Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight Superb 3.25 MOA

Description

The Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight is the button-controlled version of Trijicon’s Ruggedized Miniature Reflex, fitted with a 3.25 MOA red dot. Two buttons on the sides of the housing let you set brightness by hand, switch between manual and automatic modes, and shut the optic off for storage. Manufacturer part number RM06-C-700672.

What Type 2 Actually Changed

The original RMR earned its reputation on toughness, but early units mounted directly to pistol slides could suffer electronics failures under the sharp reciprocating shock a slide delivers. Trijicon redesigned the internals for the Type 2 specifically to survive that environment.

If you are buying a miniature reflex to sit in a milled slide rather than on a rifle, that revision is the reason to pay attention to the generation and not just the model name. The Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight is the current design, not the original housing with a new label.

Adjustable LED, Automatic LED And Dual Illuminated

Trijicon sells the RMR in three illumination families and they are genuinely different products. The dual illuminated version runs on fibre optic and tritium with no battery and no switch. The automatic LED version reads ambient light and sets brightness itself. This one gives you the buttons.

The Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight still has the automatic mode. It simply lets you override it. If you leave it alone it behaves like the automatic version, and if you press a button it holds your chosen brightness for sixteen and a half hours before reverting to automatic on its own.

That timeout is a sensible piece of design. A manual setting that never expires is a dot left too dim for daylight or too bright for a dark room, discovered at the worst moment. A manual setting that quietly returns to automatic overnight is a dot that is always roughly right.

Why A 3.25 MOA Dot

Dot size is a speed against precision trade. Trijicon offers this optic with dots from one minute up to nine. At three and a quarter minutes the dot covers about eight tenths of an inch at twenty five yards and roughly three and a quarter inches at a hundred.

That is large enough to find instantly on a draw and small enough not to swallow a target at distance. It is the size most shooters land on for a duty or carry pistol, and it is why the 3.25 MOA Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight outsells the other dot sizes by a wide margin.

Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight Specifications

• Magnification: 1x
• Reticle: 3.25 MOA red dot
• Day and Night Reticle Color: Red
• Illumination Source: LED, adjustable by button
• Power Source: one CR2032 lithium battery
• Battery Life: over 4 years of continuous use at setting 4 of 8, measured at 70F
• Click Value: 1 MOA per click
• Length x Width x Height: 1.8 in x 1.1 in x 1 in
• Weight: 1.2 oz.
• Housing Material: Forged aluminum
• Finish: Matte Black
• Mount: Not included
• Manufacturer Part Number: RM06-C-700672

The Housing Is The Other Half Of The Story

Trijicon patented the shape of the RMR body for a reason. The angled walls are there to absorb a blow and route the load around the lens rather than through it, which is the failure that ends most miniature reflex sights dropped on concrete or knocked against a door frame.

Forged aluminium rather than cast, at one and two tenths of an ounce, in a body under two inches long. The Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight is the optic that established what a pistol red dot is expected to survive, and the shape is copied widely enough that its mounting footprint became an industry standard.

Why Shooters Choose The Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight

• Type 2 electronics built to survive slide mounted use
• Button control with an automatic mode you can fall back to
• Patented housing shape that diverts impact away from the lens
• Over four years of battery life at a middle brightness setting
• 1.2 oz and under two inches long
• Backed by the Trijicon limited lifetime warranty on the housing

A Mount Is Not Included

This is the single most common ordering mistake. The optic ships as an optic. How it attaches to your firearm depends entirely on what that firearm is, and none of those parts are in the box.

On a pistol with a factory optic cut, you need the correct adapter plate for your slide. On a pistol with no cut, the slide has to be milled or you use a mount that replaces the rear sight. On a rifle, carbine or shotgun you need a picatinny mount at the height you want. Tell us what you are fitting the Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight to and we will make sure the right mounting hardware goes in the box with it.

Battery Life And Changing The Cell

Trijicon rates the CR2032 at over four years of continuous use at setting four of eight, measured at seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Extreme heat or cold shortens that considerably, so a figure measured in a lab is a guide rather than a promise in a Pennsylvania January.

The battery sits underneath, which means removing the Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight from the mount to change it and confirming zero afterwards. It is worth simply changing the cell annually on a date you will remember rather than waiting for it to die, given how long the sight will run and how little a battery costs.

Who It Is For

Duty and carry shooters who want to set brightness deliberately rather than trust a sensor, competitors who move between indoor and outdoor stages, and anyone building a pistol, carbine or shotgun around an optic with a proven service record. It suits hunting and home defence equally well.

If you would rather never touch a button, look at the automatic LED version instead. If you would rather never change a battery, the dual illuminated version runs on tritium and fibre optic. If you want control, the Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight is the one to buy.

Ordering

If you are comparing options, browse the rest of our optics and sights and read the manufacturer specification page for the full technical detail before you commit.

MAG5 Firearms is a family owned FFL dealer in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Every Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight we list is a genuine Trijicon item sourced through authorized channels and covered by the manufacturer warranty. If you are not sure which mounting hardware your firearm needs, reach out before you order and we will give you an honest answer.

Fitting The Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight To A Pistol Slide

A direct milled cut puts the optic lowest and is the most secure option, but it is permanent and it costs gunsmithing money. A factory optics ready slide with the correct plate is simpler and reversible. A rear sight mount needs no machining at all but sits the Trijicon RMR Type 2 Adjustable LED Sight higher, which changes your presentation and usually means taller irons to co witness.