velocette
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Snubby revolvers are easily concealed, reliable and difficult to shoot well.
Short sight radius, small grips & depending on weight, significant recoil. Their sights are small and difficult to see along with close together.
A snubbies primary reason for being is personal defense. Fun to shoot is a bit down list of good things about snubs.
Some reality, the vast majority of personal defense snubby use will be at night or indoors or both and at fairly short range. What sight system works the best under these circumstances?
IM(nv)HO, Lasergrip sights fill the bill. I have been using Crimson Trace laser sights ever since they were introduced, maybe 15 ~ 20 years. CT lasers on two J frames & five 1911s. Never a failure or a problem with them.
In daylight both the red and green are virtually useless, the green slightly better but not much.
Indoors, both work equally well and of course at night.
When you think about the possibilities of needing to use your snubby, you won't have time to pick up your sights, take careful aim and squeeze off a round. It'll be get it out & pointed in the general direction of the threat and stroke the trigger. Laser sights help that immeasurably.
Don't take my word about laser use, borrow a friends laser equipped handgun & try it yourself.
Better to have someone screaming in your ear while you do the test. See for yourself.
Short sight radius, small grips & depending on weight, significant recoil. Their sights are small and difficult to see along with close together.
A snubbies primary reason for being is personal defense. Fun to shoot is a bit down list of good things about snubs.
Some reality, the vast majority of personal defense snubby use will be at night or indoors or both and at fairly short range. What sight system works the best under these circumstances?
IM(nv)HO, Lasergrip sights fill the bill. I have been using Crimson Trace laser sights ever since they were introduced, maybe 15 ~ 20 years. CT lasers on two J frames & five 1911s. Never a failure or a problem with them.
In daylight both the red and green are virtually useless, the green slightly better but not much.
Indoors, both work equally well and of course at night.
When you think about the possibilities of needing to use your snubby, you won't have time to pick up your sights, take careful aim and squeeze off a round. It'll be get it out & pointed in the general direction of the threat and stroke the trigger. Laser sights help that immeasurably.
Don't take my word about laser use, borrow a friends laser equipped handgun & try it yourself.
Better to have someone screaming in your ear while you do the test. See for yourself.