Green laser dot sight

[BattleFieldRelics]

I'm thinking of buying a green lasr sight for that odd moment when something appears too close for your scope. I've been told that you can see them in daylight up to 50 metres and 2.5 km at night.

 

Heres the sight I'm looking at....

 

Specificaton:

- Wavelength: 405nm

- Output Power: class IIIa

- Range: 8000 yard

- Beam Divergence: <1.2 (mrad)

- Beam Diameter in dark: 1 (mm)

- Material: Aluminium

- Battery: 1 X CR123A battery (included)

- Length: 13 cm

 

- Weight: 137g:

 

Also here is the definition for the Output Power:

 

Class IIIa

Lasers in this class are mostly dangerous in combination with optical instruments which change the beam diameter or power density. Output power does not exceed 5 mW. Beam power density may not exceed 2.5 mW/square cm. Many laser sights for firearms and laser pointers are in this category.

 

 

 

 

Does anyone here use a green laser?

And will that spec do the job (50yds daylight)?

[Ozzy Fudd]

lasers are useless for shooting with, ive gone through 3 if its too close for the scope its probably too close for the laser. bear in mind its usually mounted on top of the scope, so unless the target is exactly at the distance you zeroed the laser at youll shoot above or below. also they do show up in day light, but are very difficult to spot in strong sunlight

 

they do have their uses but imo taking shots using them isnt one

Edited June 14, 2010 by Ozzy Fudd

[BattleFieldRelics]

I have a red laser dot on my air rifle that is zeroed at 6 metres and I use that effectively for ratting in barns.

 

I'm after a green one as I want to zero it at about 25 metres for use in the day as well as night. My Firearms scopes are zeroed at 75 and 100 metres.