CT Laser Practice
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:05 pm
For the first time in over 2 years I had my M&P9 with the CT laser at the range when it was dark enough to see the laser.
We shot about 1.5" right at 15 yards shooting fairly rapidly. Darned thing wanted to bounce around a lot, but the rounds stayed in the right half of a 5.5" Caldwell marking target. I decided that the laser was boresighted enough for across a dark room much less than 75 feet.
I haven't paid much attention to laser addons for handguns for over 2 years and don't know if they are as popular as they were when I got this one 4-5 years ago. If you can practice with them, I think they are useful. The range I use is outdoors so you have to bring the CT gun out on a day with the proper cloud level. Practice for me is limited. The CT is pretty good. The batteries seem to last quite a while without being used. The light marks the target on dim days and the boresight seems to hold.
I figure that if you think you are going to use a SD handgun, you ought to practice with it. Likewise, if you add something like a laser, you ought to practice with it. In my situation, the weather and my shooting times don't coincide often enough to practice with the laser. For me it was a waste of money, even though it works well. In today's light, I would have done as well or better without the laser.
We shot about 1.5" right at 15 yards shooting fairly rapidly. Darned thing wanted to bounce around a lot, but the rounds stayed in the right half of a 5.5" Caldwell marking target. I decided that the laser was boresighted enough for across a dark room much less than 75 feet.
I haven't paid much attention to laser addons for handguns for over 2 years and don't know if they are as popular as they were when I got this one 4-5 years ago. If you can practice with them, I think they are useful. The range I use is outdoors so you have to bring the CT gun out on a day with the proper cloud level. Practice for me is limited. The CT is pretty good. The batteries seem to last quite a while without being used. The light marks the target on dim days and the boresight seems to hold.
I figure that if you think you are going to use a SD handgun, you ought to practice with it. Likewise, if you add something like a laser, you ought to practice with it. In my situation, the weather and my shooting times don't coincide often enough to practice with the laser. For me it was a waste of money, even though it works well. In today's light, I would have done as well or better without the laser.