I am looking to purchase my first thermal scope. It is going to be used on a .22 ARC AR primarily but may get shifted over to a .22-250 bolt gun once in a while. I am going to use it for varmint hunting here in Maryland and Virginia. Mostly coyotes, foxes, and raccoons on my family farm. I will take it to Florida for hog hunting in February. My budget is around $7,500.00 right now but I can go up a little if I have to. I have been looking at the AGM Adder V2 640 or 1280 and the NocPix Ace H50R or H60R. I keep going back and forth between the 640 resolution vs the 1280 resolution and the base magnification of 2 vs 3. I know I can save a little bit going with the 640 but can't help but think cry once buy once and get the 1280. I like the occular magnification on the Nocpix but have held and looked through the AGM at a gun show and was impressed with it. Is there a practical advantage of the 1280 vs 640? I know my shots are not going to be farther out just because of the increased resolution. I figure with the longest I will take a shot at night will be maybe 300 yards. I have only been hunting once with a thermal and that was using a clip on that my cousin owns. He limited the shots to 150 yards since I was not used to his rifle.
Night Vision Help buying a thermal
- Thread starter Maelstrom
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I like my Yoter C in front of LVPO. Can be used as hand scanner but frankly I’d recommend a cheaper lower resolution hand scanner in addition to whatever you buy for convenience. 640 is likely fine for your needs but also I haven’t looked through 1280.
Many rail mounted work great on an AR platform, but are hard to get behind on a bolt gun. I have a Hogster I use on both, but to run the bolt gun I have to crank the cheek riser up all the way. Just worth thinking about.
Some clip pins mount to the scope and are more versatile.
Some clip pins mount to the scope and are more versatile.
