Made my old sar9 feel like a different pistol - ADE Advanced Optics RD3-015 PRO Shake Awake 1x Reflex Red Dot w/SAR9 Optic Mount Plate

I've owned my SAR9 for quite a while and never really considered putting an optic on it because the slide wasn't designed for one. When I found this package with the SAR9-specific mounting plate included, I decided to give it a shot.

Installation took some patience. If you've never removed a dovetail rear sight before, I strongly recommend using the right tools rather than improvising. Once the factory sight was removed, fitting the adapter and mounting the RD3-015 PRO was pretty straightforward.

At the range I started close to get the dot roughly aligned and then fine-tuned the zero. After that I spent the rest of the session shooting steel and paper. Once I adjusted to using a red dot, target transitions felt much quicker than with the original sights.

What I've appreciated most over the following range trips is that I haven't needed to constantly mess with it. The plate has stayed secure, my zero has remained where I set it, and the shake-awake feature wakes the dot when the pistol is moved.

I originally viewed this as a cheap experiment to see whether I liked an optic on my SAR9. Instead, it has become the configuration I plan to keep.