Anyone use / experience with DBAL/PEQ15 with AR15

[n2horns]

Anyone use or have any experience using DBAL or PEQ15 laser/infrared devices on AR15? Curious if the visible laser would be good for home defense with AR15. I may get into night hunting and maybe a good option for that with infrared/laser illuminator.

[metau]

Used two of their predecessor, the PEQ-2A, extensively over in the sandbox. If you're going to hunt at night with NVD's, then yes, it's possibly a good fit for that.

 

As for the laser for home defense, can't say either way for you. Personally, I would not use one. My eye sight in the dark is better than most, and any sort of light makes me loose my peripheral vision. I'd much rather have a weapon mounted light and an RDO. You can blind them with the initial blast from the weapon light as you pick up the target in the RDO, giving you enough time to identify the target and confirm threat status before twitching your booger flicker. Besides, if you train like we all should, at the distances involved inside most of our homes, reflexive aiming is more than sufficient to neutralize any threat. The need for the precision afforded by the laser at those distances is not a necessity for most home defense scenarios. If you have not already, I would also suggest analyzing your platform, caliber and bullet selection based on residential location, proximity to neighbors, house construction, floor plan, likely ingress and egress routes and location/elevation of normally occupied beds. The only thing worse than dealing with the hassle of shooting a home invader is dealing with what happens if you hit someone else due to a miss or over penetration.

[Xnt]

I have a Crimson Trace green laser on my home sport utility rifle. It bright enough to light up half the house but not so bright it blinds your night vision. Even in the daylight its visible on the neighbors house!*

 

*=Tested before attached to the rifle