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6 October 2016, 13:42 #16Member
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Thanks all for the "illuminating" input. It's obvious that I know very little about flashlights and their abilities. I had hoped technology had progressed enough to make illumination at medium ranges practical. It seems that it hasn't yet. I'll check through all of your suggestions and find what I believe to be my best option. Thanks again for the constructive input and lack of near instantaneous snarkiness that I've found on many other forums.
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6 October 2016, 13:44 #17Senior Member
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6 October 2016, 13:46 #18Senior Member
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Take age into consideration. I am 30. With a full moon, and magnification, I can discern quite a bit. I'm not trying to be ageist, it's a medical fact. Also, everyone's eyes differ.
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6 October 2016, 14:34 #19Will - Owner of Arisaka LLC - http://www.arisakadefense.com
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7 October 2016, 07:58 #20
Again, if it's for hunting, I would not use a typical WML, and would instead try out one of the hunting-oriented laser illuminators. I'm actually curious as to how animals would react to sudden white light coming on, even if you did have a beast of a light, like a HellFighter.
Or, if you have vast amounts of money, I'd suggest looking at some kind of clip-on night vision sight, such as the BNS sold by TNVC: https://tnvc.com/shop/bns-boresighte...-weapon-sight/
You may also want to check out http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ and ask their opinion, again keeping in mind that this is for hunting and not self-defense.
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7 October 2016, 18:10 #21
I agree with this.
No matter how good your eyes are or how young you are. When I was on graveyard in my 20's and early 30's I had 20/15 uncorrected vision. When we walked around the local High School tracks to get out of the car and stretch our legs, sometimes we'd flash our lights from our SL20's down the field when something furry ran across. It was hard to ID the target even back then. Think about it, even in daylight can you ID a target at 100, 200 yards easily? Other than being able to tell it's a person?
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7 October 2016, 19:32 #22
Lightforce Pred9 series lights will get you out to 250 yards. Completely impractical for anything other than stationary predator hunting.
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7 October 2016, 20:02 #23New Member
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I think 50 yards max for a gun light. I've used scouts and x300s. Anything beyond, especially with no ambient light will be hard to ID.