Light & Laser Combo options for picatinny railing?

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Hey Folks,

Looking for recommendations in regards to buying a light & laser combo that can be mounted on picatinny railing. I'm flexible, but I'm hoping to spend under $500-600, for something of half decent quality? I know next to nothing about these things, but I've always wanted one just to play around with. It's as simple as that, but I also don't want to waste my money on something that will last just a few months... I don't plan on using this for anything serious, but I prefer to buy a bit of quality once over some junk that will break after a year. And just to clarify, I plan to use this on rifles, like a 10/22 or whatever has picatinny railing ha ha.

Thank you guys for any input, kind regards,

Rylan
 
Check out Olight's offerings. The Baldr Pro Tactical light laser is nice, it takes replaceable batteries, the rest of their line is smaller in size and come with built in rechargeable batteries that should last for many years but when they die out eventually they are not user replaceable.

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Good thing you didn't ask this question on reddit; the hive mind starts to shriek and wail that a visible laser is useless. As such, asking there is also useless.

holosun makes some lasers in your price range. Also good are laserspeed and vector. All of these work, hold up and are repeatable on intermediate caliber like 762x39 or 308 semis.
 
BlackHexagon said:
Good thing you didn't ask this question on reddit; the hive mind starts to shriek and wail that a visible laser is useless. As such, asking there is also useless.

holosun makes some lasers in your price range. Also good are laserspeed and vector. All of these work, hold up and are repeatable on intermediate caliber like 762x39 or 308 semis.
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For my "needs", it probably is kind of useless honestly. I'm mostly into Milsurp rifles, but I feel the need to have something a bit "tacti-cool". There are worse offenders out there than me! ha ha. Mainly the flashlight I think is a nice option to have on a rifle you might take out into the bush, but the laser option isn't hurting anything :)
 
Stay away from olight thats garbage if you cant afford surefire try something from stream light about half your budget
 
jimbo45 said:
Stay away from olight thats garbage if you cant afford surefire try something from stream light about half your budget
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Lot's of garbage in this world that's for sure, the good thing about your claim is that usually gabage doesn't last long.... how was the warranty experience with Olight for you? I have yet to need it, but I beleive it's 2 years on their laser/light combo's. What did you not like about the Baldr Pro?
 
jimbo45 said:
Ive never wasted money on olight never had too as a few friends tried them out and they never lasted
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It's sure nice to have so many choices today, and also nice to hear feedback from people that have run into real world problems and issues using some of the more affordable consumer products.... it wasn't that long ago(maybe 10 years) that it was either pro level or cheap junk

I've yet to have any issues with any of their products I've been using for the last 7 years or so , It's hard to believe they have been around for close to 20 years already.... they have branched out in many directions with some interesting products.

I use Perun's at work and around the house almost daily that have been serving me well for many years, the laser lights I don't shoot much so I can't say how well they would handle long term use on a 12g with heavy loads but on a .22lr I wouldn't worry to much from what I can see by the build quality. Clearly if your going to war or a daily operator of some sort it would make sense to spend wisely, but for most of us doing some dry firing training or having a setup for just in case night use for predators around the farm the needs and requirements are different.

The micro olight laser/flashlights are nice and I like the way the laser comes out of the bezel instead of sitting underneath but the clamp on the bigger Baldr Pro has a tighter connection to the pic rail. I also prefer the user swap able cells to the more common these days built in non serviceable rechargeable cells that many products come with today. If a person is ok with the sealed batteries the newer Baldr pro is more streamlined and has the laser integrated inside the reflector of the light.
 
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