Laser sights certainly have their place but speed is not where they excell. They are SLOW...for me, anyway.matchstick wrote:Am I the only one that has laser sights on his guns for this very reason?
My experience with them has been at local club level IDPA mathces. My wife got me a Lasermax for my Glock 30 for Christmas last December. In an effort to test its durability, I would leave it in for my IDPA matches. I didn't intend to use it, but just left the unit installed.
I found that it would come on during a course of fire and a couple of the SO's asked me about it. At first I didn't even see it in the daytime matches...it was visible but I didn't see it. This is probably because I wasn't looking for it.
Later I DID look for it and found that in a quick draw and shoot scenerio, I had already fired a couple of rounds before I could even pick up the red dot. The act of manipulating the switch would have seemed to take forever in that situation.
I am sure acquisition of the red dot would have been faster in a low light situation but it will still be slow compared to the emergency point/shoot situations being discussed here.
I am sure laser sights can serve a useful purpose. I like the Lasermax, but it is not quick. Great for holding on target and I am sure there would be some deterrent effect, but that is for another discussion. By the way, it has proved to be durable, but it still comes on accidentally while shooting.