I would be looking at my back yard every dang night...Interesting. But what’s the use case? No good for maneuver, right?
Get a $600 Sionyx for that. They work GREAT for observation in a fixed location.I would be looking at my back yard every dang night...
Depends on if it's actually 'decent'. We need to see some specs for that. I can tell you I wasn't at all impressed with any of the images I've seen, so far, from Shot Show -- but because they were all green I suspect it's the NV optic only that we've seen.$1,600 for a decent thermal for hog hunting will be a hot seller.
I feel the same even at $2300. I'll also say I'm pretty turned off by the overall height of the optics, but I can forgive it in the NV optic specifically because my night gun has a really tall riser on it specifically to allow me to see/use it under NODs. There's just no need for that on the thermal optics (or even on the NV optic since one need not line up NODs with it), IMHO -- but I suspect it was done for cost reasons (i.e. to allow the units to share batteries, internals, screens, etc.).I read somewhere (didn't copy the link) two tiers in each category, thermal and NV. Prices at $1600 - $3200.
At $3200, if I had that kind of $ to spend, I'd probably save a bit more and get a real thermal with zoom and video capabilities
Yes! Spot-on! @DrScaryGuy, this is the way.Get a $600 Sionyx for that. They work GREAT for observation in a fixed location.
Same as with WML's.@1075tech -- nice find, thanks for sharing!
@Tim - Think sniping ... or perhaps hog/coyote hunting. (After all, pointing a firearm all over the place so you can use its optic to scan at night violates the 1st rul of gun safety: "Always Keep Firearm Pointed in a Safe direction. Never point your gun at anything you do not intend to destroy.")
I heard on a podcast from a MI firearms instructor I know that detroit police lost their ability to have weapon mounted lights because they kept their hands and everybody around when using them to check IDs instead of using a dedicated admin light. They all go through updated retraining to get their lights back.Handhelds for scanning, locating and identfying potential unknown targets. Weapon mounted for targeting. At some point one has to decide if they are disciplined enough to use a weapon mounted device for scanning and identifying targets.
They bought out IR Defense who made the original REAP-IR plus a few others and rebranded'em.I thought I saw something saying Trijicon was also making NV? Can’t find it now…maybe they already did and I was unaware or maybe I misread? Anyway, if they do, it likely won’t be on the affordable scale! 🤣