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Howdy Lukem!
Good for you that you invested in a Crimson Trace © 'red-dot-of-death' add-on. Ironic that if you stuck it on a $300 S&W .38 revolver, it would be worth more than the weapon! On a Glock you sure got yourself a 1-grand $hooter! Like your Dad, I bought into the 1st model of the (new to the scene) right-sided grip 'wonder' (do they make 'em for left handed firers?) that with a bit of tweaking puts that tiny red dot just where you want it. Got mine about 6 months after I bought my Beretta 96 Centurion new. I love the idea that you have to take both your old grips off and switch them out for CT grips, as it makes for a well balanced weapon, my Beretta grips on the left side were a few grams heavier & had a very different feel to them than the rippled finish of the CT grip, which would have made the feel all wrong and look like a bad re-build. My CT is the Model LG-202. Battery CR2032 or (better) the DL2032, a lithium that will last around 6 hours active, 4 for the basic CR battery, or 5 years on the shelf unused. At first I got so anal with trying to make the laser do exactly what my own two eyes were so used to doing, then it just became 2nd nature. I seldom slide the rear switch to 'on' anymore unless I just want to test that the laser placement hasn't shifted from what/where my front & rear sights & common shooting sense tell me the round will go. It IS easy to get lazy with one, and IMHO if you let a laser do all your aiming for you then you slowly lose out on the basic sighting skills that should always take 1st place in clear daylight when a good marksman doesn't need a dot to tell them where that round will hit, or even see it in a bright surrounding lit-up target/perp. It also is a static beam of lased light not allowing you to make minor adjustments (without that tiny hex Alan-wrench) for a targets @ 10 meters and still be dead on at one out at 50 meters, or compensate for the wind, or even the ammo you are using. Great surprise for that perp in your dark home at night, or blocking that alley you plan on walking down, one round does the trick, a 'pet' theory not yet a war-story! I do agree that your index finger needs to be trained not to block the beam emitter, but with practice that changes how you grip the weapon slightly, has to. Like all add-ons to your basic shooter it has it's place, but if you rely on it too much your BRM skills will soon be something you need to refresh. Rule of thumb, you prolly won't use it to fire at 50 meters much, nor 5, so think a 20-25 meter pre-set and that is IMHO about as close as U want any perp to get to you, also my ideal firing distance and 1/2 way from it's max to minimal range a basic for most non-scoped pistols. Warranty was 3 years normal use on mine, and I've never had to switch out the original diode, even though mine came with 2 back-ups and ran me just over $350 new in 1998. Folks at the ranges love to see it and most want to try it out, but the (not cheap) batteries used up and the rubber pressure plate all squished flat do put a dent in what starts as a $325 add-on and goes up from there. I like the edge it gives me, and if I were a perp looking at a red dot on my chest that I couldn't trace the source to, I may start seeing my life flash through my mind, or so many folks have told me who met death but beat it. Glad that CT is now making them available for other (smaller) weapons, not just the hi-Cal ones it only fit when I bought into it. I think it beats an under-barrel-mounted laser (normally bulkier) any day or those ones you swap the front break-down assembly for, at only a few grams it doesn't throw off the basic feel of the weapon and at 1st sight unless U really examine the grips no one even knows U turned a basic model pistol into something that may give you that extra edge you need when the SHTF. Just don't forget to disengage it when you holster your weapon or the pressure of a simple holster pressing against the pressure-pad on your 2 hour drive home will leave you with a dead battery next time you go to use it. For folks whose main problem is sighting, or aiming well on targets it's the solution to a lot more bulls 'n brags. Final word, I prolly shot over 3K rounds through my Centurion over the 10 years I have owned it, and all that kinetic stress moving into/thru the laser housing will move it slightly off a pre-set you put it on brand new, so make that L-shaped wrench a basic part of your carry-on kit so about every 500 or so rounds you can get it back on dead center. I hope down the road that CT makes laser grips for every modern pistol around, lasers and weapons have been around a long while, but few systems do the magic that Crimson Trace adds so gracefully and so inconspicuously to any pistol with it's low profile to even a magnificent weapon in the hands of a piss-poor target shooter or an armed citizen walking back to their car at night knowing he/she has that extra edge of laser assisted aiming. (****! I got all long winded again!)
Regards,
Canis-Lupus :icon_wink:
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Originally Posted by DarrellM5 
