Laser Grips For a Carry Revolver

My wife just bought an S&W 642 with the factory installed Crimson Trace laser grips. I tried to talk her out of the laser, but you know women, once they get something in their head, forget it. I'm somewhat of a traditionalist, which sometimes gets in the way of trying soemthing new and different.

Anyway, before I sighted in the laser for her she was shooting decent groups at 10 yards with the iron sights and as you know the 642 is a handful. After I sighted in the laser, she was putting most of the rounds in or near the same hole. I was amazed! She is not an experienced shooter and this is her first gun. Hey, if it works for her and makes her practice more and actually WANT to shoot with me, so what. I still won't get a laser, but I won't not recommend them either.
 
Lasers on pistols

With 4 legged varmints, holding a flashlight and a pistol and obtaining a good sight picture is cumbersome for me.

I installed an internal laser, yes within the slide, under the barrel of a Glock 22. It is advertised to have the bullet impact within 2" at 20 yds. First trial, a tossed away aluminum can, success. Several yard rooting "dillers" fell to it's magic.

Everybody to their own notion like the old lady that kissed the cow.........
 
Highly recommend Crimson Trace laser grips, I currently have a set on my 340PD. Point of impact is exactly where I aim; can hit empty shotgun cases at 10 yards.
 
I've had both the plastic and the rubber CT's on J frames. My "always" gun,"the beast", a 340SC, has the rubber grips. They help with the recoil and sure are a big help to old eyes,

John
 
Laser grips

I have Crimson Trace Laser grips on my J-Frame Smith model 638. They work wonderfully under all but full daylight conditions.. Under any other light conditions they are a tremendous aid and increase my accuracy a great deal.

Anyone who says they "don't work", ect. are just ignoring facts. They do indeed work, and work quite well. As for battery life, I change out the batteries in my lasergrips annually, just like I do the batteries in my smoke detectors. At that time they still are working well, and I only change them as a personal perference.

If I were an LEO I would certainly have my personal firearm equipped with a laser if it were permissable.

As for quality, Crimson Trace and Lasermax are excellent products, have wonderful customer support, and are selling more and more of their products daily. Many unit's in the military use them.

If you will buy a quality laser product you will find your accuracy will indeed improve. It certainly has done the job for me, and I'll be buying more of them in the years to come.
 
One of the things that I find odd about these laser discussions is that the people who are negative about lasers act as if having another option is out of the question. They assume (incorrectly) that if you have a laser, you can not shoot without it. :confused: Appearently when you install the laser, any skill you might have previously had goes out the window. You are now totally dependent on that laser and helpless without it. There is no middle ground.
I don't have a laser on any of my handguns. BUT, I intend to, at some point. I am not a world class pistol shooter, but I am not bad. I have owned at least one pistol since the age of 9 (I am now 43). I have competed in IDPA and IPSC. I have been through Gunsite 250 and whatever Frontsight calls their basic pistol class where I got a distinguished graduate certificate. I have hunted with handguns using iron sights. I have competed with handguns using iron sights. I think I am better than average with a handgun. If I buy a laser, I might not even remember it is there if the SHTF because I have been shooting without one for 30 years. But, it offers me options. It is there is I want to use it. The first laser I intend to buy will be a Crimson Trace for my suppressed Ruger Mk. II. This will be used to shoot jack rabbits at night. I would also like to have a set on my S&W 642. One of the problems with shooting accurately using that gun is the very short sight radius. You have to really concentrate on the sights since a very slight misalignment is a big issue with that tiny sight radius. With the laser, this problem is completely eliminated. Finally, I intend to put one on my primary defense/carry gun, a 1911. Again, it is there if I want/need it and provides me with options. If it doesn't work, I am no worse off than I would be if I never put it on the gun in the first place.
 
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