Just started putting together a budget minded pcp ratting rig. Here are a few pics of where I am at so far...
Budget Night Vision Ratting Build
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It's from a Pard NV007 unit I use on my Wildcat rig. I am going to use a different set up for the build. Keeping the costs down.
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Why don't you just put the pard onto this gun? That would be super cost effective, or you want a setup for someone to join you?
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It's not that I haven't or won't I decided to do a build to show people that you can have an effective, low cost night hunting set up. I'm sharing the build stages and parts used in the build too. I'm looking to keep the total cost under $1000 for everything.
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Ah nice! I had a nitesite ns50 that i used for years and worked very well. Especially when you add a bigger flashlight makes it an ns200 easily. I got it used for a good price.
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Patp it's a BOG Deathgrip in the aluminum version. Very nice piece and if you are in the market for a tripod I highly recommend it!
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Can you post all the components your using? New people don’t always know what things are in a photo.
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Thanks for posting! How do you like the BOG Deathgrip compared to a traditional bipod in terms of freedom of movement for your airgun? Does the tripod have cant ability on it like an atlas bipod?
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Built my own DYI night vision setup a while back for I think $250? I thought about getting a dedicated night vision scope ,but I don’t like removing, installing, and re-zeroing scopes so I went with a system that attached to my Hawke scope. Other than adding a lot more heft to the gun the night vision works very well especially with the secondary IR Illuminator up front. I can’t take credit for the concept and I believe I went off the ideas of a gentleman on YoutTube, RolaidsBench.
Most of the components I sourced online and I wanted to put together a system that was easy to take off/on and it had to look “clean” too. I didn’t want wires dangling all over the place because I can imagine how much a pain that would be in the dark! The mount that clamps around the eye piece was a good find and it is actually designed for another night vision system. It’s actually kinda cool too because if you need to take a quick follow up shot with a led light you can swing the camera out of the way and look manually through the scope.
Most of the components I sourced online and I wanted to put together a system that was easy to take off/on and it had to look “clean” too. I didn’t want wires dangling all over the place because I can imagine how much a pain that would be in the dark! The mount that clamps around the eye piece was a good find and it is actually designed for another night vision system. It’s actually kinda cool too because if you need to take a quick follow up shot with a led light you can swing the camera out of the way and look manually through the scope.
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That camera bracket looks sweet. Being able to fold out of the way and then snap/lock back into position. Are you using the EJ230 camera? I built two set-ups based on RollaidsBench. One scoped, and one scopeless.
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It is an EJ230 camera and here is a link to the mount ,but it is currently unavailable it appears.
Armasight Scope Adapter Mount #5 (Spark, Nyx14) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SYH1YY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_J1DWEbWFM85DM
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Thanks for posting the build and the links other provided for the night vision add on . I had no idea such things existed and I will never be able to buy a true night vision scope .
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If still available, I might have given it a try. I tried DIY tube based mounts but they were easy mis-aligned when bumped. I see a thumb-screw version on ebay/ali-express, etc, but don't know if the EJ fits it.
What seems to be working, and a solid mount, is two offset scope mounts. I used the short bug-buster scope forward mounted as possible, and a modified offset mount for the camera. Camera is mounted in an aluminum tube so it fits the 1" scope ring.. I didn't like the screen on top, and prefer the side mount better,
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