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Last month I bought an NC star laser from midway NcStar Red Laser Sight with Weaver-Style Mount Black - MidwayUSA for only 20 bucks. I figured it might be a piece of junk, but it seems to work pretty well. I have not owned any other laser, by the way.
The housing and weaver rail clamp are all aluminum. The on/off switch is plastic- it's at the back end of the housing and you push one way for on and the other for off- it might be easy to accidentally hit the switch, and it doesn't take much pressure to flip it.
Adjusting the beam is by way of four tiny set screws- to move the beam, you loosen one and tighten the opposite one- a little finicky, but not too bad. Now that it is adjusted, i may epoxy it in place.
I bought it for dry fire practice and it preforms well for that. Beam is hard to see outside past 25 feet.
Yesterday I ran 50 rounds 9mm through the gun and the laser still works. It did not move- does not need to be re-adjusted. I liked the "feel" of targeting with a laser because i could use both eyes and focus on the target, rather than trying to focus on my front sight. I have trouble using sights with both eyes open. I would like to be able to shoot relatively well without using sights or laser- this would be natural for me because I do alot of archery (no sights) . In shooting a bow instinctively, I look at a spot on the target, and mostly ignore the arrow in my sight picture.
So in summary, it seems a good deal for the price and i have had no problems yet.
The housing and weaver rail clamp are all aluminum. The on/off switch is plastic- it's at the back end of the housing and you push one way for on and the other for off- it might be easy to accidentally hit the switch, and it doesn't take much pressure to flip it.
Adjusting the beam is by way of four tiny set screws- to move the beam, you loosen one and tighten the opposite one- a little finicky, but not too bad. Now that it is adjusted, i may epoxy it in place.
I bought it for dry fire practice and it preforms well for that. Beam is hard to see outside past 25 feet.
Yesterday I ran 50 rounds 9mm through the gun and the laser still works. It did not move- does not need to be re-adjusted. I liked the "feel" of targeting with a laser because i could use both eyes and focus on the target, rather than trying to focus on my front sight. I have trouble using sights with both eyes open. I would like to be able to shoot relatively well without using sights or laser- this would be natural for me because I do alot of archery (no sights) . In shooting a bow instinctively, I look at a spot on the target, and mostly ignore the arrow in my sight picture.
So in summary, it seems a good deal for the price and i have had no problems yet.