Night Vision FLIR Breech and red dot question

[Old Man with Gun]

I know red dots work with both eyes open and the dot in front of the dominant eye.

But...
If you use a FLIR breech on your weak eye and put a dot sight in front of your dominate eye when it is so dark you cant see anything but the dot with your dominate eye.
Will the dot get superimposed over the image from the FLIR of the weak eye on your brain in the correct place to be accurate?

Basically curious if there is a way to make a thermal monocular part of a covert aiming system the way IR lasers work with a PVS-14.

I know you can use both NV and Thermal, this is mostly an educational puzzle, I know it may not be possible or practical.

 

[TheHorta]

Your brain would be far superior to mine. I tried for many hours to make that work with a single Skeet and I couldn’t.

Not saying the magic won’t happen for you, but I’d bet real money against it. I’ve been semi-successful making it work with a single PVS-14, but that’s considerably different.

 

[Old Man with Gun]

Your brain would be far superior to mine. I tried for many hours to make that work with a single Skeet and I couldn’t.

Not saying the magic won’t happen for you, but I’d bet real money against it. I’ve been semi-successful making it work with a single PVS-14, but that’s considerably different.

I'm fairly sure this is hopeless, was hoping someone would have an idea.

 

[kcbird]

I have wondered the same thing. I can leave the front scope cover closed on my aimpoint and be fairly accurate with it. I was going to give it a try when I get my pvs-14.

 

[stefan73]

Interesting thought. It would take a lot of practice to use if effectively. I'm sure it could be done.
We shot with 68's, ACOG's and others with illuminated reticles, but not with a thermal.

 

[Old Man with Gun]

If I rotate closing one eye and then the other looking at something in the distance I do see the image move, but slightly. If I remember when I used PVS-5s they are like looking through a tube so no real change of perspective at all. I assume a PVS-14 monocular would be the same.

With thermal you look at a display screen so I'm not confident it's the same.

It is really just a purely intellectual exercise because without NV or a light I don't think I would ever have the confidence to identify a target and what is behind it, but really curious if it is possible.

 

[GnarlyP]

If there is some similar visual reference the brain will put it together.

In the black, with a PVS-14 and a daylight zeroed red dot in the other eye, my shots go low left... and move around... a lot.

The brain doesn't need a lot of reference, cause I've shot lots of birds in a clear blue sky with an OEG, even running targets with an ACOG, but as soon as your focus moves from the peripheral to the dot, all is lost. In the dark, it's near impossible for me not to focus on that dot.

That's my experience anyway.