Victor_TNVC
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Over at another forum we get a tremendous amount of feedback about our gear from some high end hunters with great kill shots. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=2&f=209&t=150589 Some ask how and if the gear will last a long time. Gen 3 tubes average 10,000hrs and Gen 2 SHP 5000hrs. Below, you can see some of our most popular night vision scopes.
Recently, I received an email and post on a progress report from a rancher who pruchased a D-740 4x NV scope. Here is his feedback.
A couple of years ago (Jan 2006) I purchased a D-740 Gen III (along with a few other items) from Victor with the intent of using it to help control things like hogs, dogs, coyotes, and other night dwelling undesirables. After more than 2 years of using the scope in the field I can attest to its durability and effectiveness.
I have mounted the scope on my AR for night varmints…on my M1A for the larger night critters…on my bolt action mdl 700 for when accuracy was tops…and it’s worked fantastic on all 3 platforms.
I’ve used it for hunting sometime during every month of the year. It’s been in the rain, the heat of summer, the wet cold of a Texas winter, and twice in snow storms. It’s not exactly coddled either…it’s come in contact with trees while I moved around in the woods, it’s traveled on the tractor across bumpy fields, in a pickup truck, and often by horseback (and not always at a walk). All of those bring with them a different type of shock, and the scope has never skipped a beat…never been in for service and never lost zero. I think a couple times it’s been in its pelican case, but the rest of the time it’s either been on a weapon or in my hand being used as a spotting scope.
The clarity at night is excellent, so good I rarely use “Da Torch” for anything more than spotting eye shine in the field or as a pointer.
I would recommend this scope to any other ranchers out there. The initial cost may seem steep, but in my case the scope paid for itself by the end of the 2nd year. I’ve had less loss of calves at night (wild dogs use to be a real problem for me, by far accounting for more loss than coyotes and second only to hogs). At $400 / calf and a year to replace losses, any reduction in loss puts dollars back in my pocket fast!
And the amount of damage to my hay fields from hogs has dropped dramatically…and at $100 / acre to get it re-sprigged, $20 / Acre in prep work, and lost forage for the cattle it adds up fast!
Now that all the dollar justification is taken care of, let’s not overlook the fun factor of being able to see better at night than just about any critter out there. Just being able to watch things like a raccoon family out for a stroll, the meanderings of an armadillo out looking for a snack, or the passage of deer through the fields while you wait for your intended targets to arrive is time well spent and very entertaining.
Now, if it would only get HBO and fetch me a beer…[
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Recently, I received an email and post on a progress report from a rancher who pruchased a D-740 4x NV scope. Here is his feedback.
A couple of years ago (Jan 2006) I purchased a D-740 Gen III (along with a few other items) from Victor with the intent of using it to help control things like hogs, dogs, coyotes, and other night dwelling undesirables. After more than 2 years of using the scope in the field I can attest to its durability and effectiveness.
I have mounted the scope on my AR for night varmints…on my M1A for the larger night critters…on my bolt action mdl 700 for when accuracy was tops…and it’s worked fantastic on all 3 platforms.
I’ve used it for hunting sometime during every month of the year. It’s been in the rain, the heat of summer, the wet cold of a Texas winter, and twice in snow storms. It’s not exactly coddled either…it’s come in contact with trees while I moved around in the woods, it’s traveled on the tractor across bumpy fields, in a pickup truck, and often by horseback (and not always at a walk). All of those bring with them a different type of shock, and the scope has never skipped a beat…never been in for service and never lost zero. I think a couple times it’s been in its pelican case, but the rest of the time it’s either been on a weapon or in my hand being used as a spotting scope.
The clarity at night is excellent, so good I rarely use “Da Torch” for anything more than spotting eye shine in the field or as a pointer.
I would recommend this scope to any other ranchers out there. The initial cost may seem steep, but in my case the scope paid for itself by the end of the 2nd year. I’ve had less loss of calves at night (wild dogs use to be a real problem for me, by far accounting for more loss than coyotes and second only to hogs). At $400 / calf and a year to replace losses, any reduction in loss puts dollars back in my pocket fast!
And the amount of damage to my hay fields from hogs has dropped dramatically…and at $100 / acre to get it re-sprigged, $20 / Acre in prep work, and lost forage for the cattle it adds up fast!
Now that all the dollar justification is taken care of, let’s not overlook the fun factor of being able to see better at night than just about any critter out there. Just being able to watch things like a raccoon family out for a stroll, the meanderings of an armadillo out looking for a snack, or the passage of deer through the fields while you wait for your intended targets to arrive is time well spent and very entertaining.
Now, if it would only get HBO and fetch me a beer…[
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