I wonder why your Rangemaster won’t let you practise with your Crimson Trace grips? That seems rather redundant, having a perfectly-good tool that you aren’t allowed to practise using.
I’ve never used them, but I’ve seen them in magazines and they look like they’d be pretty handy.
> I can’t imagine I’d shoot as well with someone else’s gun, as well as I do with one of mine.
To me it makes sense to get to be really, really good at using the gun(s) that you are most likely to have access to, and have a nodding acquaintance with other guns, “just in case”.
Because the State of Texas doesn't allow you to use them on your test for CHL, and he gears things towards that end. He lets me use them at the end of lesson, but it's pretty much like laser tag. Where the red dot goes, you have a direct hit. He's a picture sight, front sight guy.
To me it makes sense to get to be really, really good at using the gun(s) that you are most likely to have access to, and have a nodding acquaintance with other guns, “just in case”.
Sometimes I've shot his glock or one of his CZ pistols, so he does teach you differences in guns, SA vs DA, changing the mags, clearing jams, but in TX, I think the thought is that you are going to have your favorite pistol with you at all times.
BTW, ebay has really great prices on Crimson Trace products. Way less than you'd pay from a retailer.