"JustWaitAFrekinMinute" wrote in message
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On 8/26/2013 8:45 PM, BAR wrote:
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On 8/26/13 4:53 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:



I wouldn't pay anything extra for a laser. If it comes standard
with
the gun, fine, but I wouldn't go searching for a laser equipped
handgun
based on that feature alone.


I'm sorry, but I find most of this entire discussion hilarious.
Red
point lasers are not intended to *illuminate* a target, if you
mean
by
that lighting it up. They are to tell you if you are pointing at
your
human target, and not to the left or right of or above your
target.

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I don't practice shooting using human targets.


What are you going to do when the intruder enters your house in the
middle of the night, ask
him to put a bullseye on his chest?

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What does that have to do with having a laser on a handgun or not?

My point is that you should practice to hit what you are aiming at
without one, and preferably without even sighting.

Training should be as realistic as possible.


Dick has it right... Practicing at close range, "from the hip" as it
were. We used to practice, aiming by feel, not by eye. Prone,
sitting...
from the side...

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Military laser target designation systems are totally different.
They are closed loop with an optical detector providing control of
where the round goes. One person or system "illuminates" the target
with a laser. A detector receives the reflected laser spot and
controls the weapon and round to be fired. As long as the target
remains illuminated with the laser, the round doesn't miss.