My first question is, is it possible to passively aim effectively behind an LPVO and my second question would be does anyone make a NV compatible LPVO?
Night Vision Passive aiming with lpvo?
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It will suck for a number of reasons, get a red dot.
Most LPVO's have night vision settings.
Most LPVO's have night vision settings.
Possible, not optimal even at 1x with an NV setting. Highly susceptible to parallax deviation so even if you get on the dot your accuracy can suffer. IME: There may be scopes with different optical performance that work better, but even things like the SPECTRE DR is not as good at 1x as a reflex RDS.
Which is one reason you see piggybacked RDS on LPVOs for mil usage is passive NV aiming. Easier to get on a high mount, and no issues with the optical oddities of the scope then.
Which is one reason you see piggybacked RDS on LPVOs for mil usage is passive NV aiming. Easier to get on a high mount, and no issues with the optical oddities of the scope then.
I went down this road years ago after reading about the downsides thinking to myself "it can't be that bad." It is that bad. Even with a high mount, it is still not good. Eye relief, eye box, parallax, nothing working in your favor there. Even a versatile compromise optic like an LPVO (not knocking them, it's a fact of life) can only do so much. I love my LPVOs, but the ones on guns that I also use for NV shooting have a Holosun 509C ACSS on top for this reason and others. I've found that moving the LPVO as far forward as is comfortably possible and putting it in a RELATIVELY low mount makes for a great mounting height for the MRD on top. YMMV, good luck.
You can piggyback a dot on top of a 1nx scope with something like a Reptilia ROF SAR. It works well with a ~1.5" scope mount and nods to get a quick sight picture from low or high mount. However in transition I've found it a little difficult to keep my jaw on the stock as it's so high, but it's still pretty doable.
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