Night Vision Help with coyote setup, NV or thermal?
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Good thermal is expensive, he can get a 14 and an illuminator/laser for just about that. A good NV clip on can be had for $4700, that's what I went with, the PVS 30 and it works in front of any day optic up to 17-25x (depending on what you can live with, 25x is pretty grainy). Still need an illuminator. You'll need that for any NV or shit can go completely unseen right under your nose.
I agree, thermal will make shit light up. What a lot of hunters do that have a budget is go with a handheld thermal to scan with and then take the shot with NV. Head mounted PVS14 and a weapon mounted thermal would also work well I'd imagine but I'd rather scan with thermal. You can just see better with the NV.
Clipping a 14 on the rifle works, but you give up the ability to just walk around with it. You CAN do both --I have a Larue QD PVS14/EoTech mount and I don't use it so if you do go that route, let me know and I can save you a bunch on those mounts. The NV mount doesn't interfere with a headmount and it's not big or heavy.
Pretty much all NV has it's limitations or drawbacks, this is good for that, that's better for this, so on. So there's always a trade off no matter what. Head mount and a laser is most convenient and probably the cheapest route to get into night vision and it's what most of us start with or simply do.
Give Vic at TNVC a call or PM him on here, he can square you away and help you stay in your price range and tell you exactly what x model will do and won't do.
I grew up in Huntsville but travelled that entire state and all the back roads; Dothan ended up being my favorite by far though. Nice place and lots of girls and PCB right down the hwy.
I agree, thermal will make shit light up. What a lot of hunters do that have a budget is go with a handheld thermal to scan with and then take the shot with NV. Head mounted PVS14 and a weapon mounted thermal would also work well I'd imagine but I'd rather scan with thermal. You can just see better with the NV.
Clipping a 14 on the rifle works, but you give up the ability to just walk around with it. You CAN do both --I have a Larue QD PVS14/EoTech mount and I don't use it so if you do go that route, let me know and I can save you a bunch on those mounts. The NV mount doesn't interfere with a headmount and it's not big or heavy.
Pretty much all NV has it's limitations or drawbacks, this is good for that, that's better for this, so on. So there's always a trade off no matter what. Head mount and a laser is most convenient and probably the cheapest route to get into night vision and it's what most of us start with or simply do.
Give Vic at TNVC a call or PM him on here, he can square you away and help you stay in your price range and tell you exactly what x model will do and won't do.
I grew up in Huntsville but travelled that entire state and all the back roads; Dothan ended up being my favorite by far though. Nice place and lots of girls and PCB right down the hwy.
If you're hunting, get a thermal. It's much better at helping you find animals than a clip-on/helmet mounted solution. You can see stuff back behind the treeline that you would never pick-up with NV.
I much prefer the thermal for scanning and shooting. The pulsar units are good. The NV is awesome for navigating. If you are on a tight budget you could squeeze out a thermal scope and some used NV for close to $3k. Personally I’d rather have some capability in both rather than spending it all on one.
For up to $3,000 price range ... the pulsar apex have the best bang for the buck ...
Huey Outdoors might have them in stock (usually when he says "sale" he has them in stock) ...
https://www.hueyoutdoors.com/product/apex-xq38-2-2-8-8x32-thermal-riflescope/
Huey Outdoors might have them in stock (usually when he says "sale" he has them in stock) ...
https://www.hueyoutdoors.com/product/apex-xq38-2-2-8-8x32-thermal-riflescope/
Depends on how much you value the Trail's battery pack and video recorder. If you would buy those separately with the Apex, then get the trail. If you want to maximize your bang for the buck, then go with the Apex.
I use the xq38 and really like it. Most of my shots are inside 200 yards and I have no problem detecting and identifying targets.
For the extra money you get the internal recorder and a more compact size. From what I understand, the optical performance is the same.
For the extra money you get the internal recorder and a more compact size. From what I understand, the optical performance is the same.
Went this route myself. ATN PVS7-3A, which I already had, with new ATN ThOR-HD 640 5-50X thermal. First to get wherever I'm going, the latter, to hunt. Works for me...
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