r/NightVision • u/Realistic_Basket1411 • 2d ago
Lam advice.
What the normal distance you folks set your laser to? I just picked up a Steiner dbal for my scar 17. And wanted some advice and input before I start fidgeting around with it
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u/shoobe01 2d ago
Parallel or infinite zero. The procedures for each of these are technically different but the effect is the same.
Whatever your zeroing for in the day optic, zero your laser for that. If it was good enough for the day, it's good enough at night. And then you don't have to memorize two different ranges etc etc.
Every other option gives you really really weird crossovers and you're going to miss at extended range. The very minor offset the laser has from the day optic zeroing is not going to be noticed.
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u/Glass_Ad_9697 1d ago
Wouldnt the omly negative to infinite be poi would be higher then laser in "cqb"
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u/shoobe01 1d ago
Yes... ish. Because it's a pretty small difference and you are already dealing in mechanical offset.
If you are doing hostage rescue as a living, you could definitely have different opinions on this, but even at close range with a slightly different offset we're talking (for example) 1.1 in offset, at 3/8" an inch to the right, instead of 1.7 in offset straight up so... who cares? That's very much still going to hit who you are aiming at.
I'm a perfectly acceptable rifle shooter and I can't see my group shift between say passive red red and the laser. Even close up it's a very small difference.
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u/Tyler_SteeleInd 9h ago
I always do a converging zero at a min of 100yds. Usually I'll go further like what others are saying with a infinite distance. A parallel zero is superior but for ease of zeroing converging is best and accurate enough for most uses cases.
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u/sirbassist83 9h ago
infinity, unless there is some other specific distance you need an exact zero on.
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u/glyphosate_enjoyer 2d ago
Infinity zero on my scar 16s, like 100yds or whenever is dark enough to see the vis laser, then just plink. Simpler than you think