Product Description
Proudly made in the USA
| List Price: | $149.00 |
| Price: | $126.99 |
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Product Details
- Size: 0.2
- Color: Black
- Brand: Crimson Trace
- Model: CMR-201
- Released on: 2011-12-05
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 5.00" h x 3.00" w x 2.00" l, .20 pounds
Features
- Fits M1913/Picatinny Rails and Weaver Rail
- Adjustable Rail Laser
- Instant Activation - Tap On, Tap Off with auto shut off
- Battery Life & Type: Four Hour constant activation / 1/3 N 3V Lithium Battery
- Adjustable Windage and Elevation
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
103 of 106 people found the following review helpful.
By Roger J. Buffington
I purchased this Crimson Trace Rail Master laser to use as a sight on my second Ruger SR22P pistol. My other SR22P is equipped with a similar competing product from Lasermax -- the Uni-Max Micro. Both lasers are small and will fit perfectly on any pistol equipped with a Picatinny tactical rail. In this review I will first review just the Rail Master and then make some comparisons as between the Rail Master and the Uni-Max Micro.
Laser sights have been around for awhile, but in the 21st century they have really come into their own as an excellent augment to the traditional notch or "iron" sights that were perfected in the 19th century. Lasers have the advantage of very quick target acquisition in lower light conditions and/or short range. At longer ranges in bright sunlight lasers are not nearly as effective because it is simply harder to see that red dot. But even in bright conditions at short range (the range that you would likely need a laser to acquire a "bad guy" target) a laser can be effective. Since the laser in no way interferes with the shooter's ability to simply use the conventional "iron" sights if that is appropriate, the laser is a wonderful supplemental sighting system. Under appropriate conditions many shooters myself included will get tighter and better shot groups using a laser than with conventional sights, and it is great fun to watch the bullets strike precisely where the red dot is placed.
The Rail Master design plainly emphasizes one of Crimson Trace's strong points which is precision mounting. All CT products emphasize this. This unit adheres very sturdily to the pistol to reduce or eliminate drift in the sight that would require the need to re-zero the laser. There are two cross-bolts that fasten the Rail Master to the pistol's Picatinny rail, and it appears to me that this scheme was intentionally designed to over-engineer the mounting hardware of the laser. I will update this review if this assumption proves false after about 1000 rounds. The mounting process is pretty simple. First you select one of four "spacers" to space the laser as between the trigger guard and the end of the rail. The SR22P does well with insert #2, which the manual said was suitable for the very similar-sized Walther P22. Then you simply loosen the two mounting bolts and slide the sight onto the rail. This can be done in under one minute.
To zero the laser is very easy once mounted. My preferred method is to first zero the "iron" sights on the pistol at the shooting range. Then, one simply adjusts the windage and elevation settings of the laser dot to move the dot precisely where the already-zeroed perfect sight picture indicates. It is important to pick a range of about 30-50 feet to do this zeroing. A common mistake is to try to adjust the laser at a short range, where the parallax between the placement of the sight and the laser becomes significant. If you zero at a longer distance this difference becomes insignificant. In fact, zero as between 30 and 50 feet is functionally the same in my experience. I have found that by using this method I generally do not have to adjust the laser at all once I get to the range. That was the case with the Crimson Trace Rail Master.
The Rail Master is slightly bulkier than the very similar Laser Max Uni-Max Micro laser sight. This is because of the two cross-bolts as well as the "spacer" scheme described above. Functionally the two lasers are very similar. Both are activated by tapping an ambidextrous paddle button along the side of the laser. Here I am going to say that the Crimson Trace laser is superior ergonomically. The Rail Master activation switch sits further back towards the trigger guard as compared to the Lasermax, and it is more instinctive to activate. The Laser Max switch is quite good, but a smaller shooter (like me) has to slightly strain the fingers to reach it. The Crimson Trace does not require this as it sits further back.
The Rail Master projects a slightly brighter dot than does the Laser Max which surprised me. The Laser Max is plenty adequate and the difference is not great but the difference appears to be real.
The Laser Max does have a feature that the Crimson Trace lacks -- the pulse or "strobe" option. The Laser Max allows the user to toggle between an 11 Hertz strobe setting or a constant setting. The Crimson Trace laser does not have a strobe setting. Another nice attribute of the strobe setting is that it reduces the duty cycle of the laser by about 50%, thereby increasing battery life.
Overall the Lasermax and the Rail Master are both superbly designed products that will give a lifetime of service. I have one of each. (By the way, they use the same batteries.) Overall, I would give the edge to the Crimson Trace due to its better ergonomics and more robust mounting scheme. But you won't go wrong with either. The Crimston Trace Rail Master is highly recommended without reservation. RJB.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
By Evilcartman
I could not be more impressed by the quality and the price of this product. So much, I created a YouTube video of it. It was easy to install (on my Glock and XDM). It is low profile so that the gun still fits is most of my holsters. Out of the box it is accurate. I really could not be more pleased.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By Michael J Petruzzi
Super product. The laser is very bight and powerful. It comes zeroed at 50 feet and is easy to fine tune using the supplied allen tool to turn the windage and elevation adjustments. Activation control is ambidextrous and is positioned ideally. It is constructed of a polymer that seems identical to that of my M&P .40 and so it appears as though it is OEM equipment. The unit comes with a variety of adapters for non standard rails so you should have no worries there.
This product is as good as it gets for the money. Once the TLR4 is more readily available this Rail Master will end up on my AR15.
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