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New Digital Night Vision Scope #5949893 09/28/15 04:02 AM
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I mounted my new Resolute Mfg. Digital Night Scope on my air rifle to take care of some pesky coons. I am really impressed with the quality workmanship and found the OSD menu easy to operate. It took me a few minutes to figure out the crosshairs adjustments but was able to sight in at 75 yards in 5 shots. I currently have a N750 on my AR but I'm thinking that's about to change.




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Hi Hornslayer,
I haven't heard of these before - can't turn up a mfgr website.
Can you share some more info on it?
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I believe its a forum member that created it. I'm sure he will chime in shortly.


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It was indeed built by MikeT here on the forum. I'm sure if you message him he will respond. Mike and I have been experimenting with DIY night vision scopes for a couple years now. With Mike's equipment and machinist skills, he is able to take a simple DIY night scope to a whole different level. So much so, while having built 3 different scopes myself, I jumped at the chance to be one of the first to buy one of Mike's. I found it works best with a 850nm torch even though a 940nm torch is serviceable, the 850 gives you vision out to 400 yards and shooting range of about 150 to 200 yards.


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It's that much better than the 750?

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Thanks for the kind words, Hornslayer! For those interested, this started as a diy project then morphed into this product. I have been a cnc programmer/machinist for 22yrs and own a small shop. As work slowed to a crawl with the oil crash I had more time to flesh it out. I have sold a couple of units to people that didnt want to wait until I was completely finished and I have had excellent reports from them. The only issue I am not quite happy with is that it currently has a seperate battery pack that mounts on the stock. I am in the process of designing/machining a battery tube mounted on the unit to do away with the cable and seperate battery pack.

Thanks again for the kind words, I hope to be finished with the full design soon.

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Originally Posted By: fr3db3ar
It's that much better than the 750?


I think so. You can site in during the day, which is almost impossible with the n750. Now it is different the way you set the cross hairs. You can have 3 sets of cross-hairs if you wish. It is lighter and Shorter and the focus is better and you can run it off ncr18650b powercells. On top all that it is like a 3rd the price. So to me that's better.


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This thing sounds like it will be an excellent piece of gear with a bit more refinement. I bought a Photon XT just a couple of weeks ago, or I might opt for one of these protos.

Miket1, I'll be one of many (I AM sure) to be watching this develop. I hope the focus remains on basic functions and optical performance rather than bells and whistles. I am impressed with my Photon XT and am dying to try it out, but I do wish it was easier to operate in the dark. Ergonomics!!


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You bring up an excellent point. In the dark even simple tasks become a pain. I am going to keep it as simple as possible. Here is the current prototype with the battery tube in place. The on/off switch works just like ( actually is ) a flashlight endcap.





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Thanks for the info and well done on the development. It looks great!
Is it semi weather resistant?
How much does it weigh?
Is the small stud on the top of the housing the focus?

I'm new to this nightvision business but have just recently got an Xsight to play with.
Cheers.

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How do you feel about the monitor lighting up your face in the dark? Are you wearing face mask to help mask that a bit, though I suspect the light would still very much reflect off any fabric.

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That was my next thought. I've played around enough with the Photon XT to realize that after looking through it at night, I'm not going to be able to see a darned thing. Having sat in a blind all hours, I know this is doubly true for looking at larger LCD displays. Next thought is: how about a red filter on the display to help preserve a little vision when the time comes to use your own eyes in the dark? That might also help reduce the effect of lighting your own face up. Maybe the LCD display could even be set up to display with red color rather than white.


