Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!peora.sdc.ccur.com From: joel@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch) Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: Re: laser sights Message-ID: <34834@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 24 May 91 04:18:52 GMT Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: Upchurch Computer Consulting, Orlando FL Lines: 53 Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu In article <34785@mimsy.umd.edu>, jholand%peruvian@hellgate.utah.edu (John Holand) writes: # Does any one have any experience with using "laser sights" # on a 9mm pistol. I have a friend interesting in using # one to mount on a psitol that he has primarily for # home defense. The reason being that he wears glasses # and does not know if he could use his pistol # accurately if he could not get his glasses on. # I am concerned about the laser sights that # projects a red dot that you place on the target # not the type with a scope were you super-impose # a red dot on the target. I have seen an used these for rifles # but they all looked to big for a pistol. I've been interested in laser sights also. The thing that holds me back is that my home defense gun is also my concealed carry gun and although the laser sights are very compact nowdays, they still are kind of big for concealed carry. Taking the laser mount off when I want I want to carry concealed would be mucho hassle. One of the more interesting mounts I saw for pistols was one that mounted on the front of the trigger guard. It looked very easy to put on. Combat/Self-Defense Handguns volume 9 no. 2 had an interesting article on page 5 on night sights. One item I found intriguing was a mount from Laser Products that mounted under the frame of a semi-automatic pistol and would take either a laser or a tactical light. They said the flash light had a very tight beam and could be used as a aiming device in a pinch. They said that they had no trouble hitting the center of a silhouette from the hip at 15 yards with just the tactical light. They said that there is another tactical light called the Night Stalker, that actually projects a cross hair, but it isn't available in the U.S. yet. I think this is a neat idea, since you can carry the gun and the flashlight and still have a hand free to open doors and stuff. I wear glasses too and what experts suggest is to practice some of the time wearing regular protective glasses, instead of your prescriptiom glasses. I'm somewhat nearsighted and I find that it makes little difference whether I'm wearing my glasses or not. The target is a little blurry, but the sights actually look a little clearer without my glasses and for aimed fire the target is out of focus anyway. You also have to consider that in a home defense situation it will probably be too dark to see your sights anyway even if you have time to aim. What I would be concerned about if the degree of vision impairment is such that your friend can't positivly identify his target before firing. It would be pretty horrible to shoot a member of his family or one of his kid's friends by mistake. If that is the case I would suggest his grab his glasses first, then his gun. -- Joel Upchurch/Upchurch Computer Consulting/718 Galsworthy/Orlando, FL 32809 joel@peora.ccur.com {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd,ucf-cs}!peora!joel (407) 859-0982