Thread: Night vision for dummies

Like the others said - there is quite a range of products out there - but like everything (to a point of course) the better gear will be more expensive - better performance normally costs
Plenty of deer shot with cheap rifles as expensive ones too - all horses for courses

NV Gen1 starts around $1500 ish (maybe less maybe more) and then goes up from there
Thermal - around $4000 to $5000 will get you into a good unit - Thermal is about detection really, once you know something is there - then work it out

The thing is to work out what you expect to do with the units and how much you will use them vs your budget

I think what some users of the gear could do is take some images (may or may not be easy with cameras) though the units and list the distances and light involved so you can see

Originally Posted by gimp

Sell me your 96/44 please

Unless its a 96/22 in which case definitely sell it to me. This phone screen is too small to tell.

Originally Posted by gimp

Sell me your 96/44 please

Bugger off Gimp!! Took me 2 years to find that.Its the 96/44 Got it off TM $850 buy now. When it turned up It was like new, Don`t think it had been shot.
Keep an eye on Trade me I have seen a few over the past year or so. One 3 weeks ago sold $700.

I want an unmolested 96/22 so bad

Thanks Tasbay. I must come up for a look at some gear sometime.
My curiosity in some good NV has peaked.


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R93 : My wife is a Southland lass so Im down the Haast road from time to time. Used to hunt with a Guy By the name of Ross who had a house just south of the Haast beach service center.
May give you a shout when we are heading that way...... You supply the spot and Ill supply the Night Gear..

Originally Posted by Tasbay

R93 : My wife is a Southland lass so Im down the Haast road from time to time. Used to hunt with a Guy By the name of Ross who had a house just south of the Haast beach service center.
May give you a shout when we are heading that way...... You supply the spot and Ill supply the Night Gear..

Sounds good. I know a few others that will be keen for a squizz as well.


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primo!

Here is a real old photo of PVS-14 behind Aimpoint Micro T-1 on my AR

Much has changed since then

Originally Posted by Tasbay

R93 : My wife is a Southland lass so Im down the Haast road from time to time. Used to hunt with a Guy By the name of Ross who had a house just south of the Haast beach service center.
May give you a shout when we are heading that way...... You supply the spot and Ill supply the Night Gear..

Frig Southland is a great spot!!

Originally Posted by gimp

Here is a real old photo of PVS-14 behind Aimpoint Micro T-1 on my AR

Much has changed since then

After seeing your setup Gimp I had a thought. I know I know I should try hard not to but..... flip up goggles and a similar weapon mount to that would be the shit yes?

The mount that PVS-14 is in is quick-detach - it twists into the twist-in aimpoint base.


Walk around with -14 head mounted on a skullcrusher or helmet for navigation, once you have found something to shoot, detach the -14 from helmet (it's also quick detach with USGI J-arm etc) and clip onto weapon, takes all of 5 seconds.

If you need to take a fast shot, have IR laser mounted on the gun as well so you can shoot using it to aim.

Gimp:
Didn`t you have 2 PVS-14`s a while back?? Were they sh#t Gen3 so you got rid of them but just can`t afford Digital?

Nice looking peice of kit.

Just the one, Omni V gen3 of dubious origin, looking for something a bit more of a known quantity at the moment


Might buy some digital, hah

I do know where there is a brand new gen3 -14 with full accessory kit. I may buy it.