Night Vision scopes

[shootem]

Anybody have any experience with night vision scopes or clip ons? I have a chance to shoot hogs in Texas and am considering buying but am put off by the price. Are gen 1 good enough for hogs at night or do you have to put up the really big bucks to make it worth while?

[Special T]

I have had the opportunity to shoot at coyotes with night vision and IR ilumination. I've looked though Gen 4 military hard ware and gen 3 which is what i shot with. By itself gen 1 is not worth purchasing for firearm use unless your going to whack them at 50 yards. If you have an IR illuminator that will help but those arnt cheep either. I have not tried them with black covers on a spot light so im not sure if those help, a low budget solution... IR illuminators are like adding a spotlight while using night vision. Im not sure of the other products out there but a B E Meyers a local company makes high end products, some of which are legal to own. http://bemeyers.com/media/videos/ Some of these videos will show how the stuff works.

[wadu1]

The only experience I've had with them was in the Service, AN/TVS-2B. Worked great for the Maw-duce and Vulcans if bore sighted correctly dead on at 2,000 yards on a Vulcan. But dead on is just a term when you put 60 rounds of 20MM down range with a Vulcan its just semantics. 

[WoodlandShooter]

I have had the opportunity to shoot at coyotes with night vision and IR ilumination. I've looked though Gen 4 military hard ware and gen 3 which is what i shot with. By itself gen 1 is not worth purchasing for firearm use unless your going to whack them at 50 yards. If you have an IR illuminator that will help but those arnt cheep either. I have not tried them with black covers on a spot light so im not sure if those help, a low budget solution... IR illuminators are like adding a spotlight while using night vision. Im not sure of the other products out there but a B E Meyers a local company makes high end products, some of which are legal to own. http://bemeyers.com/media/videos/ Some of these videos will show how the stuff works.

Yup, BE Meyers makes good stuff!!!

[WoodlandShooter]

http://tnvc.com/

[shootem]

Interesting stuff. Looks a bit pricey tho.

[follow maggie]

ATN makes some pretty cool stuff. You need to think if you want night visions or infrared. Both have pluses & minuses. generally night vision is less expensive, from about $1000-$5000 or so.  Infrared will run you from $4000-$20000. Just depends on what you want and your budget.