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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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[–] Vidiwell@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Red dot sight is absolutely required if you are interested in becoming proficient with your firearm. Irons are for many reasons much more difficult to extract useful training data then a dedicated red dot sight. This is not merely "competition shooting", if you care about becoming skilled in defensive applications and not just keeping the thing around as a talisman, get the slide milled for a good holosun optic and practice extensively with it.

flashlight good if you plan to use it during the nighttime, which currently is more than 50% of the time for much of the northern hemisphere. If you are worried about pointing a firearm at something while also illuminating it, you should be having a serious conversation with yourself if you are fully prepared to utilize a firearm in a defensive manner.

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

cries in glock