Thread: Diy cheap night vision scope?

Originally Posted by Chippychow

I read somewhere about that style of night vision but I didn’t really understand it so I went down the light sensitive camera and ir torch path it works good but the crosshairs is slightly blurred so I’m wondering if it’s the cheap camera or the cheap glass I have it mounted on, looking for possibly a better camera

@Chippychow

The advantage of a cascade tube base night vision camera is it can be sensitive enough to use without an IR torch target illuminator. The advantage of that is that if the deer are equipped with night vision sights they cannot see an infrared torch and take you out with a well-placed head shot. This is called passive night vision.

"Active" night vision, that is, with an IR illumination source is cheaper. You won't depend on ambient light, but deer equipped with night vision goggles can now see you from far away. But then again most deer have no money to spend on that sort of equipment. You don't even need a telescopic sight - just draw a dot, cross or circle onto the camera display screen where your bullets impact! You may need a magnifier type lens so you can comfortably view the screen close up.

And read up on the law.

Can’t say iv ever had a deer return fire maybe there economy isn’t looking to good because Iv never seen one driving a hilux either,
Thanks for the info.
I’m not aware of any laws around night vision builds??? Not that I checked