S.R. Crawford
.270 WIN
I bought some of these stupid little Ebay laser sights a while back for another hobby of mine, I put one on a Nerf gun for kicks. The other one is still kicking around in storage somewhere. I took one to a game recently and it's actually kinda cool, I did have to add some loctite to get it to hold a zero though.
But here's the thing: this little laser is really friggin' bright.
I was messing around with some buddies and found that at night I could get it to reflect off a target over 400 yards away, albeit faintly. It was still bright enough to be usable at 200-300 yards. Sure it's no PEQ-15 but that's plenty for a weapon with an effective range of 50 meters.
So here's what I'm thinking. Hypothetically, if I zeroed one of these lasers and absolutely blasted the adjusting screws with JB Weld, what's to prevent me from sticking one on a 12 gauge? So long as it keeps a zero it should be fine right? I'm a little concerned that the recoil will eventually do damage to the laser internally but I'm not sure as I really don't know how these are set up on the inside.
Even so these are cheap so it's not a huge deal if one gets destroyed, but it'll be a minute until I can get out to a range and actually try this out.
But here's the thing: this little laser is really friggin' bright.
I was messing around with some buddies and found that at night I could get it to reflect off a target over 400 yards away, albeit faintly. It was still bright enough to be usable at 200-300 yards. Sure it's no PEQ-15 but that's plenty for a weapon with an effective range of 50 meters.
So here's what I'm thinking. Hypothetically, if I zeroed one of these lasers and absolutely blasted the adjusting screws with JB Weld, what's to prevent me from sticking one on a 12 gauge? So long as it keeps a zero it should be fine right? I'm a little concerned that the recoil will eventually do damage to the laser internally but I'm not sure as I really don't know how these are set up on the inside.
Even so these are cheap so it's not a huge deal if one gets destroyed, but it'll be a minute until I can get out to a range and actually try this out.