Laser Sights – The Early Days

By gunwriter The first handgun mounted laser sight I saw was in the mid 1990’s. I was running combat style pistol matches for my Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge. For most of the matches we hosted I tried to keep the scenarios realistic with a focus on the shooter having to deal with conditions they might have to actually deal with in real life. Still, we always had the gamers – those looking for a way to beat the rules or system – show up. One of those was a fellow named Gardisky. Gardisky worked at a local gun shop and fashioned himself a pistolsmith; claiming he could customize a 1911 like no other. At a previous match I had to ask him to leave the line because the 1911 he had built went full-auto. At this night match, Gardisky showed up with a laser mounted to his handgun. This was a clumsy looking affair, which was screwed to the underside of the frame of a 1911. It had wires running back to the grip and to me it looked like the pistol was on some sort of life support. While Gardisky was on deck to shoot, another competitor suggested that …Read the Rest

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