Red or Green?
 

I' am about to by a laser sight for my hand gun. Can any one tell me what makes green a better laser? Also what effect does the wavelenth's nm have on the quality of the beam? Is lower better? If so, :eek:why do the better Green lasers have a closer wavelenth to the lesser red lasers?

RE: Red or Green?
 

i tried useing the laser sight,(someone elses handgun)and what happend to me was,when I drew on target my finger would be in the way untill I put it on the trigger.also I payed more attention to werethe dot wasthen onthe target(as a whole).
my opinion on laser is,its good for shooting paper but under a highlystressed situation,I would rather use the point and shoot and not get distracted by a dot on the other person.THINK about it.See your whole target and whats going on around it or looking at a dot on the target and not the whole target.
But hay thats just how I feel.....................

RE: Red or Green?
 

I already use a laser sight and I love it. For daylight conditions I would recommend open sights and alot of practice. But for indoor, low light, half awake situations I'd choose a Laser handsdown anyday. That with a tactful flashlight. But my question wasn'tshould I use one or not but rather what makes a green laser better. I know that the human eyerecognisesthe yellow/green color best, but is there more to it? In addition how do they get a Green laser in a 635 nm wavelength? As far as I know thats in the red spectrum range. Green is in the 520nm to 565 nm Range

RE: Red or Green?
 

I have never seen a green laser sight for sale on the open market.

I have been told that they are restricted for military/LE only. But, who knows? I have never seen one with my own eyes...so it might just be a movie trick for all I know.

RE: Red or Green?
 

Here is a little info on the green lasers.

http://www.aimshot-sales.com/Green%20Lasers.asp

Apparently, the green laser is 532mn, which ismuch brighter than a normal red laser. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Good luck

RE: Red or Green?
 

Thanks Longrifle, I also did a little research. It seems that since the green laser has a longer wavelength, it makes it easyer to see during the day and for a longer distance too.Alot longer range then my pistol has. But for the daylight property of it, I just bought one. Warmdaze