jtallen83 Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 I love my Surefire lights but generally buy them secondhand because of the high cost on new. Streamlight makes a great light for the money, very little if any build quality difference between them and Surefire. Viridian did not impress me, had a flimsy china built feel to the controls and no gaskets on any openings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.R.D. Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Yes, I got my Surefires second hand as well. Great deals on EBay. One lasted for years, and when it went finally went down (older model, lots of use an abuse), Surefire replaced it with the current upgraded model, no questions asked. Amazing customer service. Streamlight is a good value, but not build as heavy duty (there are entire articles comparing them in detail), and most importantly more me, the toggle butterfly switch is uni-directional. Only one direction is used for constant on and other other for momentary. Personally, I find the complete ambi set up of Surefire a lot more user friendly, intuitive and better for stressful situations. I borrowed my friend's Viridian and ran it for a couple days. While the green laser is super bright, the adjustments were horrible, build was very flimsy, and I seriously doubt it would survive one accidental or intentional knock against a barricade or drop on the deck. I would definitely hesitate to bet my life on it my $0.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted December 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 I agree with Sisco , I sighted the Scope in @ 100 yards & put out some very good groups with the ACT Trigger group in the Rifle , but I too didn't buy it for long range precision work ( Wife's Carbine ) . I do like it & wish I would have purchased another when Brownells had them for $79 , now they are gone & it reads obsolete . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 On 12/2/2017 at 6:19 AM, survivalshop said: I do like it & wish I would have purchased another when Brownells had them for $79 , now they are gone & it reads obsolete . I jumped on that when you guys posted that sale - and it's here, and I like it. Haven't shot it yet, but I will. I like the BDC reticle, and I love that it's 0.1 Mil clicks on the turrets. I'll get more indepth on it once I shoot it. I have a few other 1-4 optics to compare it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuflehundon Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I had one of these and the 1-4x24 PCL FFP scope. Both were good, I preferred the FP version. Used it for 3gun for about a year while I saved up for better glass. Only issue I see with these is that they are getting behind the times. 1-6 seems to be the standard now, and things are moving towards 1-8. The Vortex Strike Eagles and good entry level optics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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