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I nearly bought an Ir laser for a night hunt set up. After reading up on it. Mostly by accounts from other hunters. No laser. Way to much bloom even out to 250.
Nearly every one suggested a 750-850 mw Ir Illuminator with at least 2 power settings and spot/wide focus over a laser out to 250.
I suppose a laser with infinite or several power settings would work fine though.
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So you're aiming with the illuminator?
IR illuminators serve a different purpose than IR lasers, so I don't quite understand what you're advocating here.
Also, no one suggests a 750-850mw IR illuminator. lol. You're talking about 850nm, which is wavelength. "mw" is a description of power. It seems like you may have needed to do a bit more reading up before deciding that an IR illuminator is better than an IR laser for night hunting.
ETA: it's like you're saying you were going to get a red dot for home defense, but you read up on it and decided to get a weapon light instead.