night vision scope help!!!!!!!

[Countryguy1982]

I don't know squatt about night vision other than a gen 1 night vision monocular i got a walley world a few years back. I am kinda thinking about putting a night vision on my rifle for pig hunting at night, so i don't spook them, and have to deal with a extra light etc etc etc. you know how it goes if you have done any pig hunting. Most of the time they don't pay it any attention, but every now and then one of those big boys take off running as soon as you ping him like his tail is on fire.

Can someone please take the time to explain a few things to me . In simpleton terms. like very plain english. ok my shooting range is usually within 30 yrds. so its all close.

Ive seen pics of ar rifles with night vision scopes mounted to them with a red dot like a eotech infront of the night vision.

I am assuming that they are able to use this shooting them in the daylight as well? looking through the night vision ( without cutting it on) and using the red dot??????????????? reason i am asking i am like everyone else affected by the economy these days and would like something for daylight shooting . bacon sometimes shows up before it gets dark!!!!

So can i get a cheap NV monocular or scope , ( mount it to the rear of my picitanni rail? and then mount a red dot or other scope in front of it and be able to use it in the day and at night????? please explain to me how all of this works?

 

[TurtlePhish]

Some NVG equipment can do that, but it's usually the expensive stuff. Cheaper NVG scopes are pretty much useless when there's light. A lot of the riflescopes already have crosshairs too- the red dots are used in conjunction with a NVG monocular that doesn't have a built-in reticle.

 

[W.E.G.]

You can get serviceable units that use the IR illuminator concept.

$400

http://www.amazon.com/ATN-MK350-Guardian-Magnification-Vision/dp/B001L7UTS4/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

 

[taliv]

you can use some of them in the daytime. most of them will have a lens cover that comes with it, just like the one in WEG's link. if you look closely, you will see a tiny pinhole right in the center of these caps.

in order to use in the daytime, you just use it with the cover over it so that only a tiny amount of light gets in and doesn't overwhelm the unit like the sunlight would.

it's possible, and you can try it in your house or something and see where you're going, but trying to use it on a weapon sight while hunting would probably drive you crazy. it's definitely suboptimal.

the far better option would be to use a QD mount so you can remove it when it's light. "clip on" style

note that to use these with an eotech or aimpoint you NEED to make sure that you get a red dot with the NV setting and USE IT when your NV is on. otherwise, the light from the red dot can damage your NV. the NV setting is just a setting so dim that you probably won't be able to see it unless you're looking through the NV.