Author: Rancid Coolaid
Subject: Night Scope
Posted: February/06/2014 at 10:48
About the best "bang for buck" in that price range is a digital NV scope, like the Pulsar N750 (http://swfa.com/Pulsar-Digisight-N750-Digital-Night-Vision-Riflescope-P64654.aspx)
Subject: Night Scope
Posted: February/06/2014 at 10:48
About the best "bang for buck" in that price range is a digital NV scope, like the Pulsar N750 (http://swfa.com/Pulsar-Digisight-N750-Digital-Night-Vision-Riflescope-P64654.aspx)
I owned the previous generation N550 and liked it for what it was. The image quality is quite good, you can record from it (with an external DVR) and it works in full light, which is nice for zeroing. The negatives: it is gray-scale which really messes with night vision when you come off the scope, it is not a light amplifier like traditional NVs like a PVS14 - so you really need an external IR illuminator, and it is big.
In your budget, don't even consider a Gen1 or Gen2 night vision, and stay well away from ATN and the cheap stuff - it will piss you off to no end.
My N550 was mounted to an AR10 and it served me well. I have since moved to a PVS14 with IR laser, it serves me MUCH better, but costs MUCH more.
If you want a genuine night vision scope, you need about $2,000 more, then look at gen3 scopes.
In terms of night vision, it is better to have nothing (maybe a very good flashlight) than to have bad night vision.
Hope that helps.