Mapping rangefinder beam with night vision

[Alec Cochran]

At a match recently someone recommended using night vision through the barrel of my Vector X to see where the laser hit and how it was oriented. He also had a pair of the Vectors and his reticle was at a 45* angle when he tested them this way. After checking mine recently, I found mine was oriented very similarly to his. Here’s a picture of the laser in my Vectors.

Now that I know how the laser is laid out relative to the reticle, it makes more sense why I haven’t been able to precisely pinpoint the laser location using the typical telephone pole/electrical wire tricks as the readings were not always consistent.

I also mapped the laser on a pair of Geovid Pro’s and it was halfway outside of the circle aiming point in the upper left quadrant.

I’m curious how many others have tried this trick. Has anyone else done this test? If so, is your laser oriented horizontally or is it at an angle? Has anyone noticed a difference in laser performance based on horizontality? Without having my hands on a lot of units, not sure how normal/irregular different laser beams and collimations are. Very curious to see if others can report back on their experience with this test.

 

[KnowNothing256]

Good to know, also got inconclusive results with my Vector-X on my initial testing, decided I needed more of a single point to detect the boundaries; this may help me narrow it down a lot faster, thanks!

 

[NHPiper]

Pretty sure my laser on the Vortex Impact 4000 is the same diagonal that you have here.

 

[6.5SH]

Common Near IR security cameras such as Wyze or Ring can see LRF 'dot' as well.

 

[Trevor300wsm]

At a match recently someone recommended using night vision through the barrel of my Vector X to see where the laser hit and how it was oriented. He also had a pair of the Vectors and his reticle was at a 45* angle when he tested them this way. After checking mine recently, I found mine was oriented very similarly to his. Here’s a picture of the laser in my Vectors.

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Now that I know how the laser is laid out relative to the reticle, it makes more sense why I haven’t been able to precisely pinpoint the laser location using the typical telephone pole/electrical wire tricks as the readings were not always consistent.

I also mapped the laser on a pair of Geovid Pro’s and it was halfway outside of the circle aiming point in the upper left quadrant.

I’m curious how many others have tried this trick. Has anyone else done this test? If so, is your laser oriented horizontally or is it at an angle? Has anyone noticed a difference in laser performance based on horizontality? Without having my hands on a lot of units, not sure how normal/irregular different laser beams and collimations are. Very curious to see if others can report back on their experience with this test.

I dont know why I didnt think of this. This explains why i'm able to hold the "+" off the highline pole a good bit and it will still give the same range reading. Im gonna have to check mine and see exactly how it is oriented.

 

[Holliday]

Common Near IR security cameras such as Wyze or Ring can see LRF 'dot' as well.

Well boom! I am using wyze so I will try that!

ETA: Works like a charm!