LASER pointer IN the spring guide-anyone seen one?

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I recently saw a blurb about a company building a LASER pointer the size and shape of the recoil spring guide for a Glock 22. A nifty idea, I thought. If you're going to have one why not install one internally?
Anyone seen one/own one/used one? Reviews? Do they exist for other guns?
Thanks in advance.
 
LaserMax shows up at all the firearm instructors conferences and Trexpo shows. It's a good product and superior to those externally mounted units. Doesn't require another holster is one definite advantage. There use to be two models (standard brightness and hi-bright) but thanks to declining prices in the diodes (? or was it something else they told me @ the NRA convention), they're down to one model and it's much more affordable than before. Years ago they were $600 and now you can get them for less than $300. They're available for most popular makes.

BTW, my only concern about the internal system is how long before the carbon covers up the light and you don't have one anymore? This may not be a valid concern but my guns get dirty at the muzzle. Mind you, in a gunfight it won't matter because you're not out there shooting a box of 50 rounds.

I'm probably going to pick up one for my Sig P220 later this year.
 
My best friend (a LEO) had a Lasermax installed in his G30 when it first came out. He paid about $500 for it as I recall. After about a year, the gun suddenly became unreliable. It started jamming badly while he was on an off-duty weapon qualification course. He took it back to the dealer (another LEO) who told him that he has had a number of units where the spring has weakened after a short time. My friend had the laser removed and brought the gun back to stock configuration. Sold the unit for about $350. He said it was a cute gimmick, but of limited use (you have to think to turn it on, an unlikely scenario in a high pressure situation). I would note that the dealer is somewhat selective in what he stocks (it has to work and work well) and he no longer stocks this item.

Also, with the Glock reassembly changes slightly. My friend jammed his Glock up so bad he had to get an armorer to disassemble it. He did this 3 times and we finally traced it back to his reassembly technique (he was assembling the Glock in the stock manner and the recoil spring/guide rod/laser unit was dropping out of place and tying up the gun.

I would put the money into something else.
 
I have a LaserMax on my Glock 23. It actually works pretty well. Accurate and reliable. It's more of a cool toy, though, and I don't think I would use it in a defensive situation.
 
I have a LaserMax I used on my Smith 5906. I would NOT recommend it though, although it works as advertised.

The carbon fouling was not a problem in limited shooting, and it's not hard to just wipe off the lens with your sleeve. Mine held zero just fine.

I did end up having some reliability problems, however. Also, I never felt the laser was bright enough, and not nearly as bright as some external models, which made it hard to pick it up fast. But the most annoying thing was the switch, which in a holster could work itself into the "on" position, leaving you with dead batteries on the draw. Also, I like pressure switches MUCH better for high stress situations - I just couldn't remember to turn the darn thing on in a hurry, and then I didn't want it left on all the time anyway, so I was constantly flicking the stupid thing on and off during practice, which was annoying.
 
"They're fun for about 15 minutes. After you get done playing with the cat, you find the whole thing to be a big waste of money."

I heard that from a former LaserMax owner.
 
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