Laser sight advice
I'm thinking of putting a laser sight on my FN 5.7 pistol, but I know next to nothing about laser sights.
Requirements:
-visible at 100 yards (200 if possible) in broad daylight
-rail mounted
and the smaller the better.
Does such a thing exist? If so, who makes it and what does it cost?
thanks in advance.
Requirements:
-visible at 100 yards (200 if possible) in broad daylight
-rail mounted
and the smaller the better.
Does such a thing exist? If so, who makes it and what does it cost?
thanks in advance.
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Get a green laser if you want one visible in broad daylight at 100 yards.
Here's a link to one manufacturer (I just did a Google search - I'm not a schill for them or anything).
http://www.beamshot.com/0 -
Why are you getting a laser? 0 -
ACOG has the one I have - it used to be made by Tasco - it is not a LASER sight that puts out a beam of light all the way to the target, it just has a true red LASER dot for you to see. It is always on, and adjusts to ambient light automatically. It is really just an HUD for a gun. It weighs less than 3/4 of one ounce, and runs over a year on one coin cell. It is so small that you often don't have to change holsters. If you want it BRIGHT, you can use thinner batteries and replace the 2032 battery with two 2016s, but then you will have to replace them about every four to six months. I use the regular battery in mine, and it is visible easily in anything but BRIGHT sunshine from behind me, and is visible with a little difficulty even then. Going to the bright battery scheme corrects that, but I would rather have the long lasting dimmer regime for my carry piece. It is NOT rail mounted, because it is mounted on the slide, and much weight there will change the way my SIG cycles. I reserved the rail mount area of my SIG for a light.
It took me a while to get used to finding the dot in the dark, but it works really well. If you have either eye functioning and you can see the dot, that is where it will drill the hole of your selected caliber.
Acquiring the sight picture at night requires you to practice a lot more than the ones that shoot out a beam, but it also doesn't say "Shoot back over here" like the beam LASERs.
Are you a Horsetrader? I have a Brand New Spare I might part with....
If you are going to get a beam style laser, get a GREEN one, even if you don't get one that is high power, your eye can see the green beam about five times better than the red ones. Your eye is MUCH less sensitive to the red part of the spectrum, so <5mw of green LASER (@532 nm)looks MUCH MUCH brighter than the same battery life and power @630 nm (red) wavelength. If you have a choice, pick one that flashes on-off, as your eye can pick that up even better than a steady beam, and it makes the battery last longer, or makes the beam brighter, or a combination of both.
There are available some really OFFENSIVE (Dazzles or DAMAGES the eyes of the GOBLINS), High-Powered Green beam-style LASERS of about 20 MW output - that is what I would get (am going to get) for the next one I purchase. I would do it today, if I could find one that flashes. 200 yds visible in bright sunlight, (but just barely) - and over 500 yds @ night.0 -
Thanks for the info.
Ba Sardo: I'm thinking about a laser as a toy. I don't really like most polymer-framed pistols so this is probably the only one I'll own. And I thought: why not trick it out?
(That made sense in my head; your experience may vary.)0 -
Years back I bought a Lasermax internal for a sig 229 I have.
It's very interesting to see how much your muscles in your hand movie the dot when firing in a double action mode.
The laser dot is deadnuts on with the point of impact at @75 feet.
I feel its a great training aid at a range. But I have noticed it bright outdoors conditions (As shooting outdoors in AZ) it's difficult to spot the dot.
Defensively....... I'd avoid its use. Just too many lawyers and web stories on the matter.0
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