HTRN57
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Good stuff 6mm06. This marks the first year that we at HTRN have started to carry the digital stuff and (believe it or not) Gen 1 stuff. It is really the significant gains in IR illumination over the past few years that has turned the tide for digital and Gen 1 technology. For example, in my field tests, the Sightmark Night Raider 3x60 Gen 1 dedicated NV scope did acceptable if ranges are 100 yards or less or up to 200 with a powerful external IR device. The built in IR was good out to maybe 100 or so yards but the external IR device would extend it to around 200 yards. It costs about the same as the Sightmark Photon 3.5x42 which was good out to 200 yards with the built in IR device. Certain external IR devices (LLTL-007) will extend the range to possibly 300 for coyotes and maybe beyond that for hogs. So since the cost would be about the same for the Night Raider as the Photon and the Photon gives the hunter a better bang for ther dollar, we chose not to carry the Night Raider. For scanning purposes we field tested many digital devices as well as Gen 1 devices. Based upon our field tests, the Gen 1 Sightmark Ghost Hunter 1x24 Binocular won hands down if equipped with the LLTL-001 or similar IR illuminator. This inexpensive Gen 1 Binocular will give you a detection range of around 300 yards for hogs/coyotes. This is basically how we decide what products we want to sell. They all go through some type of field test before they go up on our website. If we didn't do it this way we couldn't offer our 30 day money back guarantee with NO RESTOCKING CHARGES. Kevin