ATN X-Sight LTV 3-9x30mm

I personally never owned an LTV, but I have friends that have. It came out after the 4k PRO. ATN made it to be similar to the 4k PRO, but without all the bells and whistles. They did improve the light sensor in it. Whenever it comes to ATN it seems that people either love them or hate them. I had an older model Xsight and never had any issues with it. Matter of fact, I still use it sometimes just for the hell of it.

As for the light...

If you start to really get into night hunting there isn't a scope out there that you will be happy with the stock IR light if you compare them to something like a Snipe hog light.
 
I have only really night hunted. NV works with IR. I have IR lights I was just wondering if anyone knew how much light I may need. Meaning size. The scop arrives Thursday, so I'll just test it with IR I have at home.
 
The IR lights that come with most scopes are good enough to go out and hunt with and be successful. However, as I stated above, the more you get into it the more you will want to upgrade the IR light to something like a Sniper Hog Light. It really comes down to how much light you want and how much money you want to spend.

The SHL Hyperion 50 or 66 would be great for that scope.
 
I owned this scope for exactly one hunt and sent it back for a refund. I sighted it in which went pretty smoothly. I took it out for a night hunt and made my first set of the night without any issues. It was winter here in NY with below freezing temperatures. Probably in the 20's if I remember correctly. It wasn't insanely cold. I could see deer in the field at 100 yards without issue using the light that came with it. 1/2 hour set, hiked to the car and went to 2nd spot. Turnred on scope and battery indicator said 90%+ started calling and 5 minutes into set the scope was dark. I hit the power button and it booted and said Low Battery and shut down. Walked back to truck pissed. Powered it up again for the hell of it and battery indicator said 90%+ again. that was enough for me to know I had a lemon. It went back to ATN which was surprisingly easy. The guy asked why I was returning it, I told him why, and without another word authorized the return.

Like DoubleLungRage mentioned, I think they're kind of hit or miss. You might get a good one... You might not? Good luck with yours. I think you would want to upgrade the light if it works out. I ran Sniper Hog Lights in 50 and 66mm heads and they are great.
 
After trying this thing out last Fri night...me thinks the only way for this NV scope to be worth a damn, is if I can have a stand where overlooking a large area without trees, and be sitting, standing at a much higher elevation than the open area. I found it very cumbersome when really dark to try and scan an open area or into the woods. My area of view shrinks rapidly when looking through the optic. Any elevation variant in the open area...Seems easier to just use my red dot and a red light.
 
Sounds like you do not have a hand held thermal. .....if cost is a concern, a modestly priced one will take the "cumbersome" out of scanning.
I hope you have better luck with your ATN scope than I had with mine.
 
Don_P said:
Sounds like you do not have a hand held thermal. .....if cost is a concern, a modestly priced one will take the "cumbersome" out of scanning.
I hope you have better luck with your ATN scope than I had with mine.
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No, I have the ATN scope per the thread. I always scanned with red light instead of looking through an optic. To be honest I am tired of spending money on this hobby. It cost $$$$$ to OWN the night and I am not willing to spend the $$$$$ so I bought inexpensive NV scope.
 
In my opinion, digital night vision is only worth a darn if you’re hunting wide open ground. Any obstruction between you and your target will reflect back and wash out your view. Trees, grass, a little rise in the terrain. Don’t even bother in rain, snow or fog.

Just my experience with it. Inexpensive night vision scope isn’t inexpensive if you don’t like it and it isn’t working for you. I know I wish I never tried that approach and just hopped into thermal right from the beginning.
 
Luckily a friend had NV and let me try it for hogs long before getting a thermal. One try and I went back to my Wicked Light. Just doesn’t work well in my terrain. Now a higher quality or more expensive NV might make a difference, but I just didn’t want to chance it once I decided to “upgrade” from the light. Don’t regret any of my thermal purchases.
With that said, a thermal scanner and NV might work out, but with all the trees and brush I’d probably still go with a thermal.
 
Spurchaser said:
Luckily a friend had NV and let me try it for hogs long before getting a thermal. One try and I went back to my Wicked Light. Just doesn’t work well in my terrain. Now a higher quality or more expensive NV might make a difference, but I just didn’t want to chance it once I decided to “upgrade” from the light. Don’t regret any of my thermal purchases.
With that said, a thermal scanner and NV might work out, but with all the trees and brush I’d probably still go with a thermal.
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Do you scan with the thermal scope or scan with light and shoot with scope?
 
Before thermal it was mainly for hogs. I did try a little calling back then and just scanned with the red or green light. Hogs didn’t pay attention to any color as long as it wasn’t white light.
Now I use a thermal scanner with thermal scopes.
 
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