Arisaka's Upgraded DesignateIR Laser Module 

Unironically, thats literally the story of how alot of multi billion dollar companies start, some dude in a garage with an idea lol

@@zweihander7465thats the story, but never the full truth.

Ya then they sold out to the big guys who, surprise shot the price up.

@First_name_youtube_doesnt_like yeah I know, it's unfortunate. This could have been a reasonable option based on design and materials, but is 100% overpriced.

I agree with you 100%, but let’s remind ourselves who these multi billion dollar companies are. Let’s talk about the biggest one being L3/Harris. I work in the military industrial complex and we are a big vendor for L3 in other aspects of things they manufacture. I got chatting with an L3 rep one day and asked “how come you don’t take a lot of what you make to market for civilians?” The answer was simple. “Why would we sell a few lasers to retailers when we can just sell them to the government for however much we want and make millions off one order vs maybe a few thousand to civilians.” They “care”, but not for us. We don’t pay as well as the Us government does. L3 also doesn’t just make cool guy ground troop gear either. They make radios, spy satellites, and more. Lasers are the least of their worries. Their entire company encompasses what the US DoD wants. Not what the civilian market wants. Contrary to popular belief most likely, there’s more money in selling to the government than there is to civilians. It’s not even a “ciivilian” market, it’s a “night vision” market. Go to your local range and tell me how many poverty poneys you see in a firing line. Maybe you’ll see a few Daniel Defenses with a UTG red laser attached to it. You’re probably the only guy out of 40 at that range who’s Into night vision and IR lasers. That REALLY condenses down the market for stuff like this to even bother considering taking a product that’s sold to the military, have to rework the entire device to not go over the legal limit of an IR laser, then bring it to civilian market for only a few to be bought. It’s not worth it to them

Agree… it’s depressing haha

Oh they're German spec'd? Gutenteit

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Gonna guess LaRue lol

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What airsoft event was that? Most of the events I've seen don't seem to enforce any power limit which kinda freaks me out. Doing force on force with full power lasers seems like a great way to get unscheduled eye surgery.

@@ctrackthezer0 Gun Gamers Productions does. They have two test meters they use to check both teams before event start (one even came out of an optics lab). Laser status gets written on your wristband so staff can spot check if needed. Surprisingly people have been pretty receptive to the idea of lasers being tested and only have had one or two people who were upset they couldn't use theirs. They suspect probably half or more of what they test end up getting left in cars before games.

@@ctrackthezer0 I wouldn't be too worried, you would need to have the laser shined into your eye for longer than is likely to happen, at a close distance. Part of the reason these IR lasers are designated as dangerous is when shined into your eye you won't have the blink response, someone would have to be trying to shine the laser in your eye maliciously to harm you. That said do I think that laser safety should be taught and enforced like in the OP's story? Absolutely.

If Holosun would just stick an adjustable VCSEL illuminator in one of their LE321 bodies it would be perfect

Are you talking about the PEQ or the NGAL?

just cover it in rubber cement

Even if they make the ctf3, their production volume is so bad most of the market will never see it

@@roberthutchinson2856 yeah I was pretty excited when I got mine. I was on my computer already when I got the restock alert. Then was disappointed the first and only time I shot with it that it wouldn’t hold zero. I could see the laser had shifted windage relative to my AEMS.

I think they need to focus on making volume before they move on to a whole new design. I'm serious when I say I, PERSONALLY, have never seen ANY of what they offer in stock.

@@USA_djhiggi77 they only offer one thing lol. Yeah it sells out instantly. I have no idea how big their restocks are. My current setup would probably give Hop a stroke, but it works. I have an LE117IR with a Kiji and M300 Turbo on an Echo Arms monolithic twin body. They’re wired up to an Axon for the laser and Kiji and a Modbutton Lite for the M300. It gives me exactly what I personally want (laser centered over the bore with a powerful, focused IR illuminator and a powerful white lite with a ton of Candela. It just looks cludgy, though, even though it’s functional.

They were doing like biweekly drops until like half a year ago. I was two hours too late for the last one.

Sorry, who's PTS?

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8/20 nevar forget

It's even worse *NOT* having them when the other guy does.

Yeah...like put on a sticker that says "DON'T REMOVE THIS SCREW. THIS SCREW RIGHT HERE------>."

DIR V owner. The upgraded Arisaka version unit is off the hook good .. they really listened to customer feedback and quickly put into corrections. It's the best $2000 LAM currently in the market.

@@thaddeuscrane8235 I currently have a civ Raid XE. The urge to sell is real even though I like it.

I’ll be curious to see a Hop review on the VWS focuser. I want to believe but man from those videos it makes an already funky illuminator beam look even funkier, but no doubt more useable.

I have one along with the DIR-V, Laserspeed, and a Kiji. It's an OK solution for a PDW/PCC sized gun, I have mine on an 8" 300LK AR but it's no substitute for anything with a full power illuminator.

Throw down a little more for a kiji, you really want that VCSEL goodness.

Someone needs to make a focusing lens for the vampire to give it more throw, and it'd be g2g.

Yeah I'm thinking about doin this especially since my light mount tho has the streamlight hlx which has the same body as a surefire

Kevin Bacon has been a lifelong Graboid hunter. Put some respect on his name.

Tell Neill Blompkampf I said hi!

Yep, this is why NV is game changing when your opponent don't have them. Thermal sights are out there, but it seems almost like squeezing a point and shoot camera into scope form rather than anything else.

You can't always see the entire beam. That's really only something that happens with extremely powerful IR lasers or if there is tons of debris in the atmosphere. But yes, it can happen. The only bad thing about thermal optics is you have to be looking through them to use them. I can fire my IR laser equipped firearm from all kinds of different angles and positions and get hits without ever having to actually be behind the gun.

He's fat and dumb and mean. I like him.

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These have stayed in stock so far but maybe just because nobody knows about them or is willing to take a chance on a newcomer.

Quit taking Loaf's gig

It would be an EOTech OGL that I can actually buy and doesn't cost 4 grand.

@@Hoplopfheil Oh. Simple enough. Lemme check it out. 👍

i found some for 2.1k @@Hoplopfheil

Haven't seen an update from PH in a while, as far as I know they're still plugging away on the CTF3.

@@Hoplopfheil I appreciate the response. Fingers crossed for the CTF3!

Still one of the least worst options