Laserlyte Laser Trainer Cartridge

[ridget]

I just purchased a Laserlyte Training Cartridge for my Stealth 9. It flashes an instant spot of Laser when pulling the trigger. It makes practicing without sighting the pistol easy and very effective.  The contact pad appears to be rubber.  My only concern is damaging the firearm by multiple trigger pulls.  Can anyone comment?  Thanks

[yankee2500]

ridget, Welcome to the group & congrats on the Stealth.
   Seems like a fine idea and there ad states it's a snap cap so I see no problem with using it in the pup or any other gun.

[kjtrains]

I just purchased a Laserlyte Training Cartridge for my Stealth 9. It flashes an instant spot of Laser when pulling the trigger. It makes practicing without sighting the pistol easy and very effective.  The contact pad appears to be rubber.  My only concern is damaging the firearm by multiple trigger pulls.  Can anyone comment?  Thanks

ridget.  Welcome to the Forum.  Never had seen the Laserlyte Cartridge until your post.  Does seem like a good thing and agree, since it's a snap cap shouldn' t cause any harm.

[Reinz]

Welcome to the forum Ridget!

I don't think you have any worries, unless you have a 10 year boy who runs the gun 24/7 and sleeps with it.

Sounds like a silly statement, but many say a Ruger transfer bar can't be broke by dry firing, but I've seen over zealous pre-teens bust 'em good.

[Lchavezmisc]

Interesting little device......how has it performed for you?  I saw them on Optics Planet (is there anything these guys don't sell) and they are a little pricey.

Have you found it useful?

[ridget]

The Laserlyte works beautifully.  When you pull the trigger, a momentary dash of red laser appears so you can become proficient without using the sights.  

[C0untZer0]

Most strikers / firing pins were engineered to actually STRIKE something, so in those cases where the manufacturer recomends against dry firing, where damage is likely to occur - it's usually because the firing pin / striker won't strike an object head on.  In those cases the pin / striker does come into contact with other parts of the pistol - usually the shoulder of the pin or stiker comes into contact with parts of the breach - like the breach face.

But anyway, if your firing pin is striking something as maleable or more so than a standard primer - dry firing should not hurt the pistol.

Long thread on dry firing here:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=449329&highlight=dry+fire