Well, not everything I thought was wrong, but my recent experiences with a Viridian C5L light/laser has been illuminating (pun intended). I had no idea what a laser can enable you to do. I've always thought of a laser as a short range sight, good for times when sights couldn't be brought up to eye level and such, but they are far more than that.
The reason I'm putting this in this forum, is this my defensive gun - and it has a Viridian C5L on it. But let's get to the details. I'm going to show you some comparison shooting between a laser and iron sights. If you want to see more about the C5L itself go here:
http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum...-lasermax-unimax-luminescent-sights-more.html
I put my C5L back on my Sig 226R SRT using the long adaptors, so re-alignment was in order. First let me show you some 10 yard shots while sighting it in. This is all off-hand, too. Here's the first pic; I can't remember if I did this a 7 or 10 yds now, still...
That may not look so impressive, but look again. You see small, tight, three shot groups groups all around the 2 inch target. E.g The first group I shot is the wide group at about 4:00. I made a windage adjustment (over-adjusted) and the second group is at about 7:00. That second group is two or three shots. I could have had a 'flier', I just can't remember. But hold on, here's a pic I remember well.
After sighting the laser in at 10yds, I moved the target to 15 yds for my last four shots.
A bit of explanation is in order here. The center shots in the X ring were done with iron sights. That's my standard eval drill which consists of 5 shots each at 3, 5, 7, 10, & 15 yds. So with iron sights at 15 yds, I had two shots out of the X ring. So that's what that's about and it has nothing to do with the laser - I didn't use it on those.
The 3" ShootnC is the target I shot with my last four shots at 15 yds. Here's some perspective, the same 4 shots up close and I'm new to shooting with a laser sight:
I'll tell you what, this has made a believer out of me! I want to do this some more to see if the consistency is there, but what I've done before is consistent, not quite as good, but consistent.
I'm now asking myself, do you really want to shoot with iron sights if a laser sight is available?
The reason I'm putting this in this forum, is this my defensive gun - and it has a Viridian C5L on it. But let's get to the details. I'm going to show you some comparison shooting between a laser and iron sights. If you want to see more about the C5L itself go here:
http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum...-lasermax-unimax-luminescent-sights-more.html
I put my C5L back on my Sig 226R SRT using the long adaptors, so re-alignment was in order. First let me show you some 10 yard shots while sighting it in. This is all off-hand, too. Here's the first pic; I can't remember if I did this a 7 or 10 yds now, still...
That may not look so impressive, but look again. You see small, tight, three shot groups groups all around the 2 inch target. E.g The first group I shot is the wide group at about 4:00. I made a windage adjustment (over-adjusted) and the second group is at about 7:00. That second group is two or three shots. I could have had a 'flier', I just can't remember. But hold on, here's a pic I remember well.
After sighting the laser in at 10yds, I moved the target to 15 yds for my last four shots.
A bit of explanation is in order here. The center shots in the X ring were done with iron sights. That's my standard eval drill which consists of 5 shots each at 3, 5, 7, 10, & 15 yds. So with iron sights at 15 yds, I had two shots out of the X ring. So that's what that's about and it has nothing to do with the laser - I didn't use it on those.
The 3" ShootnC is the target I shot with my last four shots at 15 yds. Here's some perspective, the same 4 shots up close and I'm new to shooting with a laser sight:
I'll tell you what, this has made a believer out of me! I want to do this some more to see if the consistency is there, but what I've done before is consistent, not quite as good, but consistent.
I'm now asking myself, do you really want to shoot with iron sights if a laser sight is available?