How far does laser "beam" visible during daylight for bore sighting a hand gun or a rifle?
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It is not real bright in daylight, especially sun. So I would not try it at an outdoor range at any distance. For rifles, it is best to use dim light conditions like dawn and dusk and I have used it on a rifle at about 30 yards to get the scope onto the bore. You will still need to fine tune the scope at a range but you will waste a lot less ammo. For the handgun, I have used it in daylight at about 50 feet and it was easily visible. I used it to align a clip on laser with the bore. And range testing verified that it worked well.
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The laser can be zeroed to the sights but you need to pick a specific distance to set zero. Remember the laser is an inch or so below the barrel so it has to rise to meet the bullet line of fire. Any shot that is less than the zero distance will be high- any shot further than the zero distance will be low- to varying degrees depending on the distances. If you zero at 7 yards you should be inside a six inch circle at 3 to 10 yards - good enough for self defense inside a home. In my humble opinion.
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Kurt, I purchased this sight for use on a pump shotgun for home protection. Obviously most threats come during darkness. I found that this sight DOES NOT provide adequate sight capability in low light situations. It looks wonderful and the concept is great BUT it simply did not satisfy my need for night time sighting. I hope this helps. For daylight... altogether adequate.
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yes you can sight in optical and lasers. I have a red dot and it worked fine. Here is a link that may help you out.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPS0mOX-I8You don't fire the pistol when its in the rest !!!
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The laser does hit anything no reflective inside 350 yards for me, I use it for golf as a caddie. I shoot trees when my players pitch out of trouble (like the ones across the fairway so they know how far they can hit without reaching the trouble on the other side). I can hit tops of bunkers, fronts of greens, etc, so if you were looking to shoot the top of a tree from close by as a rough estimate you could. Agree with others it'd be tough to get an exact height.
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I have personally found that the reticle is quite visible in bright sunlight. Except while viewing in the direction of the sun during its decline in the late afternoon/early evening, as is the case with any aiming device. I hope you find this information helpful.
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The beam is visible at night. The point of aim is still very visible during the day, but the beam can only be seen at night.
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Yes. As mentioned earlier you will be able to quickly determine bullet impact at distances other than your mounted laser site. Remember, if you buy Laserlyte targets your mounted laser will set them off.
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I did mine at 20-25 yards. I took the scope off, however, and just use the iron sights. I bought this to eliminate a skunk infestation on my homestead. most of my shots were under 20 yards and at night. I mounted a tactical flashlight under the barrel and preferred to use the iron sights as it gave me better visibility of the area around the target should the target move and I have to use a follow up shot.
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Yes! I have been measuring my boat canopy, which is 23' feet from the water onto a 1" aluminum tube. It will do longer distances, and best if you can do it in the shade or evening. Makes the laser red dot easier to see. What I found was not the fact, would it measure, but can I keep my hand still enough to keep it on target.
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Hello Crystal, My NCSTAR ARLSRG is currently running on older batteries and in the sunshine GREEN Laser has a 50 yard spot, in the dark it's 100 + yards. The red laser has much less range in daytime but the nighttime range is almost as good as green. Also during sunny daytime it depends on what the target is color wise as to how much range you'll get. I use a range finder to measure my distance and this particular laser is the best I've had so far and green lasers are superior to Red lasers. John
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It would but I think for the effective distance of a shotgun I would go with a red dot or day glow site. Usual tactical distance is under 50 feet in my experience for a shotgun.
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At night, I have played with the laser up to a mile away, but, in the daylight it is extremely weak, 20' max. If I were going to buy one now I would get the green laser.
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With this on your weapon at night you won't need a scope. It's amazing how far and how bright this laser is. Just be sure to sight it in properly.
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I have a white LED light that is supposed to be 500 lumen but it is actually 300 lumen, mounted as a shooting light. I can throw a small beam to 200 yds easily. That is as far as you are going to shoot at night. My red led is used for scanning. Very hard to see the crosshairs with red.
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The laser will work on anything. Probably won't be very vissible in bright daylight though.
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Broad daylight not so well, outdoor shooting range could see it about 10ft away