Anyone had luck with budget night vision rigs?

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HubenK1Sniper92 said:
It only works for skunks for me, they don’t run when the light hits them, possums and trash pandas take off when the light hits them 😊
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@HubenK1Sniper92 Yea that sounds about right. From what I’ve heard and seen, they often run when pellets and bullets hit them. I can only image how many look at you as if they are offended before taking off running when you hit them with a flashlight. What’s even more impressive is the amount of raccoons you seem to hit with these light lights. Maybe you missed your calling. Sounds like you may have made a good pitcher or quarterback.
 
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Vetmx said:
I am constantly playing with the parallax knob when shooting at various distances at night. And 30 yards at night is no longer 30 yards on the parallax wheel. I don’t think I ever tried a clip on with a fixed parallax scope. If you are real serious about getting one, I will try one on my fixed parallax squirrel scope. It’s just sitting there waiting for squirrel season.
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I will ultimately get a rig going but if it's gonna mean buying a scope then it will have to wait a few months. I'm way over budget with toys in the last few weeks. If you can test then great but if not then it's no big deal. I just re scoped my long range 6.5 creedmore setup and have several builds ongoing so I have to draw an imaginary line ha.
 
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Ezana4CE said:
@HubenK1Sniper92 Yea that sounds about right. From what I’ve heard and seen, they often run when pellets and bullets hit them. I can only image how many look at you as if they are offended before taking off running when you hit them with a flashlight. What’s even more impressive is the amount of raccoons you seem to hit with these light lights. Maybe you missed your calling. Sounds like you may have made a good pitcher or quarterback.
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???? You lost me with this post lol… did you have to many adult beverages while posting this 😂😂😂
 
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mr_nom_noms_ said:
I will ultimately get a rig going but if it's gonna mean buying a scope then it will have to wait a few months. I'm way over budget with toys in the last few weeks. If you can test then great but if not then it's no big deal. I just re scoped my long range 6.5 creedmore setup and have several builds ongoing so I have to draw an imaginary line ha.
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Nothing wrong with that. It’s what responsible people do. I will let you know tonight. Maybe save you a few bucks. Night shooting for some can be an investment. For others, all it needs to be is kinda convenient because it’s not their main thing.
 
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beerthief said:
always fascinated with night vision , but never had a reason to buy one , here i can use a flashlight and coons look at me and freeze for a minute and maybe walk slowly off the light .
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I can only do that with skunks here, the trash pandas and possums run away.. I had a atn but got rid of it because I found myself drinking on the back porch half the night waiting for critters to shoot 😀
 
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Big no go with a fixed parallax scope. Once I focused the crosshairs using the wheel on the Pard, everything was blurry from 20-60 yards. I was using a scope with a 35 yard fixed parallax. Just for some info, one of the most impressive scopes that really agree with a clip on are Hawke Airmax 30 scopes. Night shooting is crystal clear. Maybe even a little better than my NF. My beef with the Wraith 4k is two things. One, when you zoom it starts going to crap. Two, I shoot pretty far at night. You can’t click it and the values change on the reticle with the hash marks as you zoom. They are also tiny a closely spaced. On a centerfire the Wraith is fine. Loopy slow airgun, a chore if you shoot far at small critters.
 
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Vetmx said:
I have a Wraith 4k on one gun but I truly prefer the clip on Pards that I have. You just have to have a scope that’s glass likes them. You also have to have a way to increase your LOP when you clip it on so things are comfy. I recently purchased a Oneleaf Pard copy for my buddy. It was cheaper than a Pard but very similar. I was impressed with it when I got his gun set up with it. The torch is plenty bright to shoot at 100 yards with. The nice thing about a clip on is all your clicking for distance stays the same. You want to shoot at 100, click your scope like you always do.
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Can you tell us a scope or two that does work well with the clip on Pard/Oneleaf?

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-pg
 
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gendoc said:
my ATN 4k pro does everything i need it to do easily.....
i had the nv100, and a pard clip on. there ok but from my hunting they were just not friendly.
i'm wanting to try that wraith mini, i hear its great !!
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gendoc...my wraith mini is the bomb....no problems at all....easy set up too....just fit the nv 100 on the impact with a Titan 5-25x56.....IT DONT WORK....turrets are to high to use the lazer...and the ir light is partially blocked at the bottom of screen......And what a pita to adjust on the fly @ night.....lol....Its brand new but its goin back....no wonder the "plus version has such "low' turrets..
 
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What a bummer......i thought i was gona get out cheap.....the NV 100 laser hits the turret cap & kinda blocks the ir light too.....well made unit other than that....

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stretch56 said:
What a bummer......i thought i was gona get out cheap.....the NV 100 laser hits the turret cap & kinda blocks the ir light too.....well made unit other than that....

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You need to rotate your front flip cap 90 degrees so it flips out to the side, not up. Your jumbo turret has no effect on the IR torch. The laser is a useless feature so you’ll never miss it. Here’s the caps on some of my guns that get the clip on treatment.

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Thanx vetmx....Actually ....The lazer was more of a pointer (for ur boys...when u spot something...kinda tuff to give verbal directions at night)..I was gona return it..but it would make a great hand held spotter....The Lens caps were never a concern....(ask me how I know that)...lmao.....yea I did it too with my first nv rig.......Kinda like the "cheech" line....I'm blind !!!...lol..and then u realize, you've just had a mongoloid moment....:rolleyes:
 
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delooper said:
I really like the look of the new Holosun

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It looks like it will cost about $2.3k USD. That's not cheap, but for a small-sized thermal device (admittedly, low resolution) it's pretty good.
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A few new night vision offerings, including digital night vision and thermal.

www.outdoorlife.com

Holosun DRS Thermal Sight: First Look and Update on Availability

The Holosun DRS-TH and DRS-NV are hitting shelves this February. Here's a look at the updates to these optics.
www.outdoorlife.com www.outdoorlife.com
 
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I put an Immersive prismatic 14x50 on my Huben k1 25 to go for trash pandas. I will take it out tomorrow and put the Pard NV007s on it and see how it fares. So far the prismatic has been very good at +-1" groups at 50 yards and +-2" at 100 yards. The parallax focus is very defined albeit not a lot of travel on the knob. I'm hoping the Pard will do well on it as the racoons will be well under 50 yards when I go out for the hunt (I have a blind at 50 yards to the deer feeder). The FOV is very wide on these type of scopes. I have an 008s incoming to replace the Gen5 ATN that I have been RMAing now for a few months...
 
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