- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
For the standard range shooter it wouldn't really offer any benefits. There seems to be a lot of interest in certain parts of the country for hog hunting where they are invasive and there's a bounty from the government.
Holosun's Digital Night Vision Reflex Sight has Arrived!
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For the standard range shooter it wouldn't really offer any benefits. There seems to be a lot of interest in certain parts of the country for hog hunting where they are invasive and there's a bounty from the government.
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
I didn't even catch that... Lol
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
To your other question the pistol sized thermal units were just announced at Shot Show and are still going forward, it was just the "Pro" slightly higher spec version of the thermal that they cancelled at the moment.
For some of us WAY out in the bush, "hog" hunting can be almost anything, and NOT hitting a target is sometimes as useful as being able to hit it. Night vision is nice, but then you're looking for movement. Thermal give you that nice definition, say if you think there's a 'squatch out back, but it's merely a liberal voter rooting though your outbuilding scrounging for treasure...kind of nice to be able to place some shots real close like without a life sentence (or a lot of work with the backhoe). I ordered one of the NV sights but would sure like a thermal that's for sure.
Just 'cause the trudeau's don't want us protecting what's ours, doesn't mean we don't. Every guy I know out here has either a tractor with a backhoe, or more common, an excavator of some sort. Nobody every questions why we need em.
Kids, don't do meth.
I received mine today and I’m quite pleased.
It doesn’t have an IR illuminator but that’s okay for me - it makes the sight less bulky and I have a white light/ IR Inforce weapon lamp I’ll use.
Tested the photo and recording functions today and it’s quite intuitive.
Looking forward to zeroing.
One thing I’m not sure of, is if the day time reticle needs to be zeroed independently of the NV reticle? The manual says they’re zeroed from the factory but gives instructions on how to zero each.
The only way they could zero together is if the whole sight moves on the base, like an Elcan. Otherwise they’ll have to be zeroed independently.
I guess I’ll find out.
It doesn’t have an IR illuminator but that’s okay for me - it makes the sight less bulky and I have a white light/ IR Inforce weapon lamp I’ll use.
Tested the photo and recording functions today and it’s quite intuitive.
Looking forward to zeroing.
One thing I’m not sure of, is if the day time reticle needs to be zeroed independently of the NV reticle? The manual says they’re zeroed from the factory but gives instructions on how to zero each.
The only way they could zero together is if the whole sight moves on the base, like an Elcan. Otherwise they’ll have to be zeroed independently.
I guess I’ll find out.
Wait, so this isn't an all-in-one as they were claiming at shotshow? We need a separate illuminator for it to even work??
Well looks like this one will be going back, it's bulky enough as it is without having to clamp MORE crap to the rifle.
I could see how some people might feel that way.
Illuminators can be a bit of a personal choice in terms of throw and pattern. I'm okay with not having one on the sight.
My white light of choice just happens to toggle to IR with the flip of a switch. - I wouldn't run a rifle without a light so its not MORE crap with my setup.
Having said that, the NV works fairly well with some ambient light (stars, streetlights, dusk, dawn, full moon) but in total darkness it will require an IR source.
I hear you. Waaaaaay out here in the country, when it's dark out here, you quite literally can't see your hand in front of your face. I grew up in the city, and was not prepared for just how incredibly dark night can be lol. This was going on a "what's that scrabbling around out in the shed?" rifle, which I really want to have as little clamped to it as possible.
so I took this for a run last night on a moonless night in the woods.
Overall, quite the slick optic. VERY good night vision, even without an illuminator, but it definitely would benefit from one. Tons of options, way more than my vortex UH-1 (obviously) for only a few hundred more. It's big, it's heavy, and looks crazy, but what a cool optic. Takes pics and video too, so that YOUR samsqanch photos will be as green and blurry as any others on the net!!
Negatives: It's tall so co-witness with irons is possible, but not in the center of the visual sight, down near the bottom so a bit awkward. The function buttons feel chinese, there's no other way to say it, they feel like they move around under the rubber, might get stuck or break. They feel EXACTLY like the buttons on a copy Eotech I got years ago, and not like the REAL Eotech I have, if that makes sense. I'd feel better with a warranty like vortex that's for sure (I'm not sure what warranty comes with this).
Overall, this thing is kickass for the $$. Yes it's a lot, but 100% can be used as a late night "varmint" seeker. Oh and looking up at the stars with this is CRAZY. Even in the pitch black out here I can't see as many stars as this thing can... I was expecting an aliexpress quiality optic, I'm pleased to be wrong on that.
Overall, quite the slick optic. VERY good night vision, even without an illuminator, but it definitely would benefit from one. Tons of options, way more than my vortex UH-1 (obviously) for only a few hundred more. It's big, it's heavy, and looks crazy, but what a cool optic. Takes pics and video too, so that YOUR samsqanch photos will be as green and blurry as any others on the net!!
Negatives: It's tall so co-witness with irons is possible, but not in the center of the visual sight, down near the bottom so a bit awkward. The function buttons feel chinese, there's no other way to say it, they feel like they move around under the rubber, might get stuck or break. They feel EXACTLY like the buttons on a copy Eotech I got years ago, and not like the REAL Eotech I have, if that makes sense. I'd feel better with a warranty like vortex that's for sure (I'm not sure what warranty comes with this).
Overall, this thing is kickass for the $$. Yes it's a lot, but 100% can be used as a late night "varmint" seeker. Oh and looking up at the stars with this is CRAZY. Even in the pitch black out here I can't see as many stars as this thing can... I was expecting an aliexpress quiality optic, I'm pleased to be wrong on that.
