LaserLyte Laser Trainer Cartridge for Firearms with Built-In Rubber Snap Cap for Dry Fire and Laser Bullet Sight Training with Rifles and Handguns

Dry firing practice is great for your technique, but horribly boring, in my opinion. With these laser cartridges and either the targets made for them or one of the free programs designed to be used with them, you'll actually have a lot of fun dry firing. I have the 9mm, and just purchased this one for rifle practice. Both work fine, but at first you may have to play around with them to get them consistent. By that I mean taking out the batteries and cleaning them and the contacts off. Do not discard the clear plastic sleeve around the batteries- it needs to be there to function properly. I use it in a CZ 527 bolt action rifle. Reset by lifting and closing the bolt. Will not eject (unless you have it in a sleeve in a larger caliber rifle), so you'll need a rod to push it out from the muzzle end- not something I like to do a lot, but okay if you're careful.If the accuracy is off a little, just press it in a little more firmly or rotate it. Remember, too, that your gun is probably zeroed for a longer distance, so you'll see a different point of impact with the laser. I shoot at 10 yards with the laser, but my rifle scope is zeroed for 100 yds. It will hit a few inches high because of the difference in height between the bore axis and the scope axis- they don't converge at that close range. That said, I get very good accuracy with it by placing a target dot correspondingly higher than the bullseye, aiming at that, and having it hit in the lower bullseye. By doing so I don't need to re-zero the scope and it reads correctly in target programs, described below.If you have a laptop and a webcam, check out the free programs "ShootOFF" and "HomeLESS." They work with any laser trainer. When you shoot the paper target, which is lined up with a scoring template on the computer, it will read the flash with the webcam and show your hits and score. ShootOFF even has sound and some other cool features, and the developer went WAY beyond the call of duty in helping me with some technical issues due to my old laptop. They are both excellent programs and, with a laser cartridge such as this one, actually make dry firing fun. Just remember to continue to practice safe gun handling even with the laser in- you are ingraining habits and you don't want to develop bad safety habits that might carry over to the range.By the way, you can get replacement switches (the rear part with the built in snap-cap) for any of the calibers from the LaserLyte web site for not much money.

It's really a no-brainer! I highly recommend to go ahead and purchase one of these lasers, considering this day and age with harder to find 9mm ammo.Even without there being an 'ammo issue', it's still a great investment! Being able to practice anytime and basically anywhere (where you can pull out your 9mm) clearly is advantageous in terms of practice, especially for those who purchased their handgun(s) for self-defense/home use, as one can practice in the same place/context (s)he might have to someday use (though hopefully never).Last trip to a local indoor range here in Austin, Texas, I had a gentleman approach me, ask about the sights on my gun, a Ruger SR9 with XS Big Dots Express (self-defense sights), and he said that he thought I was a good shot. It was my second time to the range EVER, as I am a new handgun owner and had shot a handgun only once in the past, several years ago. Of course, I had watched many videos on Youtube and practiced various fundamentals, including the us of the Laserlyte, which was 1000+ rounds, so it seem to reason I would improve!! Well, apparently I did, as I never would have expected someone to compliment my shooting skills! Who woulda thunk it!!! ;)From my perspective, the laser has paid for itself already, and I still have a long time to practice into the future, improving my shooting and shooting dynamics even more. A trip to the range can get a little costly these days, and 1 to 2 trips basically is the same as the laser's cost. Simple, the laser pays for itself, over and over again!There was another review by a person who was using a center-fire SR9 and he said the laser stayed on until the slide/trigger reset, but found that if I push the laser a littler further into the barrel, then the laser will flash and turn off. With more use/shots, it might/usually does 'stick' again, but simply open the slide up and press the laser a little further down the barrel. If you press in too much, it won't strike the laser. Either press in with a pencil (eraser side for greater protection of laser) or a more 'harsh' way, simply let a locked slide position, 'slam' forward, which will throw the laser back toward the back/you and then readjust if needed. It's not that big a deal, and you will get better at it, so just be patient, and like with most things, pay proper attention.You will see, it's a wonderful tool and works just fine.I cannot recommend this product more. After all of the years of shopping online with Amazon, this is my first product review. That's how impressed I am with this product, and feel the need to recommend to anyone out there who wants to seriously improve your shooting, not to mention, save a lot of money in the process!Happy Shooting, and BE SAFE! :)