Would like to hear advice from some of the more experienced users here. I’m looking to change my setup a bit and a little torn on which way to go.
Current setup:
PVS 14
Handheld thermal scanner
Weapon mounted thermal sight
This setup works pretty good but in order to scan it requires that I stop movement, remove my scanner from bino pouch, wake it up, etc.. I hunt mostly wooded areas, a few fields but I can stalk within 50yds so small native mag is great so don’t factor that in.
I’m thinking about going to a bridged nv / thermal setup which is where I’m trying to figure out the best bang for my buck.
Option 1:
Replace my current scanner with a Flir breach that I can helmet mount. I can then scan as I go and flip it up whenever I want to get on the rifle.
This option is the most economical and gives me multiple devices in case one ever goes out. But it’s also a downgrade in thermal clarity from my current Pulsar scanner. But I use it mostly for detection and do identification with the nv or my weapon mounted anyway.
Option 2
Sell my scanner and rifle sight and get a NOX (budget would require selling). I would helmet mount it but the catch is that I’d have to put it on the rifle with the qd mount when I got ready to shoot.
This option gets me into a whole new level of thermal (using Pulsar now) but may also be a pain to swap back and forth in the dark and puts me down to one thermal unit.
What sage wisdom would you night hunters provide?
Current setup:
PVS 14
Handheld thermal scanner
Weapon mounted thermal sight
This setup works pretty good but in order to scan it requires that I stop movement, remove my scanner from bino pouch, wake it up, etc.. I hunt mostly wooded areas, a few fields but I can stalk within 50yds so small native mag is great so don’t factor that in.
I’m thinking about going to a bridged nv / thermal setup which is where I’m trying to figure out the best bang for my buck.
Option 1:
Replace my current scanner with a Flir breach that I can helmet mount. I can then scan as I go and flip it up whenever I want to get on the rifle.
This option is the most economical and gives me multiple devices in case one ever goes out. But it’s also a downgrade in thermal clarity from my current Pulsar scanner. But I use it mostly for detection and do identification with the nv or my weapon mounted anyway.
Option 2
Sell my scanner and rifle sight and get a NOX (budget would require selling). I would helmet mount it but the catch is that I’d have to put it on the rifle with the qd mount when I got ready to shoot.
This option gets me into a whole new level of thermal (using Pulsar now) but may also be a pain to swap back and forth in the dark and puts me down to one thermal unit.
What sage wisdom would you night hunters provide?
