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A long time ago, I had a laser sight on my Mini 14. I had quite a bit of fun goofing around with that thing. It's great for informal hip shooting and quick target acquisition situations.

I would buy it to use on my Ruger GP100.

Does anyone here have any experience with these?

Your talking about the Crimson Trace products and they are a very nice system as their price reflects. I've handled them in the store and at one of the shooting ranges and they certainly do as advertised, but for me at the distances I would use my 38 snubby which is my carry for protection gun I don't see the need for a well over 200 dollar addition to it.

For self defense use they look like an effective tool, but I would suppose it depends on how proficient you are with your handgun. The tv adds show an old lady come into a shooting range and make a one hole target with here first clip.

For me it's way to expensive for just a plinking toy, I think I'll stick to just practicing with the little snubby in self defense situational practice.

I think the main advantage of the laser sights is supposed to be to intimidate a potential assailant into retreat. I've heard it said that it helps in prison riot situations, since people get calm when they see the red spot is on them, specifically. On the other hand, everyone who doesn't have one pointed at him at that moment may feel more secure in pursuing bad behavior? It's a little hard to know? I suppose it may make it easier for a beginner to hit something because they don't have to learn how sights work?

One of my friends put a laster on a Super Blackhawk. It was/is impractical as heck to carry around in the hunting fields, but he did manage to shoot a critter with it one night, in near pitch darkness, in the head. Pretty impressive.

When the visitors from overseas came for company meetings, that was what they all wanted to go to the range to shoot. Some rather amusing video of small men nearly getting clocked with a .44 mag .....

I remember back when the Dirty Harry Movies were still being made, my local gun dealer told me he could tell when one had been released because there'd be a run on model 29's for several weeks. Then a month or two after that abated, the used market would be flooded with model 29's, each with a box of ammunition that had 44 rounds left. I think that was due to the beaning effect you describe. I can't say I've ever found that particular frame at all uncomfortable to shoot, even with full house loads fired offhand. It is certainly easier that the Super Blackhawk with smooth wood grip panels, which keeps annoying my social finger with that trigger guard extension.

I have a set on a Beretta 92 9mm. They are very effective in dim light or darkness. They hold their zero well. Lots of fun to shoot in morning mist/fog, you can see the beam the whole distance. With practice they insure a hit at close distance.

They are not a replacement for good technique or practice, but I like them, and believe they are very useful.

if wanting to use them on a hunting rig you better check your local stae regs first. here in missouri they would be illegal to use to hunt with. any device that cast a beam of light onto the prey is illegal to use. i don't know if any other state has such a restriction but i would look into it if it is to be used for hunting.

if wanting to use them on a hunting rig you better check your local stae regs first. here in missouri they would be illegal to use to hunt with. any device that cast a beam of light onto the prey is illegal to use. i don't know if any other state has such a restriction but i would look into it if it is to be used for hunting.


They are also illegal for hunting,here in New York.
Frank