Yes! And Yes! Why would you not want another tool in your personal safety toolbelt?sweetmelissa wrote:In your opinion, should I buy a laser site for my sig or just practice, practice, practice?
A properly sighted laser ( I prefer to have the green dot just above the point-of-aim with my fixed sights, so that when I 'm looking at the target, I'll be able to raise the gun up to eyesight and aquire the laser's glow when the gun is properly sighted) gives you an extra pointing device that you can use strong-or-weak handed, with one or two hands, and can provide a good aiming point even when you can't use the fixed sights.
A laser is not a magic device... You still have to have good fundamentals, but it is a quick, reliable indicator of where the bullet is going to go.
Someone mentioned the psychological effect of seeing a laser pointed at you. I use green Viridian lasers - they're more visible in daylight than a comparibly powered red laser, and in the dark, or dusk, they positively light the target up.
Someone else mentioned the need to physically turn the laser on, saying that would slow him down. The system I'm now using as my primary carry firearm is a Ruger LC-9s with Viridian R5 Reactor laser on the front trigger brace. Using a Comp-Tac Infidel holster that is designed for use with my pistol and laser combo, the laser is turned off while it's in the holster (thanks to a strategically placed small magnet). When the pistol is drawn out of the holster, the magnet's effect goes away, and the laser turns on automatically. When I holster the pistol, it turns off.
My other usual carry firearm is a Walther PPS 9mm with a Viridian C5l light/laser combo that is turned on with a thumbswitch.
Both work - one requires less effort to turn the laser on, the other gives me the opportunity to control when the light or laser is turned. You picks and chooses the flexibility you want.
BTW, while I'm sure that there are guys here on the forum in the DFW area that would invite you to go shooting with them if they knew when/where/etc, the suggestion to find a "Girl's Night Shooting" is a good one. IIRC, Shoot Smart (IH-35W at Golden Triangle Blvd, near Alliance Town Center) holds their girls/guns on Thursday evenings. A call to the range should easily confirm that.