http://www.tacm3.com/products.htmGet the Tactical light with the Infra Red Lens, and a barrel mount.
The darkest night will no longer be a problem, even with a Gen II.
Lights them up great at 80 yards. Eyes also glow like crazy.
Works much better than the IR units that come with some scopes.
The IR units on some scopes are too close to the front end
of the scope, and may "wash out" the view.
Barrel mounted light is off axis from scope, so works great.
Second problem: You may find the scope shifts point of impact
after being zeored. Hate to say it, but true. Have seen this with 3
different night scopes. Works ok the night you set it, 2 weeks
later it's moved. Wondered what was up for almost a year
before we realized the truth. Had to keep re-zeroing.
( Rifles would still group fine, but impact kept moving.
This tells me it was not a case of loose mounts. )
So, barrel mount a laser. Once zeroed, you aim with it of course.
Red lasers show up fine, but the beam will appear white in a
night scope, FYI. Often you will see the aiming reticle move
in relation to the laser after firing. This proves to me the scopes
shift their impact point. I had to resort to these measures,in order
to salvage the inital investment. BUT, at least a work around exists.
Have taken out several hogs since getting the situation figured
out and worked around.
Next thing, a scope base. Since we use A-3 AR-15's, bases are not
an issue. These rifles have a built in Picatinny rail on top.
But, these types of bases are available for some bolt action rifles:
http://www.mountsplus.com/Mounted a night scope on a Browning A-Bolt using one of these
bases for example.
Last, eye relief.
Night scopes all pretty much require the eye to be close to the
scope. Most all have a rubber "collar" on the back lens.
You might find that the stock needs to be shortened in order
to get close enough to the scope.
If you use the rail mount listed above, you will likely still have
enough leeway to mount a day scope, should you decide to
switch out from a night scope later on.
Yes, setting up a system can require some time and effort.
Once I was squared away though, I gained a pretty good advantage
over the evil hawgatoids.
