I got an opportunity to pick up L3 CNVD-LR at rather good price and was testing them for last 2 nights in my backyard against CO-LR.
Yesterday night was much brighter thanks to house being lit up and sky being clear - I did not ran my IR light at any magnification.
Today was cloudy and dark and I turned off all lights in the house.
Thanks to my dog I had no wildlife to observe tonight
Distances were 80-120 yards with some limited observation of neighbors at 300 - for halo effect.
Scope used was Weather Tactical 3-15 with EMDR (people claim what EMDR version is a bit clearer)
I was planning to use Leupold MK 6 3-18 like I did last time but Weather proved to be so good and clear I felt no need to go upstairs and grab another rifle and switch scopes around. I was actually rather amazed how well this Weavers preform for money.
1) Fit and finish
L3 gets a clear win - feels like a much finer piece of equipment similar to the Swiss watch. It's also rated for much harsher recoil and is a piece of gear to get for SHTF situation
2) Ergonomics - I like L3 better as well - especially focusing lever and light blocker. It's also a bit lighter and Larue Mount allows mounting on the shorter rails such as MDT LSS chassis - their rail is too short for Armasight double QD mount. Focusing knob on CO-LR is my biggest complaint about unit - you have to fiddle with it
3)Optical Clarity - comparing well lit area to take a tube S/N out of equation. L# is a tiny bit better.
Next areas of comparing have to deal with particular tube in the units - keep in mind what my CO-LR has Alpha grade tube as oppose to hand select tube of CNVD-LR
4) Performance with good lighting or IR torch - virtually no difference - small edge to L# probably due to optical clarity
5) Performance in very dark night - L3 pulls ahead significantly, tonight Aramsight was almost not usable without the IR but I still had no problems with L3 in front of 15X magnification.
6)Halo performance - Again L3 did better, I was actually able to see what my neighbors were doing
I did not get to shoot CNYD-LR but they guaranty shift of POI by less than 0.4MOA. Armasight gave me 0.5-0.7 shifts and 100% repitability
Final thoughts. Considering what L3 costs 2 TIMES more than Armasight Filmless Autogated and almost 3 times more than my Alpha - Armasight is no brainer choice for casual hunter or normal use situation. Even my Alpha was rather close in performance and I have an opinion what if I was using CO-LR Pinnacle or Filmless they would be dead even(CNVD-LR does have a little bit more optical clarity)
But if you have $$$$ burning hole in your pocket and you need to have mission critical equipment or get a really good deal like I did - CNVD-LR is best NV Clip On I looked through. May be by 10% if I have to put a number on it.
Yesterday night was much brighter thanks to house being lit up and sky being clear - I did not ran my IR light at any magnification.
Today was cloudy and dark and I turned off all lights in the house.
Thanks to my dog I had no wildlife to observe tonight
Distances were 80-120 yards with some limited observation of neighbors at 300 - for halo effect.
Scope used was Weather Tactical 3-15 with EMDR (people claim what EMDR version is a bit clearer)
I was planning to use Leupold MK 6 3-18 like I did last time but Weather proved to be so good and clear I felt no need to go upstairs and grab another rifle and switch scopes around. I was actually rather amazed how well this Weavers preform for money.
1) Fit and finish
L3 gets a clear win - feels like a much finer piece of equipment similar to the Swiss watch. It's also rated for much harsher recoil and is a piece of gear to get for SHTF situation
2) Ergonomics - I like L3 better as well - especially focusing lever and light blocker. It's also a bit lighter and Larue Mount allows mounting on the shorter rails such as MDT LSS chassis - their rail is too short for Armasight double QD mount. Focusing knob on CO-LR is my biggest complaint about unit - you have to fiddle with it
3)Optical Clarity - comparing well lit area to take a tube S/N out of equation. L# is a tiny bit better.
Next areas of comparing have to deal with particular tube in the units - keep in mind what my CO-LR has Alpha grade tube as oppose to hand select tube of CNVD-LR
4) Performance with good lighting or IR torch - virtually no difference - small edge to L# probably due to optical clarity
5) Performance in very dark night - L3 pulls ahead significantly, tonight Aramsight was almost not usable without the IR but I still had no problems with L3 in front of 15X magnification.
6)Halo performance - Again L3 did better, I was actually able to see what my neighbors were doing
I did not get to shoot CNYD-LR but they guaranty shift of POI by less than 0.4MOA. Armasight gave me 0.5-0.7 shifts and 100% repitability
Final thoughts. Considering what L3 costs 2 TIMES more than Armasight Filmless Autogated and almost 3 times more than my Alpha - Armasight is no brainer choice for casual hunter or normal use situation. Even my Alpha was rather close in performance and I have an opinion what if I was using CO-LR Pinnacle or Filmless they would be dead even(CNVD-LR does have a little bit more optical clarity)
But if you have $$$$ burning hole in your pocket and you need to have mission critical equipment or get a really good deal like I did - CNVD-LR is best NV Clip On I looked through. May be by 10% if I have to put a number on it.
