What is this starlight scope?

[Durhamoutdoors]

Got this today, A GEN 2？ CGNer must know, educate us!

 

[Butsky]

Wow! All I can say is “It is a thing of beauty”!

 

[MotorwayRacer]

Possibly a civilian version of the AN/PVS 4.

 

[DinduNuffin]

Cool....looks like something you would find in Area 51.

 

[RemingtonXCRCT]

It's a first generation starlight scope marketed by Smith and Wesson. If I remember correctly, it would be about early 80's.

 

[RemingtonXCRCT]

The mount on the scope is NATO STANAG and the mount bolted onto it looks like it may be a carry handle mount for the AR-15/M-16, but I'm not certain wiithout a closer look.

 

[RemingtonXCRCT]

The daylight filter for objective lense is missing and I wouldn't turn it on without it, unless you are in complete darkness. You might destroy the tube.

 

[mtrpdw]

As "RemingtonXCRCT" said, it was a Smith & Wesson (S&W) product marketed in the late 70's, and into the 1980's.

Back then, S&W was trying to be a one-stop shop for law enforcement products, i.e., handguns, shotguns, submachine guns, ammunition, handcuffs, hearing protection, night vision, etc.

Over the years, and after several new owners, S&W got rid of the sideline items and went back to their basics - handguns.

https://www.1ststrike.com/auction/2...i-smith-and-wesson-general-ord-sn70144-16066/

 

[Leonidas]

Looks a lot like a PVS 2

 

[shuraparabellum]

https://www.1ststrike.com/auction/1...k700-series-i-smith-and-wesson-sn70148-16034/

 

[BEC958]

Smith & Wesson General Ordnance MK700 passive NV scope. Generation 1.

 

[blstv]

It's a fleshlight