Zeroed in
After about 150 bullets of Magtech 124 grain FMJ 9mm I finally nailed it today and was able to zero in my HK P30L and my Viridian X5L laser perfectly. It took me more effort (and ammo) than I hoped, but that was due to the fact that the batteries that came with my laser bore sight ran out after less than 10 minutes of use. Finding the rights new batteries proved a hassle and it took me till last weekend to do so. So today I finally could go to the range again with that fixed.
Sure enough, with the the bore sight in my H&K, adjusting the laser was a breeze. The result: a crisp group at 15 meters (49 feet or 16,4 yards) within 7cm (2,7 inches). The tightest group of 5 is even within 4,5cm (1,7 inches). And believe me: I’m not the best shooter so I’m sure my H&K can even do better in the hands of a pro. But I am happy and impressed. In short: with the Viridian mounted and turned on, it really is “point & click” – or better said: “point and boom!” However, I am really going to try hard not to get used to it too much, as in a way using a laser messes up your shooting.
The reason for that is quite simple: when you learn to shoot, you learn to look at your (iron) sights and not the target. I know, for you non-shooters out there it may sound weird. But the trick is actually that you focus your eyes on the sights of the gun which means you won’t see the target sharp – at all. If on the other hand you focus on the target, your sights get blurry and you will miss for sure. Now, with the laser on it, you focus on the dot (target). And quite frankly, that’s way too easy. You only have to kinda point your gun at the target and squeeze the trigger and that’s it.
Anyway: as I wrote before the Viridian is a cool toy. I would love to use it sometime shooting steel plates or bowling pins. Other than the fun factor – or as my hero Nutnfancy calls it: “the second type of cool” – it has no practical purpose whatsoever. It just boys and their toys 
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