Posted: 12/3/2008 8:15:41 PM EDT
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1. Is there a difference between a 1913 Rail and a Picatinny Rail?
2. On a weapon light, what is the purpose of the green filter? 3. When an ad for Magpul XT texture rails says "Sold as single panels", does that mean you get only little piece that goes over one or two brackets on the rail, or do you get one long piece that will cover one full rail (or side) of a 4 rail handguard (not the shoulder thing that goes up)? |
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1. Is there a difference between a 1913 Rail and a Picatinny Rail? No. 2. On a weapon light, what is the purpose of the green filter?Night vision MIL-STD-1913 rails came out of the Picatinny Arsenal, that's where the two names for the same rail come from. |
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Found this on Pentagonlight's website:
Since by adaptation, eye sights of most wild animals are least sensitive to the color of green, therefore, green lights are ideal for signaling your hunting buddies or to provide illumination during trap rigging without spooking the game.
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1. According to my EOTech catalog it is a "Picatinny (MIL-STD-1913) rail" 2. It makes the light green. With all the benefits of having a green light wavelength. Green, being in the middle of the visible light spectrum, is the color most easily detectable by the human eye. eta Red is the LEAST detectable; that is why it disrupts your iris so little. (When your iris closes your night vision goes away.) |