Night Vision hunting Thread

[Outdoor Legacy]

Photon 4.6 arrived today, so far back yard test it looks awesome! Better then I expected, also glad to see the hinged front scope cap so it won't fall off like previous models.

Jason at outdoor legacy was a great help.

Looking forward to further use!!!

Awesome! Glad to hear you like it, I don't think you are going to be disappointed.

BuckySWT, I'm sorry to hear that you are having more troubles with the Photon. I would definitely suggest taking 35Remington's advice and getting some good alkaline batteries and testing it. Since we talked several months ago I've had a few customers mention that they figured out that some rechargeable AA's are not the exact same length as alkalines and they were having similar type problems. I had one customer whose recharables were too short and causing a similar problem to what you are describing and I had another whose rechargables were too long and he couldn't get the battery cap to close completely. I would definitely suggest testing Energizer or Duracell alkalines to see what happens.


- Jason

[Balcones_Walker]

I finally got the Form 1 and Form 4 back on my 6.8 SPC :-)



By the way I couldn't be happier with the Sightmark I got from Jason. As a newbie reading this whole thread I came away with the impression that the Sightmark was a mediocre "$500 solution" and that when it was time to get serious I'd need to pony up $3k. With a little experience under my belt I can see where you might have pitch dark, zero visibility spot and stalk situations in unfamiliar terrain where a helmet mounted PVS-14 would take that experience to the next level. But other than that the sightmark works amazingly well for hunting over feeders in the dark.

For now I've had great success using a combination of a green lens flashlight and these solar lights tinted green to navigate around our ranch in the dark, then when I get within ~200 yards of the
feeders I switch to orienting myself on the target with the sightmark every 20 yards or so as I close in.

That said, my favorite method by far is to put the rifle in a holder pointed at the feeder near our ranch house. I run an RCA wire from the sightmark to a tv monitor inside the house, and I can watch the feeder while I read TBH sitting in the air conditioning. As long as I rotate the rechargeable batteries every few hours, I can watch that feeder silently from sundown until late night, every night I'm at the ranch.

[35remington]

That said, my favorite method by far is to put the rifle in a holder pointed at the feeder near our ranch house. I run an RCA wire from the sightmark to a tv monitor inside the house, and I can watch the feeder while I read TBH sitting in the air conditioning. As long as I rotate the rechargeable batteries every few hours, I can watch that feeder silently from sundown until late night, every night I'm at the ranch.

Now THAT is what I am talking about. Caveman enters 21st century!

[dpg481]

Well I ordered a magnifier for my m703 yesterday. I'm also going to order a aimpoint pro from adm next week to put in front of the NV unit. I have a clip on mount from them and they are selling the aimpoint with their mount right now for $424.00.

[dpg481]

Well I ordered a magnifier for my m703 yesterday. I'm also going to order a aimpoint pro from adm next week to put in front of the NV unit. I have a clip on mount from them and they are selling the aimpoint with their mount right now for $424.00.

[miket]

Here is a quick video of one of the pigs from last weekend. He didnt want to come far enough out of the brush to make good video and I got tired of waiting...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQH6fR2chgc&sns=em"]Digital Night Vision Pig with a Sopranos ending - YouTube[/ame]

[Chuy]

I finally got the Form 1 and Form 4 back on my 6.8 SPC :-)



By the way I couldn't be happier with the Sightmark I got from Jason. As a newbie reading this whole thread I came away with the impression that the Sightmark was a mediocre "$500 solution" and that when it was time to get serious I'd need to pony up $3k. With a little experience under my belt I can see where you might have pitch dark, zero visibility spot and stalk situations in unfamiliar terrain where a helmet mounted PVS-14 would take that experience to the next level. But other than that the sightmark works amazingly well for hunting over feeders in the dark.

For now I've had great success using a combination of a green lens flashlight and these solar lights tinted green to navigate around our ranch in the dark, then when I get within ~200 yards of the
feeders I switch to orienting myself on the target with the sightmark every 20 yards or so as I close in.

That said, my favorite method by far is to put the rifle in a holder pointed at the feeder near our ranch house. I run an RCA wire from the sightmark to a tv monitor inside the house, and I can watch the feeder while I read TBH sitting in the air conditioning. As long as I rotate the rechargeable batteries every few hours, I can watch that feeder silently from sundown until late night, every night I'm at the ranch.

this is an awesome idea.

[Mjw195]

Ready to sight in!

[dpg481]

Ready to sight in!


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So tell us about your setup!

[Mjw195]

So tell us about your setup!

Gonna start it on a savage 17 hmr 93 wilt 16.5" threaded bull barrel.
Went with the QD mounts from sightmark so gonna attempt to put on marlin 30-30 and maybe a 22 lr I can suppress. Never moved scopes around that way before so not sure how it will go.

Primary objective for eliminating coons, rabbits and close range on other larger vermin where head shots would be appropriate

Since I will keep shots close I am going to try to use the onboard ir for now


What kinda luck everyone have holding zero using QD mounts?

[miket]

Got my parts back from the anodizer Thursday. They are assembled and ready to knock out some more pork!

[miket]

Outback77 and I have a NV pig hunt coming up in a few weeks. Here is the rifle he will be using. Its a plain jane mid-length 223 but shoots surprisingly well with my handloads. The Sniper Hog Lights 66 LR IR is awesome! It adds probably another 25yds to the visible range, easily.

[Outback77]

Can't wait!

[Colton]

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Got my parts back from the anodizer Thursday. They are assembled and ready to knock out some more pork!

This is so cool

[35remington]

The Sniper Hog Lights 66 LR IR is awesome! It adds probably another 25yds to the visible range, easily.

Surely that distance is missing a zero?