IR Laser
Found an IR laser for a little over $100 shipped. They seem to be very hard to find unless your law enforcement/military????
http://www.solarforce-shop.com/item.cfm/id/GP462/curr_code/USD/meta/1
http://www.gp-web.com/en/productspop.php?pid=837
Anyone use one with night vision? I just don’t think a bright red/green laser would be good for my intended purpose.
I was thinking about picking up a yukon Ranger, I’ve heard there next to impossible to mount to a scope so I thought an IR laser would do almost as good as a reticle.
Any idea if a laser like this would keep it’s zero?
On a side note I sighted in my Talon yesterday. WOW this is an awesome pellet rifle.
Today I was able to take out a crow at about 90-100 yards. perhaps beginners luck, I love this gun. Now I just need to set the gun up for a few night missions in order to take out a few pesky opossums and racoons that keep getting into my trash.
Thanks
Tim
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Not a bad idea, I only require a laser that will hold zero and one that can be adjusted for windage and elevation, an IR one would be better, but I guess I could try your idea and see if I can turn down the intensity on a red or green laser.
Actually, Tim, you’ll find that IR lasers are kinda expensive and $100 is a good price for one. The green and red ones go for $30 for the large body types and $15 for the small module, crosman type bubble pack models; but IR is usually much more expensive. Not much demand for them as they can only been used in conjunction with NV; if you want a REAL unit like a PEQ-2a or PAQ-4, be prepared to shell out anywhere from $1k to $2k. If you want to go the other way, and don’t require absolute discreetness, and you have a 3rd gen NV, you can use a red dot crosman laser for $15 and just tone down the laser power by installing a varistor in series with the power supply to make the red dot nearly invisible. I’ve hunted small game with a setup like this, and they have never objected or reacted to the very weak red dot my tuned laser throws.
Thanks for the review. Sounds like I’ll keep looking then. I don’t want to pay $100 for an IR Laser that might or might not work properly. If it could hold zero and if the rings actually adjusted hte beam poit of aim it would be perfect. I’m shooting a Talon, so I don’t think recoil will be a problem 😀
I still don’t have my NV yet. but I was looking a getting a Yukon Digital Night Ranger, I’m still waiting to see if they are going to release a scope friendly version soon. I’ve heard that they are going to offer one around the Mid $200 range, that would be great.
If not, I’ll just mount a Yukon night ranger on my rifle and find a good IR laser for aiming
Thanks again
Tim
Oooops; forgot to mention: I HIGHLY recommend you get LIFs to cover your night vision scope first before you get these IR lasers. Otherwise you risk damaging your expensive optics.
walt
Tim, that’s a good price for the G&P. This is a chinese made IR laser that was double that price a couple years ago. Be aware that it is an airsoft piece and not designed to handle the recoil of a real firearm. I bought a half dozen to test them 3 years ago when they first came out. As you might expect, there is a large variation in quality control. The laser diodes have issues. Some are nice and tight beams, but most are ‘fuzzy’ and don’t give you a nice tight spot. Luck of the draw.
One problem I did have with the 2 units I ended up keeping, was they would not hold zero. I took them apart and found the laser was mounted to the brass internal body with some sort of epoxy that appeared to have failed. I machined a press fit aluminum sleeve that I mounted the laser into and pressed it into the housing and that solved my problems. The knurled ‘rings’ you can see in the pictures LOOK like they are for adjusting zero; these are FAKE and aren’t even rings at all, just small effects machined into the housing. They don’t move. To adjust, you take off the front cap and you’ll find 2 small grub screw (allen head) to adjust a spirng loaded plate. Very primitive. The adjustments are not discreet; moving one way (up/down) alwyas affects the other movement (left/right).
walt
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You cannot use a green laser with NV, it won’t show up. NV is hyper sensitive to red colors so the red lasers work well, but blue-green is at the other end of the spectrum and your NV probably won’t even be able to see it.
aloha,
walt