The piece of green glass mounted at a 45deg angle is the IR filter. It is a reflective type rather than absorbtion type like a leadlight.
I got the 70mW figure because that is what it was sold to me as (I realize this means essentially nothing), and because it is brighter than a laser I have that emmits a fairly stable 55-70mW.
It is able to light a black painted match from about 5ft, which tells me that it really is making quite a lot of green light, as IR light would be much too low of intensity to do any good for lighting things by 5ft.
As a gun sight, it's really a pretty neat product. It has screws for fine windage and elevation adjustments, and it was fairly easy to dial-in. Its managed to stay functional and on-target after about 500 rounds now.
As far as a weapon sight goes, it's doing everything I can ask of a weapon sight. Holds onto the gun, stays on target, shows the dot on the target VERY well, has 2 modes of turning it on, a touch pad switch and a twisty switch. Since I'm not using it for tactical purposes, just twisting it on and leaving it on works fine for me.
My only complaint is that the unit must weigh 2lbs, and though the case does appear to have enough o-rings and things to be water proof, I don't really see the need to have machined it from a solid block of aluminum and makeing it so heavy. It kinda throws off the ballance of the weapon, but I did get used to it after a while.
Best Wishes,
-Luke
(honestly my fault for touching them like an idiot)
