Hello all,
I'm finishing up a few of my first builds and I'm about to start investing into reloading equipment and optics in the near future. I'm a firm believer in the buy once cry once school of thought.
I've looked at quite a few reviews online and compared some of the top brands, but I came across some of the IR sights and a few questions have come to mind. I have found a few IR sights where the manufacturer makes them to clip on in front of existing scopes. The effect of it is that the existing sight is essentially just zooming in on the IR optic's screen, which has limitations. I understand that regular glass doesn't allow IR light to pass through, so a clip on IR optic wouldn't be able to be added behind a traditional scope.
I've read that there are other types of lenses that aren't the traditional type of glass material that will allow IR light to pass through, which would allow a IR sight to be added behind them. The result is that as long as the existing sight is sighted in the IR clip on can just be thrown on without the need for additional sighting. It would also allow for the existing optics capabilities to be used without the limitation of zooming in on a screen.
The info I've read on this hasn't actually referenced any specific manufacturers of such optics though. I'm not in the market for an IR sight yet, but because I think it will be something I invest in down the line, I'd rather look into having IR compatible optics now with this special type of glass.
Is anyone aware of which optics or manufacturers of such optics are out there?
Thank you
I'm finishing up a few of my first builds and I'm about to start investing into reloading equipment and optics in the near future. I'm a firm believer in the buy once cry once school of thought.
I've looked at quite a few reviews online and compared some of the top brands, but I came across some of the IR sights and a few questions have come to mind. I have found a few IR sights where the manufacturer makes them to clip on in front of existing scopes. The effect of it is that the existing sight is essentially just zooming in on the IR optic's screen, which has limitations. I understand that regular glass doesn't allow IR light to pass through, so a clip on IR optic wouldn't be able to be added behind a traditional scope.
I've read that there are other types of lenses that aren't the traditional type of glass material that will allow IR light to pass through, which would allow a IR sight to be added behind them. The result is that as long as the existing sight is sighted in the IR clip on can just be thrown on without the need for additional sighting. It would also allow for the existing optics capabilities to be used without the limitation of zooming in on a screen.
The info I've read on this hasn't actually referenced any specific manufacturers of such optics though. I'm not in the market for an IR sight yet, but because I think it will be something I invest in down the line, I'd rather look into having IR compatible optics now with this special type of glass.
Is anyone aware of which optics or manufacturers of such optics are out there?
Thank you