Having a laser and flashlight on your pistol may be the thing to have and it does look highly cool. Posted on 02/21/2017 5:27:01 AM PST by w1n1
Having a laser and flashlight on your pistol may be the thing to have and it does look highly cool.
Black Scout Survival is a collaboration of all things tactical and survival, goes over the practicality of mounting a laser or combined laser-flashlight on your pistol for home defense. So basically what it comes down to is for EDC (Every Day Carry) is not a practical thing, for a home defense it may be an invaluable tool to have.
Before spending time getting a laser, be sure to work on your basic marksman shooting with iron sights. Slapping a laser on it, looks nice but will not make you a better shooter. The advantage with a laser is that it can get you on target quickly.
Having a tactical flashlight is an added convenience so you don't have to use the "Chapman" method. Placing your finger on the mechanism is all it takes while holding your pistol on target. Lasers has a huge advantage of acquiring targets quickly. Flashlight can help you identify who is in front of you and prevent tragedies before making that choice to use deadly force. Do you all have flashlight and laser mounted on your pistol? See the footage here.
We took it to the gunsmith for repairs and he said its an ATF no no because it covered up the serial numbers and identifiers. So I guess some scopes have a cut out that gets around the problem.
Only permanent modifications that alter the serial number are considered illegal, but better safe than sorry when comes to the ATF.
Well what our gunsmith said was the ATF might not say anything about it or they might prosecute us depending on their mood. They interpret the rules from day to day. Which is one reason I think the ATF needs to be folded into another dept like the FBI. In fact I think there is talk about doing that.
Yep. Nobody is sneaking in my house unnoticed.
For a first-time shooter, a laser can get them into some bad habits. But if you have your shooting form down, it can be handy in terms of speed.
And, if you need to defend your actions in court, they tend to go easier on you if you can prove you did everything you could to deter your attacker first. A laser gives you one more way of giving warning before you shoot. Like Mom said, I was mute when I got my first handgun, so I chose one with a built-in laser sight just so I could point to it in court if I needed to.
Does anybody have a Surefire X300. Is that a good choice for a full size hand gun?
Any other recommendations for a top quality light? I dont want a laser combo.
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