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

I guess.the thing is it would still make me start shooting at the light pointed in my face where I may not have been shooting otherwise, hypothetically. In general I csn agree it for sure isnt for normies. Like...I get it under the assumption that a professional soldier would sometimes be someone who's pointing a gun at someone they don't wanna kill just by the odds of holding s gun that often and be trained to compensate more. This is the ideal situation

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

Well, there's an interesting detail there. Are you sure you'd be more likely to make the snap judgment to shoot a disembodied flashlight than a big man in tactical gear with a shotgun? I'm pretty sure I'd be more likely to shoot the guy I can tell is pointing a shotgun at me than the person who may or may not be pointing anything more at me than a flashlight.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Depends on the circumstance i guess, if im expecting to be shot and theres a disembodied flashlight id most likely unload in a panic. A big man in tactical gear with a shotgun which is presumably pointed at me like thr flashlight would be would probably lesd me to dropping my gun and surrendering because a big man with tactical gear and a shotgun is pointing his shotgun at me. Cause not dying is generally the prerogative in a gunfight