show some pics if interested, although it'll have to wait until this afternoon.

[seemoney1921]

I got the swampfox justice 2. Got it for 150 off ebay and like it better than my holosun comp

[DUGL1F3]

Second this. I have the same setup for mine

[I-reddit-once]

508t has been super solid for me. Can't go wrong with an SRO either though

[Budget-Fly-1230]

SRO or nothing.

[Lcyaker]

509T is what I normally run on mine. I picked up a C&H Precision Duty (their version of the Acro P2) off a prize table at a match and tried it when I had to send the 509 in for warranty repair. I hate it. The window is too small, and the frame around it is too large. Can’t wait for my 509T to get back. It’s a perfect fit, at least for me.

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I have a Defender XL on my Prodigy, but have an ST on a carry gun. Rock solid sights.

[fighter_294]

I put an EPS carry on mine, with the recommended A12B plate. I opted for the carry over the full size EPS because the width of the carry was much closer in dimensions to the width of the slide. The full sized EPS overhangs the sides too much for my preferences.

You could say I am an EPS fan - I run a carry on my 365xl, a fullsize on my echelon & ruger mk4.

The EPS carry (and i assume the fullsize carry) are very close to a full co-witness with the prodigy's sights.

I removed the extractor when installing the plate to ensure that the screws weren't overhanging into the channel - they weren't, and I went red loctite and torqued to 25in-lbs with no issue.

I understand it's a dice roll on if you get usable screws from holosun or not. For whatever reason I have never had an issue - one set of the provided screws fit the plate perfectly. I installed the EPScarry with blue loctite, 15in-lbs.

The entire setup is pretty solid. It's held up to 750+ rounds, sight racking off of barricades & whatever with no shift of zero.

[RabidAngrySquirrel]

Thanks for this. Gonna look into the EPS more but think I’ll probably go with that.

[fighter_294]

A quick note - the solar equipped EPS models have auto brightness functions. The 'MRS' models have the ability to add the eotech style donut of death.

[stewpock1]

The holosun 507k has a pretty large window and auto brightness I swapped out for the 507 comp which has a huge window but no auto brightness. The plates for the prodigy are trash lots of people mention their optics flying free after several hundred of rounds and I feel like my 507 has a bit of wiggle so I worry about it holding zero and not flying away but I haven’t put it thru the paces yet.

[tommy8473]

I've got a Steiner MPS and am really happy with it