What is the best and cheapest(price) night vision rifle scope?

Question

night vision rifle scopes

Answer 1

If you get a gen II or gen III scope then you generally wont have to worry much about tube life. A gen III scope has a tube life of around 10,000 hours, thats a lot of usage. Highly unlikely you would use that up. That give you 4 hours a week for 50 years and thats extremely high use.

I would just save up and get the best gen III I could afford.

Answer 2

Are you looking for a weapon sight? What are your purposes for this bit of gear? 1st Generation night vision will cost about $350-$500 new. It works "okay", tends to have 1x-3x magnification and will do "fine" with infrared illumination or with bright ambient moonlight for shooting at night at limited ranges. I find that I can shoot precisely enough with a gen 1 scope to hit between a feral pig's ear and eye out to about sixty yards. Beyond that and I lose confidence in my ability to place a shot precisely on a small target. The practical max range of 1st generation night vision is about 100-150 yards and it doesn't work very well at that distance at all. That's what going cheap gets you. If you want to take a risk and know what questions to ask, the best bang for your buck with regard to intensifier tube night vision is probably to purchase a milsurp AN PVS 4 riflescope. These can be had for about $1400 from a retailer, sometimes as low a $1,000 from an auction. Just be aware that the better the price, the more likely you are to get a unit that has very little service life remaining. You may also want to look into digital night vision options. The Pulsar N550 is about $1,000 and works a lot like 2nd Generation night vision. The short answer to your question is "Night vision that is worth buying is expensive".

Answer 3

Each scope is only good for a few hundred hours of continuous use, so buying used means you could be buying something that doesn't have much time left on it.. and unlike a car.. the usage isn't recorded. This gamble drives the price of used units down pretty quickly... which could spell huge savings if you're willing to take the risk. On the plus side.. most used units usually have very little time on them as people don't leave them on the whole time they're hunting.. and the average night hunter isn't out there but a few times a year using it. Call some sporting goods dealers and ask if they have used units. I know places like Cabela's usually have them in their "bargain cave". You could also shop ebay or www.gunbroker.com . I've seen near mint generation 1 scopes at Cabela's for around 400 dollars. I know they can be bartered with on used items as well.. so never pay top dollar there. If you buy online, make sure they have a return policy for dead on arrival items. If you're buying from a retail outlet, they should let you turn it on (with the cap on) and make sure it functions.

Answer 4

The least expensive WILL NOT BE THE BEST.

Pick a scope that has the features you desire and save to pay for it.

doc

Answer 5

none if u want a good set of nods itll cost u everthing else is a waste of money all the cheap night vission ive seen is so bad and grainey ur better off with the naked eye