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Night Vision Scope

SilentKnightSilentKnight Member Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 2003 in General Discussion
What is a a good recommendation for a night vision scope?

Or do the make a scope with a built in laser?
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  • SilentKnightSilentKnight Member Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I want to buy a night vision scope so I can shoot coyotes, any recomendations? I want something good, but not to break the bank!
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  • SilentKnightSilentKnight Member Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is a good clear reliable night vision scope, for a resonable price(around $220)?
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  • jwhardingjwharding Member Posts: 2,897 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    They don't make it. Two or even three hundred is not going to get you a good clear nightvision scope. Start looking on the gun broker auction and you'll get an idea of what you will have to pay.
    JW

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  • Red223Red223 Member Posts: 7,946
    edited November -1
    @$560 for first Gen thru Cabela's
    $1300 for good 2nd Generation thru them also.



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  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah there is Gen 1 thru Gen 3, 3 is the absolute best, and is what the military currently uses I believe, but a decent gen 3 is gonna be at least 3 grand.

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  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:They don't make it. Two or even three hundred is not going to get you a good clear nightvision scope

    Gotta disagree with this comment. I have now and have owned several night vision scopes (both handheld and rifle) that ran me less than 300 bucks and have benn pleased with all but one of them.

    The less expensive scopes tend to need an IR more than others in total darkeness and some tend to have a few spots on the tubes, but unless you are in a life or death situation its nothing to fret over.

    If you look for one with at least 35,000 times light amplification and better that 28 lpm resolution you will find it to be great for wildlife or watching the skinny dippers at night[:D]

    Stay away from Moonlight products and you should be fine. Mopst of the 1st gen and 1stgen+ in the US is russian tubes and american assembled.

    Do a little research (E-bay is good) and you CAN get a decent night vision device for around 250 to 300. I bought on off fleabay for 300 that was originally a 500 dollar unit with 5x magnification and built in IR, it worked wonderfully untill I dropped it from a tree stand[:(].

    Shop around you can get one

    JuJu(who says price is not always an indicator of quality)
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  • SilentKnightSilentKnight Member Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How do you feel about this scope?? Good, crap?
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