Posted: 1/9/2007 8:11:21 PM EDT
| I was told recently by a friend that he advised not to put a light or laser on my self defense handgun (pistol I keep in my bedroom) because by adding these makes it an offensive weapon. Any law enforcement officers have any input? Thanks! |
I guess I never really saw the point in a laser on a hand gun but even more so if youre going to be using it for in home defense where the longest shot you would have to make is what 15 feet or so. Do you think you really need a laser for that? |
I shoot FAR faster and more accurately from any and all positions with a laser and it ALWAYS works indoors. I cant imagine a better scenario for laser use. I only reccomend the CTC laser grips. You get a sight picture faster, can focus on the threat instead of your front sight, you can get off a second aimed shot faster, can shoot from odd positions because you were caught with your pstol at your hip while opening a door with the other hand etc. Id take a CTC laser grip over tritium night sights EVERY time. I used to beleive all the crap about lasers being useless till I actually used one. My Sig 226R has a X200 and CTC grips and night sights. Would not have it any other way. |
Eh if it works for you. Last time I used a laser site I just remember the damn dot shaking so much at about 15+ yards it was distracting. Then during the dim light drills I found myself taking to much time to aquire target. |
| Your front sight with a tritium dot shakes the same amount as the laser. I look for my front sight but the laser goes there before I can even line up the sights. It is impossible for it to take longer to get a sight picture with a laser if you dont expect it to be there, which you should not. That also eliminates the need to transition to your iron sights from failure of the laser which is VERY unlikely to occur. |
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A laser's dot will shake much more, position-wise, than the front sight. Simple geometry will tell you that; a small movement at the front of the muzzle translates to a large movement at the target, and the laser shines on the target. In addition, it takes most people more time to acquire a laser dot than sights. Not saying you're a liar about a laser working better for you, it does work better for some people, but generally speaking most people can get a flash sight picture (easily good enough for self-defense range) faster than they can pick the laser up. Joe |
| A laser is identical to the dot of say an Aimpoint or other dot based optic. You dont notice the wiggle of the front sight as much because they are so large and coarse. A laser in dim light is pretty much identical to using a dot optic. The relation of the dot and bulet impact at the zeroed range is the exact same. I dont think anyone would say an Aimpoint is slower than irons. Well, some might, but for the majority the dot or laser is faster. You also have to compare the number of hours you have training with a laser vs the irons. You probably had many hundreds of times more hours with irons than a laser when you tried it. |