I have a friend that is looking for an inexpensive night vision scope. Does anyone have any suggestions?
How are the Scopes with the infared(?) lights for night hunting?
How are the Scopes with the infared(?) lights for night hunting?
Night vision scope
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I don't have a cheap suggestion.
I did come up with a powerful and cheap IR flashlight.
An older Streamlight Stinger with a halogen bulb and the rubber grip tube fits 30mm rings perfect.
I taped a Fotga 40.5mm 40.5mm Infrared Infra-red IR Filter 850nm over the lens and tree branches are lit up 400 yards away.
I did come up with a powerful and cheap IR flashlight.
An older Streamlight Stinger with a halogen bulb and the rubber grip tube fits 30mm rings perfect.
I taped a Fotga 40.5mm 40.5mm Infrared Infra-red IR Filter 850nm over the lens and tree branches are lit up 400 yards away.
Criminalcamel
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Heh...I ordered one yesterday, so I'll let you know. Armasight Spark I plan on using as a clip on. It's a gen 1 tube, but they have supposedly increased the resolution to on par with $3000 gen 3 units. It still has gen 1 amplification, so it will really only work with active IR, but hopefully that will work for Coyotes. We shall see
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I like my Armasight, but haven't used it for hunting yet. I need to get a scope & mount the two together.
That said, it works very well, especially considering the price point. Has been helpful finding things in the dark... I just don't have crosshairs indexed to it. Yet.
That said, it works very well, especially considering the price point. Has been helpful finding things in the dark... I just don't have crosshairs indexed to it. Yet.
Njdevil
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ATN XSight II they just reviled a new 4k model so this should go on sale shortly
https://www.atncorp.com/
Criminalcamel
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The armasight is actually pretty decent. You can see little to nothing passive, but with a decent IR light you can identify and target out to about 150 yards. You can see eye shine and stuff moving way further than that but it’s hard to tell what it is. It’s really hard to make pictures of it, but this is one of a deer from about 80 yards off. NV is in front of a 4x ta31 ACOG. It looks a lot better to the eye
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Criminalcamel
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Looks clean. Your pic or stock? What kind of range, conditions?
Criminalcamel
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My pic off the back porch about 20 minutes ago. Overcast, zero moon or star light, and the IR light that comes with it on the middle power setting. It is the 5-20x Xsight on 5 power at about 60 yards.
It is pretty good out to 175-200, but the field of view is pretty terrible. I think I am going to send it back and get the 3-14x for a little better field of view
It is pretty good out to 175-200, but the field of view is pretty terrible. I think I am going to send it back and get the 3-14x for a little better field of view