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IDK why he even wants LED for this application. I'll second or third the 35w HID spotlight idea. The Stanley one is $70 at Walmart.
 
clint357 said:
Update....he now says that 150 yards will be ok.
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Few nights a go I mounted a Fenix TK20 to my .308 which I use in moose hunting, to test how far I could shoot at night.
I would have been able to shoot accurately to 110 yards, and my scope is a cheapo Tasco 2-7x32. :crackup:
 
this is my LEDs that I installed on my surefire G2, over 500 Lum and Trow certainly over 300 yards!
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YOu might be able to see it from 300 yards.. but to throw enough light at a groundhog out that far you need a laser.
 
liteitup said:
are you sure? :p 300 yards is a lot more then a 500 lumen led can do me thinks.
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Yeah there is not a chance in the world that drop in could make it that far. It does not have anything to do with the lumen output however. You do know the DEFT putting out about 300 lumens can go way beyond 300 yards right?
 
liteitup said:
are you sure? :p 300 yards is a lot more then a 500 lumen led can do me thinks.
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data are reported, even the Polarion states over 1.5 km for the PF40 ............
however, the scope is one thing, the way the lights is another ......
If you want a LED flashlight to give you lighting ferfetta to 300 Yards, then bought a nice Olight SR90 Intimidator! :tired:
 
Technically, if you can see a flashlight shining at you from any distance, even from miles away, it means that light photons are spanning the distance. This brings us back to this very subjective area of what's actually, practical and usable in various scenarios.

It's pretty hard to see a person in subdued clothing standing still against a treeline at 300 yards in plain view with a 25W HID and 1800 focused lumens. Reduce the size of the target to a groundhog standing still at that distance and it's highly doubtful you'd ever recognize it as a groudhog. Reduce the lumens down to 1/5, and lose the HID's advantage of higher surface brightness in exchange for a relatively floody LED and you don't have a chance of seeing anything anything out there. In fact, the floodyness is actually a hindrance because it illuminates the foreground which reduces the eye's ability to see more faint and distant objects. The DEFT is the only LED light that can approach the 300 yard mark and still be relatively useful on objects as small as what we're talking about. The SR90 will not accomplish this. Yes, it produces a lot of lumens but it's not going to be as bright as the DEFT in measured lux.

Windstrings, don't you have a DEFT? Give us some 100+ yard beamshots next to your SR90 if you get the chance.
 
We should assume a scope is involved in this equation. Also a bi-pod or rifle rest would be used. For ground hogs at 300 yards in the dark; I'd walk up on them and start shooting at 50 yards.
 
I alreadycalled it. Stanley 35w HID from walmart. $70
 
Yeah, those look like they throw quite a bit of light, but I think he wants something that he can easily attach to his rifle.
 
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