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Are there any pistol accessories that are genuinely useful? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by axont@hexbear.net to c/guns@hexbear.net

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So two of my handguns have rails and mounting spaces for any number of goofy tacticool stuff. But none of it has appealed to me at all. I shoot just fine without an optic. Lasers seem like a gimmick that don't work either because the dot isn't visible enough or because the dot never stays zeroed. And a flashlight doesn't seem necessary when I can just also hold a flashlight. Is there anything I'm not considering that might be more useful?

An underbarrel shotgun would be awesome but I doubt they're made small enough for a pistol lol

If it helps at all answer, my guns are largely for shooting at ranges, and also for the hopefully never self-defense situation.

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[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Flashlights are really the only useful attachment. They can hook into holsters, as a bonus.

Pistol optics are way behind rifle optics, and they're also quite expensive relative to the benefit. Everything other than those two is just a gimmick, imo.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

you could attach a bayonet, lmao

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

They make a bayonet for the NA22

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

borderlands gun

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

pistol red dots make a noticeable difference in competition shooting, "behind" or not. if your pistol is for "self-defense" statistically you're shooting from close enough range that irons don't fall off.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4H8YZCK

I got this one off Temu for $17, flashlight and laser combo. Build quality is pretty nice too, feels heavy