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December 20, 2023, 06:56 AM
SW_Sig
MSRP on Crimson Trace’s web page is $179.99, less than PSA’s $229.99 normal price.
December 20, 2023, 02:39 PM
YooperSigs
For $69, I will give it a shot. Not a fan of the battery being under the unit. I am planning to use it for a project: Using a 320 grip, I am going to try to build a dummy practice gun to develop proper red dot presentation habits.
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December 20, 2023, 02:44 PM
cslinger
Don’t quote me, and for 69 bucks how can you really go wrong, but I seem to remember these getting panned pretty bad for some reason or another. I may be misremembering but I thought there was something wrong with these.
But like I said for 69 bucks you almost come out on top even if it only works as a GIANT ghost ring
Take Care, Shoot Safe, Chris
December 24, 2023, 09:27 AM
josp
I had one on my 365 for a year until I decided I liked the dot and went for a better one. Think I paid 135 and there was nothing wrong with it, just wanted a better one. I carried it at work, bashed it occasionally on door jambs (oops) and it never malfunctioned or shifted its POA. It still resides on a 22 for practice.
December 24, 2023, 04:22 PM
Chowser
I think the issue was the bottom was sealed with electrical tape so if it sees rain, it will eventually short out?
Not minority enough!
December 24, 2023, 07:50 PM
parabellum
Edit the all caps subject line, please.
December 28, 2023, 03:45 PM
YooperSigs
Received mine yesterday. Its... all plastic! And the bottom mounted battery is a press fit with no cover. No manual brightness or shutoff switches provided. To shut it down, you have to snap on a cover. Lots of mounting tools and the required screws included. 50K Hour battery life claimed. Nice bright dot. Very small footprint. My plan was to mount this to a plastic training (or 320 frame) gun and use it as a training tool for quickly presenting and locating the dot in an optic sighted pistol. It will work for that, provided I can find some teeny tiny wood screws that will bite into my plastic trainer gun slide. So thats $69 bucks worth, I guess.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
December 31, 2023, 06:10 AM
DaBigBR
Crimson Trace largely makes and/or imports cheaply made junk. Maybe they've got some decent products or the guys that bought a set of grips that didn't die or loose zero will chime in, but there is a reason PSA is dumping these things this cheap.
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