I went from watching a couple of your 300 PRC videos to learning about full on military grade night vision scope attachments. Great channel and badass video series! 👍
Really appreciate it, the growth has already been way faster than expected! My plan is to continue putting out this type of content in hopes that other folks enjoy it. Stay tuned!
I am an old man who just got into guns about 8 years ago. I know little to nothing about night vision in general and knew absolutely nothing about clip-on devices that can be used with a standard scope. What you have taught me in this one video is invaluable. Thank you 🙏 so much for making these videos. Time to go watch part 2.
Appreciate you taking the time to watch! Not much clip on NV content on youtube and I like night shooting so it's an easy topic to make content on haha
Awesome videos, been shooting with helmet mounted NVGs for a while now and just got an SR25 and am learning about long range shooting, eventually I want to have a similar setup. Really helps seeing the two units side by side.
Awesome! Appreciate you taking the time to watch! Sure the units have a couple of differences in ergonomics and size but performance wise I have a hard time saying one is better than the other. Tell you what though, once you start shooting long range at night, that’s a new level of fun haha
No problem, I have a blast putting content together. So much planned for 2023 so stay tuned! Just wish that pesky work scheduled didn't take up so much of my shooting time haha
I appreciate that! I’m confident it’s only a matter of time. The channel has gained a ton of momentum lately and my plan is to keep pumping out quality content so I’m positive the word will continue to spread. I’m really thankful in the growth I’ve experienced in such a short amount of time!
A friend shared your channel. I’m really impressed and can see I have a lot of work I have to do with the tools I already own. You made a passing comment about what I can assume is the Luna ELIR-3. I’m really interested in how you use it. I’ve thought about buying one as an affordable way to pair with an LS321 but that adds a lot of weight to the front of a set-up. Would love if you did a detailed video of your thoughts along those lines.
I haven't had a chance to try a CNVD LR yet. That's certainly on my future wish list, primarily because they are supposed to be lighter than the PVS30/ PVS27 and I believe the image is supposed to be superior. Hopefully one of these days I'll get the opportunity to give one a try!
It's common knowledge the full power RAPTAR is no joke, but jfc.... Seeing the ipsec lit up at 800m through the scope is scary impressive. For the age the clip on is impressive, but I'm far more interested in the RAPTAR. I know this is a terrible thing to say, but living in Eastern Washington I'm mildly excited that hogs have established themselves in Idaho, and within the decade we'll be allotted the privilege travel within state, and hut hogs at night. Coyotes are obviously fun, but nothings as entertaining as hogs. Hogs would allow me to justify the the expense of purchasing another piggybacked NV unit. This was dope. I don't believe another channel is providing this type of content. At least not with these gucci service rifle accessories.
Oh man I didn’t realize hogs had made there way to Idaho. That’s bad news for the ag community but like you I’d be willing to do my part to try to clean them up haha. My opinion the raptar is a must have to be effective at long range shooting with a clip on, expensive but great tool
@@MountainsMulletsMerica totally. They've been an issue in Idaho for several years now. I suspect you did a quick Google search after stumbling across my comment? It's gotten so bad you can fly out for a helicopter hog hunt in Idaho today; I want to kill hogs at night from a helo so damn bad! Nothing can stop hogs and I gurantee we have established communities here in Washington already. It was a really big issue in Eastern Idaho back in 2020. The day you go out to film a video and see pigs you end those bastards. They're right on your boarder man, and Eastern Washington agriculture is invaluable to our communities. I'm from Omak, and I can't even begin to tell you what happened to the valley when we tore up all of our orchards 10+ years ago. I think theres been a few hogs killed down towards the Yakima potato fields, but I'm not overly educated on thr topic. I am excited that someday I'll be able to drive to Wilbur, and be greeted by farmers wanting me to shoot game on their property though. Ive always been jealous seeing these incredible hog hunts in Texas, while actually doing good for their community. Idk why but I just don't find coyotes fun anymore, and given the reduction of livestock in our area, there's really no reason to hunt them. I'm not a tree hugger, but predators always kind of made me feel bad. Hogs on the other hand, lol I'd mow down with a truck and feel no remorse. Like you said they absolutely decimate agriculture, and within a decade harm the wildlife. Once they end up on the passes they'll be no stopping them, meaning guys like you are probably the only thing that will prevent an extremely destructive, invasive species from destroying Wa State agriculture. I know the states beyond saving with politics, but before we all inevitably move to Idaho and Texas, we should probably attempt to preserve what we can if this once moderately, decent state.
