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Posted: 7/3/2015 4:45:04 PM EDT
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The first question is, what is your budget?
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Posted: 7/3/2015 5:05:41 PM EDT
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Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 5:09:30 PM EDT
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Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort. aww, don't discourage him 
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Posted: 7/3/2015 5:10:47 PM EDT
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I would like to add a laser sight and this will be my first mod. I really like green as I see it better. Any suggestions? Yes, don't. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 5:52:02 PM EDT
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aww, don't discourage him Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort. aww, don't discourage him Just kidding (not really). So what's your budget? 
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Posted: 7/4/2015 10:03:48 AM EDT
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Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort. After doing a few night shoots with a visible green laser I am now a big fan of them. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 11:56:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: After doing a few night shoots with a visible green laser I am now a big fan of them. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort. After doing a few night shoots with a visible green laser I am now a big fan of them. I tested out a crimson trace unit on one of my M&P9 for the last year and a half. Has helped with training consistent trigger pull, is great in low light, on movers, odd positions etc. I still do the vast majority of my live fire practice laser off, but for me there is no denying the benefits to a visible laser on a defensive weapon, provided you train properly with it. Based on that, I am considering putting a CT rail master on my new .300blk build I am doing. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 12:44:12 PM EDT
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After doing a few night shoots with a visible green laser I am now a big fan of them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort. After doing a few night shoots with a visible green laser I am now a big fan of them. Interesting. So, were you using this in defensive type training, hunting, or just plinking? IME, visible lasers tend to wash out in daylight as well as when they're used in conjunction with a bright weaponlight.. The more they wash out, the harder they are to pick up on. It's always been much easier to use an RDS in conjunction with a weaponlight if NV+IR LAM isn't an option for low/no light type stuff. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 12:50:23 PM EDT
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Interesting. So, were you using this in defensive type training, hunting, or just plinking? IME, visible lasers tend to wash out in daylight as well as when they're used in conjunction with a bright weaponlight.. The more they wash out, the harder they are to pick up on. It's always been much easier to use an RDS in conjunction with a weaponlight if NV+IR LAM isn't an option for low/no light type stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just a hunch, but I'm guessing you're new to this, and my suggestion would be to skip the laser. They're tacticool as fuck, but visible lasers are pretty much useless outside of a few very narrow circumstances. You'll be better served tenfold by an RDS of some sort. After doing a few night shoots with a visible green laser I am now a big fan of them. Interesting. So, were you using this in defensive type training, hunting, or just plinking? IME, visible lasers tend to wash out in daylight as well as when they're used in conjunction with a bright weaponlight.. The more they wash out, the harder they are to pick up on. It's always been much easier to use an RDS in conjunction with a weaponlight if NV+IR LAM isn't an option for low/no light type stuff. It was more 3 gun/action shooting like. I was one leave and shooting with a friend, who along with the rest of his SWAT team doing an impromptu competition. Although I would not say they are substitute for other sights in all instances, they made hitting moving targets in low light while on the move pretty easy. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 3:28:13 PM EDT
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DBAL A3.
If you're gonna have a green laser, may as well have one that is slaved to an IR laser with an illuminator on board. Next step, NVGs |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:25:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/13/2015 7:25:56 AM EDT
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When shopping for a green laser make sure to look for one that is 520nm in wavelength. The old style of 532nm green lasers is a complicated system of optics and crystals that dramatically reduces reliability on a rifle. Here is a graphic showing part of the optics of an old green DPSS (Diode Pumped Solid State) laser:
 Where as a 520nm green laser is simply this:  The advantage of direct diode lasers are many, but reliability, thermal stability, and vibration tolerance are the most important for firearms use. Holosun and Primary Arms both offer red-dots with built in 520nm green lasers that have lifetime warranties. I highly recommend looking into those options. |
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