Getting hits at night at 1000 yards plus is truly impressive. And requires pretty specialized equipment.
Have noticed that several companies who make IR night vision and/or thermal scopes have recently added LRF modules to their products. Seems to be a trend.
If you are in the ‘budget-constrained-kids-at-college’ category like me, and all you want to do is shoot hungry hogs and uneducated coyotes at night, then this cheap-as-dirt solution might be for you, while you save your pennies for a Wilcox.
This low cost China device works fairly reliably out to 400 yards by day and 500 by night - sometimes even 600 under ideal conditions. I have mounted it on a fairly low cost Sightmark Wraith night scope, which is capable out to (at most) 200 yards, so they are a good match. Got it for $130 or so. Prices seem to have gone up.
Osprey's Weapons Mountable Laser Rangefinder features an all metal shell and is recoil-resistant. It comes with a bracket that can be set to any standard picatinny or weaver rail. It has an illuminated LED screen with readable ranges of 5-700 meters. It is backed by Osprey's industry leading...
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Easy to line up the LRF with the scope reticle with the two adjustment screws: At night you can see the IR laser strobing in the night vision scope. A good solution for hog hunting at night. Not as good as a high res thermal, but workable.