what ya think about those damn lasers...

[athomas]

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I guess if we are assuming that anybody that would have a laser sight on his gun is stupid enough to aim it at someones face then I change my original post.

Hopefully if anybody does use a laser sight on their gun they will use some common sense and aim for the body.

That is like saying, "I'm gonna use a real grenade, but I'm only ever gonna throw it just out of range of the players so they don't get hurt".

[XMAG-XT00125]

At the field where i play we have one person who uses a laser sight. He plays pump with a long barreled PGP cut back to the end of the pump arm. Having been hit twice in the goggles(JT Spectra thermals[2 lenses]) with the lazer I found that the laser hit the lens and deflected across it as opposed to going thru it. No problems with my eyesight. What it would do on a single lens, i have no idea. We were playing the bush field on both occasions and yes, i was shot out both times...the first one in the goggs, the second one in my hopper as i tried to turn away when the laser hit my goggs. A number of ppl have commented that sights/lasers are a waste of time. Anything set up correctly to your paintball marker and your style of play will improve your play..Its all about knowing the distance to your target(roughly) and the flight path of the paintball in relation to the red dot sight/target reticle or laser on your gat...Do I use one ..No..but i do use a PGP on the bush field...last game i got 6 kills for 4 outs..not bad for 25 paintballs

[Toll]

Red dots are fine. It's projection and a point of reference.

I don't even think I could see a laser on a clear day on a target more than 20 feet away from me.

[warbeak2099]

That is like saying, "I'm gonna use a real grenade, but I'm only ever gonna throw it just out of range of the players so they don't get hurt".

Lol, yea. Saying, "oh I just won't aim for your face" is about the most retarded justification I can think of. Maybe, "no that's a myth they don't hurt your eyes, they make them better." But that's about it.

[Lohman446]

We won't wear goggles and just won't take head shots, that will be safe too

[warbeak2099]

We won't wear goggles and just won't take head shots, that will be safe too

lol

[Ninjeff]

wonder how a laser range finder would work....

Just thinking out loud....

[Toll]

it'd probably work alright, but most games are really too fast to sit there and calibrate.

[athomas]

Having been hit twice in the goggles(JT Spectra thermals[2 lenses]) with the lazer I found that the laser hit the lens and deflected across it as opposed to going thru it. No problems with my eyesight.

The problem with lazers, is you may not notice the loss of sight for 10 - 20 years or more. I had an eye injury when I was 11. I was 35 before it started to affect my sight (that I noticed). It probably affects things that you don't notice right away.

[Jaasper]

Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but the lasers are only harmful if projected into the eye for an extend time. I.e. Pointing it at your face and staring at it is dangerous. Getting hit with it from 20 feet away is not unless someones hand is a lot steadier than mine is at that distant.

I've seen them put to good use, (laser Pointers) in combination with nightvision goggles. Someone would have a pair of NVG and use the laser pointer to point out targets for the rest of us. We use to put them up in the tower of our base at night for perimenter defense. They would scan the area and then use the laser pointer to point out objects of interest. Instead of doing the same thing with a spot light scanning and losing your nightvision. You can also put out listening posts with radios to acomplish the same thing and instead of giving away your position by opening fire, you get someone behind you with a radio to point out the target with a pointer.

Red Dot sights come in handy for the same reasons already stated. Plus if you learn how your markers shoot in reference to your sight in day light , it will better allow you to hit targets at night that your normal would not have a chance in heck of hitting, because of a known reference point for distance and generally shot area.

This all comes from personal expierence playing scenario games with one side having certain teams on it that are NVG heavy and having to defend against them. To use a military term, laser pointers can be a great force multiplier.

-Jaasper

[dstud2000]

What about Lazer tag.....been hit in the eye a few times while going to a zap zone