Zeroing a laser on a defensive handgun

The way I was taught in the military was to keep the lazer on the same plane as my open sights. Doing it this way you will know the point of impact at any range. If there is an offset you will know what it is. For short range work when kicking in doors a red dot is all thats needed. It deosnt produce a lazer trail. Find what works for you and practice.

Excellent tutorial, thanks…

Instead of making my question confusing by arguing how to interpret numbers by FBI reports about distance of gun fights, how far would you want to set your laser to meet up with the bullets POI ? I'm not implying target shooting….. but self defense live or die shooting .
How far out to hit your desired POI would you set your laser for ? The speaker keeps using 7 yards ( 21 ) ft as his suggested bullet and lasers POI intersection , but is 21 ft where you want your laser and bullet POI to meet ?
Then I read the comments about the lasers poi being useless if its behind the front site ?
The more I think about this, the more I think maybe a flashlight with a sharp detailed beam of 12 inches in diameter may serve the purpose of hitting the target a lot better than a laser. yes, reports say 80 percent of necessary gun shots are in low light situations. I'm not sure I want to bother with a laser in the daytime.
Ok , now I'm asking two questions.
Self answers !

Aim for head, hit them in the nuts. Got it.

I can't watch this, I need someone who can draw better and erase faster!
Plus the sound is all low…..

you are shining the laser in my eye! now I'm blind!!! thanks, chuck….

You don’t zero lasers like that. You parallel zero them. Not being able to see your laser while you are looking down sights is absolutely irrelevant. If you are using your sights to aim you are not using your laser and the same way around. Parallel zero is the best way to do it, thats why the military and law enforcement (professionals) do it that way.

I think you made it too complicated. I set my laser at 30 yards keeping the offset to to within 1/2 inch. All I care about is where the laser is at on the target, knowing that within one to 1/2 inch at close range, that’s where the bullet is going to go. I don’t look for my iron sights because the laser is already locked on to the target. I am wasting time trying to co-witness the laser and iron sight as I already know where the bullet is headed.

I recently purchased a glock 43 and I’m thinking about adding a streamlight laser attachment. Has anybody had experience on calibrating it? If so would the best recommendation be to adjust the laser at the 7yard as the video says?

Laser won’t be hidden if you’re keeping both eyes open while looking down your sights.
The assumption that it would be hidden must be that you’re closing one eye, which is generally not a good idea in a defensive scenario.

you break down the offset verry well. i was just talking about this with a buddy and he didnt quite understand so i showd him this video. though i would set up a laser farther out so there is less verriation all the way to max range . my prefrence of not worrying about having the laser being visible all the time when i use the sights. shooters prefrence though. and its definatly something people gata take in account

thank you for a very clear video.

Great vid!

Excellent video thanks for posting

I just want to apologize for all the people that think they know way more than you, criticize you and just being jerks. That was an excellent video as I am trying to explain this to a friend and you did it perfectly good job

Two minutes I'll never get back. That's all I could tolerate of this video. Silly concept.

Had a math teacher once who held his eraser in his left hand, and as he explained a problem he would erase everything he had just written, as he walked to the right.

What do I do if after a few shots I always have to dial the laser in again and again? Am I suppose to use locktite so the adjustment screws don't lossen up?

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ???

I’m fucking confused

I used to adjust a laser to reach the point of impact on a handgun at 20 feet. But after realizing the offset causes the dot to be above or below the p.o.i. at any other distance, I have since started to align the laser to be parallel to the barrel by using a caliber specific bore sight and adjusting the laser until the two dots have the same offset as the barrel and laser lense. This translates into the theory that an offset of 3" at the pistol should have the same offset at 10ft, 20ft, 50ft… I understand that the dot is no longer the p.o.i. but when shooting for center mass, a difference of 3" should not matter.

Extremely well presented … thank you for your time and efforts. Cheers!!

Perfectly explained. I'm an engineer and even I had forgotten some optic fundamentals (college physics) covered in this video. Thanks.

LOL…"Hey…do you mind taking a few steps back about 2 more yards so that I can accurately shoot you at the distance I zeroed my laser for!?".

Wouldn't it make more sense to have a consistent offset, no matter the distance, and learn (through target practice) how to compensate for that offset by aiming the laser slightly below, above, left or right of the intended POI…?