Do you guys use lasers?

[AlbertH]

Last year I bought a BG380 with the integral laser. The laser was cool and honestly at longer ranges I was able to shoot much better with it. However the laser quit working about 3 weeks after I bought it. I haven't sent it back to get fixed and honestly I don't miss it one bit. I really wish they would sell it with a small led light instead of the laser.

get a new battery. most of the lasers use L-ION batteries and the are designed different that your good old Alkaline battery. Think of them like a marble rolling across a table, when it hits the edge it pretty much drops straight down. That's how a Iithium Ion battery operates.

When I first got my Sig P238/laser combination, the packaged laser did not work, I checked the voltage with a tester and it only read about 1/2 volt low so I called Sig support and they asked me to pick up and try another battery before sending it in. I got a new battery and it works just fine.

The arming button on many of the cheaper lasers ( if they advertise it as a free or small additional cost enhancement, it is cheap) can be accidentally turned on when holstering or storing the weapon and thus the short lifespan of their batteries.

Al

 

[jon_in_wv]

Yes, I checked and replaced the battery before assuming it quit working. That would seem to be the natural assumption when a battery operated device stops operating.

 

[M2 Carbine]

Most Crimson Trace laser grips use two of the very common Lithium CR2032 button batteries.

One criticism of lasers is the mistaken assumption that the battery just all of the sudden fails without warning. Not true.

For example.
Late one evening near dark I was going to shoot a 2x2 foot steel plate at 52 yards (standing, 2 hands) with a Crimson Trace laser equipped 3 inch S&W 38.

At the first couple shots I could see the batteries were low.
The gun being a practice gun I don't worry about keeping fresh batteries in it. Just replace them when they grow weak.

But let's say this was a real gun fight and I had not paid any attention to the batteries.

OK, in the first two shots the weakened batteries still gave a right bright laser dot (at 52 yards).

I continued to shoot using the laser, check the target, reload and shoot some more.

Finally, after about 30 shots the laser dot became too weak to see at 52 yards.

So, even if the batteries are about gone chances are the laser will light for a few shots to end a gun fight.

Laser at 52 yards in low light.