Night Vision?

[npe001]

Been having a lot of coyotes coming around at the property recently and they are getting a little too comfortable. Trying to get a gun set up with some NV. What is the a good entry level NV scope. Not looking for anything crazy just something that will get the job done. Thanks for the input.

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[ckamp52]

there is a whole thread on different NV setups on here...photon or xtn will be your cheaper options...I went with a pulsar LR 750...call Jason @ outdoor legacy..site sponsor and the guy knows his stuff and will make ya a deal that wont be beat. Great guy to do business with

[SCORPION KING]

Photon 4.6 x42,although I have a ATN X sight but it’s too complicated


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[bryan sandlin]

very true. talk to Jason. the answer man.

[35remington]

Been having a lot of coyotes coming around at the property recently and they are getting a little too comfortable. Trying to get a gun set up with some NV. What is the a good entry level NV scope. Not looking for anything crazy just something that will get the job done. Thanks for the input.

Skip the night vision and jump into a Pulsar Core RXQ30V thermal scope. They are reasonably-priced and kick serious *** on the coyotes. Yotes are hard to see with NV but show up on thermal like nobody's biz.

https://outdoorlegacygear.com/collections/featured-homepage-collection/products/pulsar-core-rxq30v-1-6-6-4x22-thermal-riflescope?variant=42959440533

^^ Two left in stock when I called him this morning.

[Outdoor Legacy]

Thank y'all so much for the kind words and for the link to the store 35rem.

I'll be glad to throw out some suggestions and if you'd like to talk on the phone, I'm always happy to do that.

First things first....you need to decide on ballpark budget and then figure out what you want to scope to do. How far do you want to see, any features that are important etc. From there you just figure out what the options are in your price range that fit your needs/wants and go from there. I'm very happy to help you number the list down but with NV scopes starting at $499 and going up to $$$$$ we've got to have a good starting place.

- Jason

[npe001]

Thank y'all so much for the kind words and for the link to the store 35rem.

I'll be glad to throw out some suggestions and if you'd like to talk on the phone, I'm always happy to do that.

First things first....you need to decide on ballpark budget and then figure out what you want to scope to do. How far do you want to see, any features that are important etc. From there you just figure out what the options are in your price range that fit your needs/wants and go from there. I'm very happy to help you number the list down but with NV scopes starting at $499 and going up to $$$$$ we've got to have a good starting place.

- Jason

At our place I am thinking that the furthers will be 100 yards with the lay out of everything. I have used some high end thermals and know you cant beat that, but I am not looking to spend 8-10 k to get what I really want. 1000$ or less is the ball park that I am looking at. No real specifics needed. I was looking at the ATN and read some good reviews. Just wanted to get some input on some scopes from someone other than a random review on the internet. Thanks for your help.

[Outdoor Legacy]

At our place I am thinking that the furthers will be 100 yards with the lay out of everything. I have used some high end thermals and know you cant beat that, but I am not looking to spend 8-10 k to get what I really want. 1000$ or less is the ball park that I am looking at. No real specifics needed. I was looking at the ATN and read some good reviews. Just wanted to get some input on some scopes from someone other than a random review on the internet. Thanks for your help.

Perfect, that's super helpful. For sub $1,000, you have two options, the ATN X-Sight or the Sightmark Photon XT. The X-Sights are $599-$699 and the Photons are $499-$599. Forgive me but I'm going copy/paste a comment I made on anther forum because I answered pretty much the same question there last week and I think the explanation will help here as well.....


The Photon XT is an extremely simple to use, no frills, no thrills digital NV scope that just flat out works. It also has a slightly better image quality at night than the X-Sight. It's image sensor does a better job of using ambient and IR light to brighten the image in my opinion. Sightmark (and their sister company Pulsar) have the best customer service in the whole NV industry. They are Texans and an excellent company to deal with. The Photon has no known bugs or issues and it is a quality scope.

The X-Sight has a a lot of positives over the Photon IF you want all the features. Full color daytime use, video recording, variable zoom and wifi to the app are the big ones for most people. The negatives are it has a steep learning curve, it's a battery hog and ATN is the opposite of Sightmark when it comes to customer service. There were some bugs early on but they seem to be worked out now. ATN has done themselves no favors in the past in the way they've handled the problems. Hopefully that's behind them now and most all of my customers who own the X-Sight love it.

It all comes down to what you want. If you want a mini-computer within a scope, the X-Sight is the only logical choice in the price range. If you want something simple but extremely well built, easy to use and a company to stand behind it, the Photon XT is the answer. They are more different than they are alike and I always say that your personality and technical ability determine which one you will enjoy the most.

I hope that helps a little and if you want to call and talk about it, I'll be glad to answer any questions you might have.

- Jason

[npe001]

Perfect, that's super helpful. For sub $1,000, you have two options, the ATN X-Sight or the Sightmark Photon XT. The X-Sights are $599-$699 and the Photons are $499-$599. Forgive me but I'm going copy/paste a comment I made on anther forum because I answered pretty much the same question there last week and I think the explanation will help here as well.....


The Photon XT is an extremely simple to use, no frills, no thrills digital NV scope that just flat out works. It also has a slightly better image quality at night than the X-Sight. It's image sensor does a better job of using ambient and IR light to brighten the image in my opinion. Sightmark (and their sister company Pulsar) have the best customer service in the whole NV industry. They are Texans and an excellent company to deal with. The Photon has no known bugs or issues and it is a quality scope.

The X-Sight has a a lot of positives over the Photon IF you want all the features. Full color daytime use, video recording, variable zoom and wifi to the app are the big ones for most people. The negatives are it has a steep learning curve, it's a battery hog and ATN is the opposite of Sightmark when it comes to customer service. There were some bugs early on but they seem to be worked out now. ATN has done themselves no favors in the past in the way they've handled the problems. Hopefully that's behind them now and most all of my customers who own the X-Sight love it.

It all comes down to what you want. If you want a mini-computer within a scope, the X-Sight is the only logical choice in the price range. If you want something simple but extremely well built, easy to use and a company to stand behind it, the Photon XT is the answer. They are more different than they are alike and I always say that your personality and technical ability determine which one you will enjoy the most.

I hope that helps a little and if you want to call and talk about it, I'll be glad to answer any questions you might have.

- Jason

Awesome! Thanks for the help, Jason.

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