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From: gary@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Gary Trouette)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re:  laser sights
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Date: 29 May 91 13:13:54 GMT
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In article <34878@mimsy.umd.edu> wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin) writes:
##From:           joel@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch)
##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 factor to consider about the ordinary laser sights/projectors in
#this context is that mounting them appears to be just as much hassle as
#mounting a scope; so if you took it off, you'd have to sight-in again
#when you re-mounted it -- it wouldn't be automatically re-zeroed and
#allow simple on-and-off. So it would not be feasible to frequently
#switch the laser on and off the same gun, unless you have a range in
#your basement and sighting-in is your idea of a fun evening every day... :-)
#
#
#Regards, Will
#wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil OR wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil

Well I don't know about this.  I have a B-square mount on my rifle
and I have no problem what-so-ever with popping it off to do
serious plinking without benefit of "accuracy".  Everytime I screw
it back on, my AR-15 shoots just as well as it did before.  Perhaps this
is from the design of the AR or of B^2, but B^2 makes  laser mounts for
pistols as well (below the barrel I believe).  Personally I would give
it a shot (pun intended :) ) 

-gary@eleazar.dartmouth.edu