MK9 Wit da beam!

[TominCA]

I had nothing to do one morning so I got a Crimson Trace for my MK9 - It works great and was real easy to install.

First I need to say that I don't think they have a great value as a "gunfight" tool and I bought it only to have fun, and fun it is! For those who are curious here is my experience:

The slightly larger grips are nice (but a bit thicker) and I like them better than the factory grips. If I carried this pistol they might be a bit thick.

The button to activate the laser is on the front of the grip and takes more pressure to activate than I had expected. This is good because you can hold (and fire) the pistol without activating the laser if you want - this is the way it should be - it leaves the choice up to you. I have an older Crimson Trace on a revolver which has a very low pressure activation switch that puts it always on when you hold the revlover.

I put it on the pistol and the red dot was almost exactly right over the sights at 7 yards. Easy to adjust with a small allen wrench (included)

Laser sights show you all of your trigger, flinch, anticipation errors.

My mediocre shooting accuracy did not improve.

Lasers do not work in even moderate light levels.

Lasers are lots of fun and are "cool"

Lasers give women who don't like guns confidence when using them - which is important.

Lasers probably scare bad guys - at least the smarter ones. This could be helpful if you ever get in a gunfight.

Lasers are less than worthless on moving targets (many gunfights) so keep that in mind when considering their tactical value.

[jocko]

wow, an honest reort to. many thanks some great points u brought out..

[Rufus]

I kinda agree with you. I got a laser sight attachment on my Sig P238, and installed it. I played around with it a little bit, then decided that if it truly is one of my carry guns, I would be better served to shoot it with open sights. I took it off the gun, put it back in the gun box and figure if I ever decide to sell it, the buyer may think it's cool.

[Nimrod]

I like Crimson Trace laser sights. My EDC is a MK40 but I have three other guns that I carry from time to time. I have Crimson Trace laser sights on all four of these. For me they are a real asset. Most gunfights occur in low light conditions and the laser really makes aiming easy. In bright light they are not so usefull.

I practice shooting mostly without the lasers turned on, but I also practice with the laser. I figure that having them may help, but certainly they are not going to hurt.

[outerlimit]

Lasers do not work in even moderate light levels.

Red lasers, that is. I discovered this years ago when I bought a CTC laser grip for a Beretta and tried to use it one afternoon. I couldn't even see the dot unless I was holding it a foot away from the ground. Promptly sold the CTC and put the original grips back on the gun.

I won't buy another CTC laser grip until they release them in green.