Pistol Laser sights

Varmint: Hope you are not gonna hunt what your handle implies. It is ILLEGAL to hunt w/ a laser in Texas, esp Crawford!
 
It's probably only illegal to hunt game and 4 legged varmints with a laser sight.

Just guessing, but it may be legal for 2 legged varmints?

Jack
 
Years ago I read an article where Jeff Cooper mentioned that lasers were noticably slower than regular sights. Seems you spend a certain amount of time trying to see where the heck the dot is when you bring the gun up.

Had never tried shooting a laser-equipped pistol until last Xmas, when I found the above to be true. Kept looking for the dot, especially if the gun was not up in front of my face. Finally I thought, "Gee if I just present the gun as though I were using the sights, the dot ought to appear on the target since my presentation will be lined up". Did that, saw the correct sight picture instantly, reflexively fired off a hit in a fraction of the time it had been taking me to hunt for the dot, all without ever looking for the red dot.
At that point I realized that I had no real use for a laser. In the dark, maybe, but then you need a flashlight to identify your target anyway, in which case your sights will be silhouetted against lit target.

Forget lasers, practice focusing on your front sight, getting good sight alignment, and a surprise break on the trigger, learn the gun/flashlight technique, and you'll leave laser users in the dust.
My $.02.
 
Thank you all for the info...don't worry I am not planning to hunt with my pistol...I'll leave that job for my rifles and bows
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I might just get one of those tactical lights instead of a laser.
 
Other have advised you on adjustment, I'll advise you not to use a lazer for hunting. Think about trying to see a very small dot at 100 yds away. Probably better to use a red dot scope, if poor light is your reasoning. I put an Ultra dot 4 dot on my S&w 629 Classic and it work excellent.
 
well now i have a OLD lazer sight that eats 9volt batterys quickly but you can see it at two hunderd yards first thing it was tried on was a equally old 340 savage in 22hornet it was great kitty cat disposeal tool see the red dot chase the dot right into the dumpster then pop in the head eyes all a glow with lazer lite if hit it was a bright flash of reflected lite dead puddytat
the trash man had a fit because buy the time he came to haul it off there were over 100 dead cats in it i lived in a trailer park with no animal control people just drove by an dumped the critters out by the litterful was sitting in the managers office when this old woman came in an bitched because her flock had disapeared shameful just terrible the lot rent was free that month pest control

that said lazers have their uses
defencive /older folks that cannot see the sights so well can see the red dot plus so can the bad guy the crimson trace grip is great for my father plus it works dandy on the 1911 45 that i have fixed up for him to use if he needs to defend the house
the primary weapon is a 1100 rem shorty barrel with a mounted maglite/lazersetup various nitetime critters have been solved with its no6shot pattern
speeds not the lazers strong point never was but its a fine backup sighter /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 


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