Just wondered what is thought of the use of a laser light and if Crimson Trace is good, bad, or indifferent.

I think it's a good idea, but have never used one.

I've got a couple of them, one on a Kimber concealed carry and one on a Smith 66. I understand they've changed the design now, but the 1911 grips I had had a major flaw.....if you set them down with the "buttton" (which was a pressure point type bulge) down, which was the normal way to set them down, and if anything put any pressure on the gun, then the laser would come on and run the battery down.

As far as actual use goes, I've never fired one in anger but they are fun to shoot with and certainly can tell you how your accurate your pistol pointing is.

On a scale of 1 to 10 I give them about a 7.

There are other brands for Glocks and 1911s that fit inside the frame, that is, they are in the front of the pistol not the grips. Better deal IMO.

while not the crimson trace, i've had a few laser sights and i can't say i'm very fond of them. they don't work in bright light and in the dark i can't see anyway, thus they are good only for low light. then you have to air the laser just like you would sights if you want to hit anything. hip shooting with a laser just scattered bullets around. anyway if i gotta use the things like i would sight, why not just use sights just my opinion of course, other i'm sure will disagree

Well, I bought a CZ P-01 with the Crimson Trace and a Streamlight rail light. Going to the range this week and play with it.

The CT is pretty bright, in the kitchen anyway! Feral lions, I mean cats, beware!

love it...cats run around and chase the laser for hours...i have one on a glock

Have one on my S&W 329 which is my daily carry gun these days both in the bush and in town. I love it! Weather shooting poachers dogs or having a look arround the skining shed at night, I have found few sighting systems as fast in low light conditions, and any others that are as fast are 10x bulkier (like holosights)