What are the best passive scopes for night shooting.

[The K]

that is, scopes that have no electronics to give away your location. Thanks.

 

[Huskydriver]

How do the electronics in a scope give away your position sniper K?

 

[roostercogburn98]

How does something amplify ambient light without power?

 

[ma smith]

Maybe op means systems don't involve laser or IR illuminators?

 

[Sogan]

Eotech has a large window that works well for passive aiming through NODs. Lots of people like aimports as well. However to easily passively aim you will need a high mount like the Unity Tactical FAST riser or the aimpoint specific high mount that they have.

 

[FuhQ]

This thread certainly doesn't raise any ...

 

[The K]

Let me clarify, apologies if I was sloppy in my OP. As ma smith said, lasers and IR illuminators are definitely part of it, but I also recall reading a long while ago already that scopes that electronically enhance the ambient light can also be picked up by various night vision mechanisms. I don't recall the specifics as it was something I was looking at in the 1990s when I lived and worked in a country and worked in a job where that could have been a concern. Not an issue today, but the geek in me wanted to recapture some of the information I lost in various moves across countries and continents. A recent conversation with a military sniper in passing seemed to confirm that this was a thing he was aware of too. I didn't think to ask him more about it at the time, but later it got me wondering about the specifics and what technology has done since. I know there are very many options available today that were just not around in the 1990s and I have not kept up. As I am now retired, I got curious.