Trust your life to a battery?
dick.baker51 asked:
Now that I’m in my late fifties, I’ve found that my eyes aren’t what they were twenty years ago. I need prescription shooting glasses just to see the iron sights on my pistols.
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Now that I’m in my late fifties, I’ve found that my eyes aren’t what they were twenty years ago. I need prescription shooting glasses just to see the iron sights on my pistols.
For my defense gun, I’ve had Meprolight night sights installed, but it’s not always easy to align them without glasses.
I’ve been thinking about laser sights. The Crimson Trace laser sights (like the ones shown at http://www.gunshopfinder.com/crimson_trace_laser_grips.html ) seem like they’d be a good backup if I need to use my gun but don’t have my glasses on.
My concern is that I’ll come to depend upon a laser rather than the iron sights.
Has anyone used a laser sight consistently and, if so, how have you liked it? Have your shooting skills with iron sights been affected?
March 24th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I have a crimson trace on a CZ 75 P01, I also had Big dot night sights installed, I rarely use the crimson trace, I usually just leave the switch off. I found that it slows my reaction times down when I use the crimson trace because I’m looking for the laser, instead of looking across the iron sights! It’s nice to have them as a back up , but I still prefer iron sights.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Laser sights work well, but you must go to the range and practice. Watching the little dot dance around the target is most disturbing. But if you’ve shot a pistol before, you know where your “point of aim” is and you’ll get used to it. Use Lithium/Ion batteries and change them once a year and you’ll be fine. Iron sights are OK for competition but for home defense, use what gives you the advantage!
March 26th, 2009 at 12:04 am
I have a green laser sight for my AR-15. You can see the dot in the day time lighting conditions for a mile. At night you can actually see the beam coming out of the laser sight. Red ones you can just see the dot and not very good in the day time. For a pistol I would recommend a flashlight laser for home defense. I have the M6 flashlight/laser on my Mossberg 500 shotgun and it is bright as heck. For home defense you really don’t need to take time for accuracy because the intruder will be close to you. Just point and shoot, thats where the M6 becomes handy. I bought mine new for $220. strongly recommend it.
March 28th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Unless you are legally blind you are worrying too much. If you can see well enough to identify your target in a defensive situation all you have to do is ‘point and shoot,’ provided of course, that deadly force is justified. Have you considered Lasik corrective surgery?
Good luck.
H
March 28th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Shooting with iron sights is a skill that one must develop. Like any skill, it requires constant practice to maintian the skill at a high level. If you were to start using an alternative sighting system to the total exclusion of the irond sights, then you would slowly loose your edge with the iron sights. However, that is not the real question here. The real question is how to best make sure that you can stop the bad guy if it ever becomes necessary to do so. If your eyesight has reached the point that you no longer feel comfortable in relying on iron sights for your personal protection gun, then it is time for a change. Get the Crimson Trace Laser sights. Your main concern is your safety. After you have installed the laser sights, you can still use the iron sights to keep that skill sharp. If you ever have to face a bad guy in the dark, simply use to the laser sights. Often just putting that dot on the bad guy’s chest is enough to stop him and you don’t have to fire. If you do have to fire to protect yourself, you can tell exactly where the shot is going.