Laser and reflex sight

[earl01]

I just put a Feyachi 3-9x40 scope on my 15-22. Really like it. I'm looking for a laser and a reflex sight to go on it. Any suggestions?
Which is better for day, red or green laser? CVlife is has really good customer service.
Thanks,
Earl

 

[bamashooter]

Green is probably better for daylight but not worth a ****. Visible lasers just don't do well in daylight when limited by federal power constraints. If the target is in a shaded area then that's different. Don't expect much past 10 meters unless you have plenty of time to "find" the dot on your target. Either color is great in low-light / darkness though you still need to be able to see the target.

If you plan on adding a reflex and keeping the scope mounted, I'd consider the Vortex Venom. I feel it's good, it's very small and almost lighter than air. It's 3 MOA and used mostly on handguns. I have it, a tac-light, and a laser on my 10-22 which is used mostly for armadillos and such at night. The Venom is mounted to a Vortex QD mount. The laser is zeroed at 25m and used over 90% of the time. Most shots are 25-40m.

 

[mmb617]

Visible lasers just don't do well in daylight when limited by federal power constraints. If the target is in a shaded area then that's different. Don't expect much past 10 meters unless you have plenty of time to "find" the dot on your target. Either color is great in low-light / darkness though you still need to be able to see the target.

I have to agree that lasers aren't of much use at rifle distances. I have one on my 15-22 and in sunlight it's hard to see even at 10 yds, beyond that it's useless. On a real cloudy day it's visible maybe to 25 yds but not much beyond that. I never tried it at night but as you point out, even if I could see the laser I probably couldn't see my target, so still useless.

It should be a different story at pistol distances and I'm thinking about getting a laser for one of my pistols just to see if I like it.