Thank you. I am really debating between acquiring a PARD or waiting for availability and purchasing an Arken Optics Zulus ZHD520R.
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PARD Digital Scope
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LOL - with really great "traditional" scopes on my rifles, I just think it would be fun to try out a digital scope and have the flexibility of doing some night time shooting. I probably really need this like a "hole in my head."
I am usually a "buy it once" kind of a purchaser rather than worrying about a couple hundred dollars of price difference.
I am usually a "buy it once" kind of a purchaser rather than worrying about a couple hundred dollars of price difference.
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@bdzjlz Night time shooting what exactly? Within what range(s)? I have a couple of these units and I would not use them for all of the same activities. Are you looking to shoot paper or spinners at night in your yard for fun? Do you wish to shoot rats? Raccoons raiding your trashcans? Do you have a nutria rat problem and see yourself shooting these animas in the water at night? It helps respondents to provide decent feedback when you pose specific questions. A few Pard night vision units work in conjunction with traditional riflescopes. So again, specifics matter. Do you have any experience with night vision scopes?
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BTW - your post was informative and helpful. Thanks, and I really like the range compensating features shown on the Arken.
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No experience with night vision scopes. My neighbor and I have large bird feeders the raccoons like to invade. The farthest one is just short of 60 yards out. My daytime shooting is primarily at spinners as far as 90 yards out.
Thinking about mounting it in my .25 FX King tune for 46 grain heavy slugs. It currently has a Hawke 6-24x56 Sidewinder on it now and is deadly accurate.
Thinking about mounting it in my .25 FX King tune for 46 grain heavy slugs. It currently has a Hawke 6-24x56 Sidewinder on it now and is deadly accurate.
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@bdzjlz If you have a familiar and known fixed distance that you'll be shooting from at night, then the NV007 may be the unit you'd like to try first. It attaches to the ocular end of your existing scope. I practiced with mine at night shooting paper in my yard. Thing about these units is that you lose real estate on the comb of your rifle stock if you don't move your riflescope forward further on the rail to accommodate for additional of the length of the NV007. The newer NV007 units maybe a tad shorter than their predecessors (you'd probably have to compare specs to see for sure). There may even be an NV007 unit with a laser range finder now. When I got mine that wasn't an option. Here it is https://pard.com/store/nv007sp-lrf-clip-on-night-vision-scope/
But for the current end of the year sale price, I'd just go with a DS35 LRF or an NV008 LRF.
DS35 LRF https://pard.com/store/ds35-night-vision-scope/
NV 008 LRF https://pard.com/store/nv008s/
The NV008s LRF was a PITA to sight in for me, but the LRF feature is invaluable for my use on airguns.
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i 'needed' night vision for a seriois night predator problem with my chickens .. i went into it with only gen1 '1X' night vision experience which was pretty ineffective for smaller targets .. so i jumped in with both feet and went ATN and got both a thermal and infrared .. both turned out to be very effective and solved the pest problem quickly .. from what ive seen the pards are a good, cheaper option that should be just as effective .. a couple of points i will repeat, the pard field of view will be less, night vision situations typically need a large field of view, not high magnification, not at airgun ranges anyway .. but still i think the pard is adequate ..the atn, 'full scope style' designs will have a better view .. also the pards tend to be more stable and flawless on boot-up, the full scope styles tend to have much better battery life, but with a seperate illuminator thats going to have 'less' battery life .. so pard ..id say yes id get one at this point and i think it will get the job done .. the atn style is nicer, but better is questionable, some points it is, others not ... rangefinder that ties into a built in ballistics app is way cool and desirable but adds alot of cost ..ultimately it wont be a necessity with any of them .. so again pard? yes, if i was strapped for cash id get the 007 without rangedinder for ~250ish and get the job done ..otherwise if i wanted 'nice' id get a atn 4kpro and the optional ballistic rangefinder with it .. doubt it will get any more kills than the pard in the real world though ...
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