@@tomjjackson21 yeah man I did a little googling, pretty crazy really. While I certainly hope they don't get a stronghold in the area, in the event they do I'm down to help reduce their impact. I'm really just into target shooting but when it comes to something like hogs I'd enjoy the opportunity to combine shooting with the ability to help out the ag community any day of the week haha
Awesome content! I’d be interested in a comparison with the L3 CNVD-LR as well. You ought to consider doing a Patreon page to help fund the valuable work you are doing. I’d be in on that.
While I haven't had the chance to use the L3 CNVD-LR yet, it's certainly on my future wish list. Regarding the patreon, that's something I've thought about down the road but my initial focus has been building an audience and credibility. Like you say though, adding a patreon would really enhance the content I can create. Appreciate the idea!
Just a thought: why not zero the ranging beam of the RAPTAR to a parallel offset, ie. ~2-3" high at 100yd off your crosshair. This will create a non-converging (and thereby non-diverging) zero that has a negligible offset at all but the closest of ranges. Your current 5 mil low method seems like it would create ranging accuracy problems where the strike of the ranging beam is anything from 2-3" high at the muzzle, all the way down to 5 mil of angular deflection low downrange. If your method works for you, I'm not really saying to change it, but it def seems odd. Maybe I'm missing the rationale
The IR illuminator is also zeroed at the same distance as the lasers so if you are shooting at extended distance and have to hold over the IR illuminator is shining well above the target. I zero at 5 mil low so that I get IR illumination down on the target when shooting at extended distance. Sure there is some error in that but so far nothing that's enough to cause concern for me.
Thank you sir, really appreciate the support! I’ve been super busy at work lately but I’ve got fresh content in the works. Stay tuned, I’m really excited about what I’ve got in the works!
@@fordvg Nah not really.... I used it when I first got the PVS30 but after shooting without it I really don't see what advantage it offers. Maybe if you're shooting somewhere that has some kind of light source behind the shooter maybe it would be a benefit?
Any experience with the Ziyouhu clip on optics like the PVS clip on? This is the description; Infrared Spotlight Night Vision Riflescope 4x30 Digital Monocular Image Video Records Camera Mounted Aim Sight Scope for Hunting
Can’t say I’ve ever heard of ziyouhu optics. Hard to say how nice it would be or how it performs. On night vision though I fully believe you get what you pay for.
What is the scope mount height on the host rifle? 1.54/"absolute cowitness?" 1.7"/lower "lower 1/3 cowitness?" Or some other height that's less standard on AR platforms?
Check out the magnetospeed T1000 hit indicator light. Sticks on the back of the target with Velcro and flashes when a bullet impacts. Awesome for long range shooting!
Love it! I really don't see the point in the AB version, especially for the price. I am constantly moving this raptar across multiple rifles so I'm fine just using it for ranging and IR And then using my ballistic app to get data for the specific rifle it's mounted on at that time.
Yes the higher you run the magnification, the lower the image quality becomes. Max possible mag depends a lot on the quality of the NV device you are using. With both my pvs30 and PVS27 I’d say 12-14x is max I’d feel comfortable running. Thanks for watching!
Have you ever run a thermal? Curious what you would prefer. From online vids onky it actually seems like thermals even on high mag up to approximately 8-10 power seem clear enough that it'd be an advantage over clip on nighvision at the same mag.
