Looking for a good option on a night vision, scope, and gun for raccoons and foxes and rats
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Night hunting?
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Do you have any videos of you shooting it I was looking for a brk ghost but they are all sold out
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Shoot me a message I have been testing NV and Thermal for a while now. I will get you on the right track.
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Sightmark wraith for sure any at base power of 2 x.....If you have more to spend there are a lot of thermal options.
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Atn 4k pro with abl.
Can shoot day or night, has a built in ballistic calculator, can laze your target for accurate distance. The 3x version can digital zoom to over 30x magnification.
As for rifle choice at night, you'll probably want something supressed somehow, and depending on how far you want to shoot( pellets 100 yards and in, slugs past 100) you might want a rifle that can shoot slugs. Something regulated will help you also if you plan on taking multiple shots a night away from home.
Price range depending, thermal is waaay better than night vision. Atn thor 4 has worked well for me. The western rifles like rattler, or sidewinder would be great. If thats out of your price range maybe a umarex gauntlet 2 in .30? I do not own one but ive heard it shoots slugs well and is an <$500 rifle
Can shoot day or night, has a built in ballistic calculator, can laze your target for accurate distance. The 3x version can digital zoom to over 30x magnification.
As for rifle choice at night, you'll probably want something supressed somehow, and depending on how far you want to shoot( pellets 100 yards and in, slugs past 100) you might want a rifle that can shoot slugs. Something regulated will help you also if you plan on taking multiple shots a night away from home.
Price range depending, thermal is waaay better than night vision. Atn thor 4 has worked well for me. The western rifles like rattler, or sidewinder would be great. If thats out of your price range maybe a umarex gauntlet 2 in .30? I do not own one but ive heard it shoots slugs well and is an <$500 rifle
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Are you pesting or hunting? If pesting at a fixed known location and you don't need video, then a red light always lighting up the area and a illuminated reticle will work just fine at a fraction of the cost.
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I have two PARD NV008S LRF for night vision and they work amazingly well. Can do video too if you want, They can shoot day and night and have very crisp images; also a lot less expensive than thermal. They are very light scopes, and within $1000 it's a really good choice.
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Working with PVS-14's and actually shooting accurately is very challenging.
I've found a good quality red dot on a pistol is my favorite setup - followed by an IR laser on a short rifle.
But, this stuff ain't cheap - get ready to spend $10k for a decent setup.
Suggest TNVC.com for the night vision...
With that being said, your use case, an active illumination setup with an ATN scope would be fine, and a lot cheaper and easier to use, you'll just be locked in to one location instead of being mobile.
I've found a good quality red dot on a pistol is my favorite setup - followed by an IR laser on a short rifle.
But, this stuff ain't cheap - get ready to spend $10k for a decent setup.
Suggest TNVC.com for the night vision...
With that being said, your use case, an active illumination setup with an ATN scope would be fine, and a lot cheaper and easier to use, you'll just be locked in to one location instead of being mobile.
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Pellets will be fine then, also most pellet rifles will work for you. You wont need an expensive setup at all.
You could just get a red dot and then something like the cheapest Bushnell equinox z for around $100, mount it behind the red dot.
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Hi everyone.
I just entered this website..Im going into aiguns from spring action to pcp which is what I have now.
Night hunting at least in Chile is restricted just for rabbit and jack rabbits...usually we use flashlights with red beam. Works pretty good.. tried green Laser Genetic but seems rabbit feel it ...well I'll be reading and trying to learn and giving a hand if I can.
Rgds.
Carlos.22
I just entered this website..Im going into aiguns from spring action to pcp which is what I have now.
Night hunting at least in Chile is restricted just for rabbit and jack rabbits...usually we use flashlights with red beam. Works pretty good.. tried green Laser Genetic but seems rabbit feel it ...well I'll be reading and trying to learn and giving a hand if I can.
Rgds.
Carlos.22
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Check out YouTube The Late Night Vision Show.....There the experts in night vision....I'd watch there podcast before spending any money... Thermal or night vision base magnification extremely important....there advice greatly helped me and was 100% correct... Some night vision companies are carrying 3-5 year warranty s.. For me $330.00 for my sightmark wraith has been a good investment...always works..reliable... More so sadly than many traditional day optics
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I have pard 008 lrf , 008s lrf and now ds 35 /70 lrf ..
No brainer , ds is so good , a real improvement ..
No brainer , ds is so good , a real improvement ..
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