Posted: 5/8/2005 7:50:38 AM EDT
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Wanted to know if anyone uses them? Can you adjust them? I think i read somehwere that they are already zeroed in, but I dont know if i really believe that. They are kinda pricey, about $250 at a local shop. I do like that they are internal though. Any owner please comment and let me know about them. -A |
I have one o my G23 and it works just like they say it does, take the gun apart, push down on the slide release spring and push the slide release piece out and then remove the spring. Replace with the included spring and slide release, making sure you put everything inthe correct direction, put the lasermax where the stock guide rod is and reassemble. The only problem in using mine is that with my grip, I would accidentaly turn it on, even when i didin't mean to. My left thumb would depress the slide release activation when recovering from the recoil. The other problem, which I have not had the chance to test, is that something must have gotten in the unit as the laser was really defracted. I just got it back from Lasermax and have not had the chance to install it and check it out. The only question to really ask is what it will be used for. Are you planning on aimiing with it? Do y ou want it there as one additional way to try and intimidate the perp into backing down? If the former, just get night sights. They are cheaper and are of more use. If the latter, then you may have a valid reason to get one. |
Run away fast as you can. I see so many of those Lasermaxes make Glocks into Jamatics. The lasermax slips into the frame while cycling making either the gun jam or cause the laser to stop working. Leave the factory recoil rod in place. Rail mounting a Insight m6 is a lot better or wait for Crimson Trace to come out with their rear mounted laser. Plus the Lasermax can only be adjusted at the factory. I hope this helps.
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I had one in my 17 since around '95 never had a single "jam". Shot well over 15,000 rds. |
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I've got one in my GLock 30 carry gun. It hits about a half inch low at 25 yards. Not adjustable. I'm happy with it except for it seems um... it's not bright anymore. I tried changing the bateries but it's nowhere near how bright it was when I got it. Also roughly 500 rounds out of my glock since I put it in wiht no problems at all. |
Strange. I did armorer work with a place that had over 100 Glocks equipped with the Lasermax and never even heard of this over about a 10 year time period. In fact, I can't see any way for the Lasermax to slip into the frame if it is properly installed. |
I guess it is really hit or miss. It is aggravating to me when I have to send a customer's gun to the Lasermax factory for repair or adjustment. I really hate the older ones where the spring is not captured. The spring usually chews up the plastic battery module and wears it away enough to start slipping into the frame.  I believe in K.I.S.S., especially for a carry weapon. |
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Mine works great, and there is no reason to adjust it. The principle behind it is that it runs completely parralel to the bore, otherwise the difference between your point of aim and point of impact would vary greatly at different distances. This way it is off by one inch from point blank to farther than you can accurately shoot your handgun. One inch means nothing with a handgun, especially since if you are that worried about it then all you have to do is aim an inch low. I don't want my point of aim and point of impact to cross at any distance with a laser, unless by some miracle of science the laser is coming straight out of the barrel. mine works great, I like it because if I ever needed to defend myself or my family, and I am scared shitless because it is two in the morning and I was trying to take a shit when next thing I know I am in the middle of a home invasion in progress, I plan on doing everything right, but if I don't, well then hey, its kind of hard to fuck up "red dot = bad guys chest, squeeze" |
| One came in my glock 22 I never use it though, I haven't put batteries in it in over a year. Mine takes the olace of the guide rod. No FTF or FTE as a result of it, mine does not show outside in daylight. Last I turned it on my dot was not a dot but a large red spot no longer in a circle. |
Not strange at all, IMHO - every time this subject comes up someone parrots that old line...  From personal experience: I have one in a G17, one in a G19, and one in a P226 - thousands of rounds through each (many, many thousands through the G19 - my primary carry-gun) with exactly zero problems. I have never had a need to adjust them/have them adjusted - mine are right on target inside 25 yards and a wee bit high at 50. At 25, I can spin metal spinner targets all day from the hip, using just the laser (not that I condone such for defensive shooting - a quality laser is just one more tool in the toolbox IMHO and nost certainly NOT a substitute for practice, traditional sighting, etc.). Without dragging out all the details yet again, I have persoanlly been in at least one real-world defensive situation in which traditional aiming/sighting was not an option and the Lasermax in my G19 either saved my/my wife's life or kept me from having to take another life, depending upon how you choose to look at it. (No, I don't work for Lasermax. Heck, I've got CT Lasergrips on one of my 1911s and a couple of my Berettas as well.  )
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I have one that I switch between by G23 and my G19. it is nice.
The thing you have to remember about lasers is that are used for fast target acquisition, not Pinpoint marksmenship accuracy. |
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I'm glad everyone has had good luck with them. Maybe lasermaxes don't like my german blood. The only thing I really have to nick pick about them is that it replaces the recoil rod. I think Glock has the best recoil rod for the glock as reliability goes. But that is just an opinion. My family of glocks keep on growing. It started with one and now its 3 with another on the way. 
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