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I'll try to answer a few questions.
The LCD screen does light up your face. The amount it lights up depends on the brightness of the image ( determined by how close you are to the target and how zoomed in the illuminator is ). You can adjust screen brightness also. The first pig I killed with this setup was at 25yds at one of my bow setups on a lease I am on that extremely thick and wooded. He never saw me and never knew what hit him, I did wear a facemask on this one but none since. ( I am mostly a bowhunter and stalk them regularly ). Since then I have been within 50 or so yards of them often and I have yet to be seen. Loss of night vision IS an issue an other than lowering the brightness Im not sure what can be done about it. I use a Sniper Hog Lights 66LR IR with the units and you can adjust from wide to spot easily, minimizing brightness. A red filter is possible but I have not yet tried it

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The weight of the unit WITH batteries and mount ( the new design with battery tube attached ) currently is 29oz. without illumintor attached. The illuminator can be attached to the unit or any other picatinny/weaver rail. The silver knob is the focus. It is focusable from approx 10ft to basically infinity. Since it is digital its hard to say what the magnification is ( depends on screen size etc ) but the image size is comparable to 3.5x.

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Originally Posted By: fr3db3ar
How do you feel about the monitor lighting up your face in the dark? Are you wearing face mask to help mask that a bit, though I suspect the light would still very much reflect off any fabric.


Does it spook the animals?
Not that I have found. I think it is because you are directly behind the gun and scope/screen. However, if you use this view finder that has an eyepiece, there would be no way to get busted.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-LCD-Viewfind...=item486b0c2ec0

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what do you think the price will be?



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I looked into the eyepiece thing and decided against it. One reason I designed the unit with a screen like this is because I do a lot more looking and scanning that actual shooting. It gets old real fast holding the rifle up to your shoulder to search for pigs. If you are a box blind hunter just set it up pointing at the feeder and look at the screen once in a while between naps or your game or whatever. Never have to move it. I corn roads and watch em so I either sit on the ground and set it on my knees or set it up in the window of my truck, or in the front window of my teryx and glance at it every once in a while. It frees you up to rest, play with your phone or whatever. Holding a riflescope up to my eye all night is not fun to me. Of course, ideally you would have a seperate spotter but I am as blue collar as it gets, the market I am targetting doesnt have the money ( or want to spend the money ) on a seperate spotter etc. For those that want to spend thousands, I recommend Thermal or Gen 3 NV.

I am looking for ways to reduce cost, and a price has not been set for the final product so dont take this as a quote, but I am looking at $400-450 plus tax, with illuminator included.

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Originally Posted By: miket1
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I am looking for ways to reduce cost, and a price has not been set for the final product so dont take this as a quote, but I am looking at $400-450 plus tax, with illuminator included.


That's a pretty reasonable price for a quality unit.


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One my prototypes doing work, son! Oldest daughter and the pig she shot last night



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Good work Dad and Daughter

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I have been using glasses similar to these to help with night blindness. It is not perfect but it is better than none.
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I see ATN X-Sight is up to firmware update bajillion. What update are you on? banana2


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Originally Posted By: miket1
I looked into the eyepiece thing and decided against it. One reason I designed the unit with a screen like this is because I do a lot more looking and scanning that actual shooting. It gets old real fast holding the rifle up to your shoulder to search for pigs. If you are a box blind hunter just set it up pointing at the feeder and look at the screen once in a while between naps or your game or whatever. Never have to move it. I corn roads and watch em so I either sit on the ground and set it on my knees or set it up in the window of my truck, or in the front window of my teryx and glance at it every once in a while. It frees you up to rest, play with your phone or whatever. Holding a riflescope up to my eye all night is not fun to me. Of course, ideally you would have a seperate spotter but I am as blue collar as it gets, the market I am targetting doesnt have the money ( or want to spend the money ) on a seperate spotter etc. For those that want to spend thousands, I recommend Thermal or Gen 3 NV.

I am looking for ways to reduce cost, and a price has not been set for the final product so dont take this as a quote, but I am looking at $400-450 plus tax, with illuminator included.


What kinda of warranty were you planning on giving with your unit?


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Originally Posted By: Double Naught Spy
I see ATN X-Sight is up to firmware update bajillion. What update are you on? banana2


No updates needed yet! smile wink

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