about how many yards can i light up to see good enough at night with a good scope 4-12x40 thanks ?
1588848
I would not trust it beyond 100 to max 150 yards. Appears that it gets a bit distorted. In my oppion I would keep it less than 100 yards. Mostly for safety reasons.
1588849
With this on your weapon at night you won't need a scope. It's amazinghow far and how bright this laser is. Just be sure to sight it in properly.
1588850
With this on your weapon at night you won't need a scope. It's amazing how far and how bright this laser is. Just be sure to sight it in properly.
975829
It shines pretty far, but usable distance is around 30 yards. Very bright for the money.
1184008
That was the same question I asked myself. So I bought both. The answer is yes the 3-9 X 40 scope provides a better image at low level light conditions. That is the scope I use on my gun.
1431255
It is bright and clear enough but of course the larger objective lenses will gather more light although they tend to get heavier as they get bigger of course. It only focuses down to about 15 feet. So not good for very close range. In general Vortex optics are very good. I have 12x50 binocs. and a rifle scope that are all sharp, clear and bright. There is also an 8x25 Solo, or something like that. It is smaller and lighter and might be good for concerts as we;;/
7685
In daylight about 1 inch in dark or low light conditions I have tested out to about 25yards and still see it. As you add light the range drops. Hope this helps even though I don't have a max effective range for you.
260679
It has good range, easily out to 100 yds or more. On Gen 1 night optics you won't find good ones with high powers so you're limited to the range by the fact that low power doesn't increase view target sizes much. Otherwise, you can't beat this one, I love it for the price.
244889
This is a great scope but, I don't think that it would be good for anything farther than around 100 yards.I hope this helps you
1704112
Have not sighted in using this scope. Just used it to check out land. I would say, though @ 100 yards it would be ok. Hoping to use it this weekend or next to sight @ 100 & 200 yds.
386980
It's good for fairly close up, but won't show much past pistol shot. I tried it out of a deer blind and could see at 30 ft or so. It would be a waste on a rifle.
1637810
25 yards would prob be OK but any closer would be tough. Check the range of view specs for 3x power and that would prob be your min distence
584749
The sight works very well and is more than sufficient to provide night capability for self defense. I've scouted my neighborhood at night with no moon and can clearly make out images at 100 yds although, this would be well beyond self defense ranges - perhaps if one were hunting at night picking off vermin this would work well. The illuminator is included in the new packages, runs of easily found batteries, has a self shut down timer and can illuminate outwards to about 50 yds on dark nights. Under half to full moon the illuminator was not required. For the money, this is a quality unit that should work under most conditions. It's got all the capability one would need in most situations, just not as crisp an image or with all the details of say, a generation III NV scope. It mounts on any weaver or mil-spec picatinny rail system and comes with a very good mount. Includes a daylight cover to use for daytime sight-in and general protection of the lens and a carry bag for when not mounted on a rifle.
968349
My answer would be most definitely! I have the scope on a Ruger 308 and man I absolutely love it! I went to Academy and bought a QBeam green 400 meter light that clips onto the gun barrel and to me it's better than night vision. I can shoot a coyote 250+ yards at night time.
82533
It really depends on what you're doing with it it is a short yardage scope good out to about 200 yards I hope that helps As far as optical quality is very good
2212331
That's a good question that's a little difficult for me to answer, but I think I can do well enough. I've left mine on overnight, and it still had plenty of power the next day. I mostly shoot outdoors, in daylight. The black cross hairs work all of the time, so I don't use the illumination that often. You can't tell much difference. Indoors, and at night, I'll turn on the illumination just because it looks cool when I'm just messing around. I'm on my second battery since I bought the scope, and I've probably left it on overnight four times. I found the batteries online for about a buck a piece, and bought ten. I can't really give you a "runtime" on this. I would just say, unless you do a lot of shooting in low light, it should last for months.
1350641
The illuminator is a big help with Gen 1 optics. At 200 yards you can still make out a deer. I tried it while coyote hunt in Tenn. up to 100 yards is well defined. With out the Illuminator the field of view will be much darker.
2050088
I have a white LED light that is supposed to be 500 lumen but it is actually 300 lumen, mounted as a shooting light. I can throw a small beam to 200 yds easily. That is as far as you are going to shoot at night. My red led is used for scanning. Very hard to see the crosshairs with red.
1021873
I doubt it, the resolution on this monocular is probably inadequate to your needs. In general, night vision resolution is pretty limited after 100 yards.