TCRay
New member
I drove 2-1/2 hours north on Saturday (yesterday) to meet with Kevin from High Tech Redneck in Rushville, IL. He is as warm and friendly a person as you will meet. He showed me his various night vision setups; MX-160 and PVS-14's. We took the NV units outside. The moon was 3/4 with a fair amount of cloud cover. You could hardly see any stars at all.
I looked through the A Grade MX-160 and a PVS-14. I could tell no difference. I had one up to each eye, sort of going back and forth to decide which I wanted. I finally chose the MX-160. Great Gen 3 NV and saved a little money.
The quick connect/disconnect is really cool. Anyone that would say that you cannot be scanning one minute and have the NV connected to your scope and ready to shoot in 10 seconds or less has never tried one of HTRN's setups. This is a very high-quality device and will work with any scope.
After I purchased the MX-160, Kevin took time to set it up on my AR-15 Armalite. I drove home. On my way, I contacted one of the 18 farmers that I hunt on their property and asked if I could come out later in the evening, around 11:00 p.m. He has an Angus farm and many coyotes.
I arrived there at 10:45 p.m. I went down to some giant rolled hay bales and got out my e-caller. I set it up about 150 feet away and started with a rabbit distress then switched to pup distress then female yote whimpers. From about 250 yards, here comes a nice yote. He is trotting across a tilled field. He was clear as day against the dark background. I reached for my gun and in a matter of 5-10 seconds the MX-160 was attached, the gun is on top of the hay bale and I have the yote in the crosshairs.
He wouldn't stop but kept trotting, so I barked at him. He stopped for an instant and I fired. MISSED!!! He took off. I don't know how I missed, since I had just re-sighted the AR that afternoon at 100 yards with 60 gr Black Hills V-Max.
Well, that was the only yote of the evening. But I was amazed at the clarity of the MX-160. I have hunted this property many times and have it fairly well ranged. I could easily see out 350 - 400 yards with mostly cloudy skies and 3/4 moon that was covered most of the time.
I highly recommend Kevin at High Tech Redneck if you are interested in quality night vision with great customer service. He is passionate about hunting coyotes with NV. If you do business with him, you won't be sorry.
Check him out at www.hightechredneckincorporated.com.
Tom
Alton, IL
I looked through the A Grade MX-160 and a PVS-14. I could tell no difference. I had one up to each eye, sort of going back and forth to decide which I wanted. I finally chose the MX-160. Great Gen 3 NV and saved a little money.
The quick connect/disconnect is really cool. Anyone that would say that you cannot be scanning one minute and have the NV connected to your scope and ready to shoot in 10 seconds or less has never tried one of HTRN's setups. This is a very high-quality device and will work with any scope.
After I purchased the MX-160, Kevin took time to set it up on my AR-15 Armalite. I drove home. On my way, I contacted one of the 18 farmers that I hunt on their property and asked if I could come out later in the evening, around 11:00 p.m. He has an Angus farm and many coyotes.
I arrived there at 10:45 p.m. I went down to some giant rolled hay bales and got out my e-caller. I set it up about 150 feet away and started with a rabbit distress then switched to pup distress then female yote whimpers. From about 250 yards, here comes a nice yote. He is trotting across a tilled field. He was clear as day against the dark background. I reached for my gun and in a matter of 5-10 seconds the MX-160 was attached, the gun is on top of the hay bale and I have the yote in the crosshairs.
He wouldn't stop but kept trotting, so I barked at him. He stopped for an instant and I fired. MISSED!!! He took off. I don't know how I missed, since I had just re-sighted the AR that afternoon at 100 yards with 60 gr Black Hills V-Max.
Well, that was the only yote of the evening. But I was amazed at the clarity of the MX-160. I have hunted this property many times and have it fairly well ranged. I could easily see out 350 - 400 yards with mostly cloudy skies and 3/4 moon that was covered most of the time.
I highly recommend Kevin at High Tech Redneck if you are interested in quality night vision with great customer service. He is passionate about hunting coyotes with NV. If you do business with him, you won't be sorry.
Check him out at www.hightechredneckincorporated.com.
Tom
Alton, IL
