DIY Rifle Night Vision Scope with CCD and Flashlight for Riflescope Hunting

Mounted this on a Ruger American 22lr bolt action with a Nikon Buckmaster 4-12X50 BDC Rifle Scope.The unit adds a fair amount of weight to the rifle and is a little cumbersome to carry around in the field.Also, there is no way to adjust the backlighting of the screen which is pretty bright. Too bright really. In total darkness you are illuminating your upper body and the area right around you. With a small field of view, you will be scanning around the area and the background lighting will be almost flashing due to the IR light shining on things close to you and making the view screen get brighter to a point it's hard to look at. The ability to turn down the backlighting would be huge!First try using it, I took it out and was scanning one of our pastures and spotted a Fox about 80yrds out. Perfect image, no mistake what it was. I took the shot, missed low. I was able to watch the Fox jump in the air and followed him as he ran off into the woods.With the rifle mounted in a sled, I used the view screen to sight the scope in, bullseye at 75yrds and then stretched out to 80 and then 100yrds. The system worked great. The screen gets a little blurry when zooming in with the scope but I could still see the impact holes in the target to adjust the scope at 100yrds. I leave the scope zoom at the lowest power of 5x and adjusted the focus on the camera for a rather clear picture at 80yrds while using the night vision.That night I went out to the same pasture, scanned as I did before, saw the same Fox and took the shot. This time I heard the "whop" sound of impact and the critter was down! 2 more to go!Take your time with the setup and fine tuning just like you would with a new scope and I think you will be pleased. I am!

I bought this as a cheap solution to night hunting. First of all there are different size 18650 batteries. Some will not fit in the screen battery slot. Secondly the instructions in my opinion were horrible. Thirdly, after finally getting it installed I discovered you can’t load a bullet on a bolt action rifle. So anytime you want to put one in the chamber you have to remove the camera. Which is a headache.Having said that, once you figure out how to mount it and how to adjust it I am very pleased in how well it works. My hunting spot is only about 75 yards to a woods line and you can see everything extremely well. I can’t say how well it works beyond that. I will probably have to switch it to a lever action so I can load bullets without removing the camera. But for the price and the quality I am certainly glad I made this purchase. I was considering a actual night vision scope but thought I would try this first. I am extremely happy with the product for the price I paid. Would buy again tomorrow.

Damn good night vision product. Spedn your time getting all the rings tightened down and the camera fovused properly and this will easily out do any multi thousand dollar night vision rig!! At first I was having trouble with the image, but after tightening everything down and alinging and focusing the camera right and screwing that down it doesn't ever shift and the image is spectacular! The ir light it comes with eill get the job done at up to ~100yards, but the t50 i ordered on ebay for $20 made the images crystal clear up to over 200 yards! Was not expecting this to work sooo well with all the bad image quality reviews, but I understand were they are running into trouble so I can't blame them too much. However, it is still user error as I was able to figure out my way over that "hump" and get my camera focused and sturdy. A few things to keep in mind: get some good batteries as bad ones will have to changed out everyday and they need to be at full charge for the ir flashlight to work well. Get a better ir flashlight (t50 or better) if you are using for long range night hunting. Remember to use the focus on the ir camera to clear up the image only AFTER mounting the camera equipment down tightly. Everytime you move the camera depth this has to be changed, but once you get it right then you never have to change it again. Make sure the camera is at the same clearance depth as your scope's recommend eye relief length. For example, if your scope recommends staying 3" away from the reticle wuth your eye. Make sure the mounting rings and ir camera tube is oriented so that the camera is 3" away from the reticle as well. Once you do this, then you can adjust the ir camera focus to clear up image. Since there is three focuses in total that have to be alinged I can see the hang ups, but this equipment is truely crystal clear when do correctly and an super amazing value!! I hardly leave reviews unless I believe the product has impacted me so much that it warrants me spending my time giving my opinion on the product. Even more rare are reviews I leave that are good. So you can believe me when I am telling you this product is worth it. I will be updating my reviews with pictures of the actual night vision images I see when I look at the screen. 3 hogs down so far and counting. Because of the increasingly nocturnal nature of the animals I would never have been able to eradicate them from my property. This product has made my life sooo much easier. Thank you for listening to my opinions on this product and I hope you choose to enjoy this product like I get to.

GARBAGE - Great concept, terrible delivery.CONS: There were several issues with the kit I received.1 - First, right out of the box the instructions are in poorly broken EngRish. It was easy enough to figure out but if you're going to butcher the instructions don't even bother sending them.2 - Second, the scope adapter rings that they send didn't tighten all the way on the scope, so the mount was unstable. I was able to stack the rings together to make it work but it still moved around more than I wanted it too.3 - That would've been ok if it would actually work at night, sadly it does a poor job. That brings me to number three, poor night performance. Since the only reason to buy something like this is to use it at night you would kind of expect it to work at night, right? Well, the truth is its only good for about 10 yards in front of you, anything farther than that forget it. The way they have the IR light setup in the pictures will not work. If you mount the light on your scope the IR washout from the flashlight creates a glow in the scope that is so bright you can't see the redacle. The only way to get it to work is to mount the light somewhere else. Even then, the range is pathetic... maybe 50 yards..maybe. I even tried a brighter IR spot light that I bought somewhere else.. it was better buy still pretty terrible.4 - Camera malfunctions? The camera itself had issues with cutting in and out (which I wash eventually able to eliminate with all new batteries, also reminds me to mention batteries) and after a shot the screen would get significantly dimmer and never return to normal with out removing the batteries. I was shooting this on an air rifle too so its not like the recoil was so severe that it over-rated the camera parts. So between not being able to see through the scope from the washout and trying to focus a dimly lit it was a constant chore just trying to see through the scope enough to focus.5 - The batteries - it takes 18650's, not included. I must have completely spaced this since I though it would take regular AA's.. it doesn't. You'll need to grab a set of rechargable 18650's but I caution you.. not all of them are the same. I had several different brands laying around and not all of them fit into this batter fixture.PROS -1. works well at short distances.2. adjustable camera focus - i was surprised to learn that the camera was adjustable. I was able to focus on the target or the redicle based on the camera focus.3... sorry thats all, I'll be sending this back.

Item is of surprising quality for a 100$ night vision attachment. The provided ring tightening scope mount does not scratch your scope and once adjusted provided a clear night time image at about 50 yards. I even caught some critters roaming around at night

Pros: once you figure out how to work it properly, it works fine. The battery life is outstanding as well (in the right conditions). It doesn't change the zero on your firearm.Cons: it is quite heavy. Figuring out the magnification is extremely annoying, and it goes out of focus on its own often. It does not work in cold conditions, which if you're from the Midwest like myself, can be a major issue. Hunting with it in 15 degree weather, it shut off after about 20 min of use and wouldn't turn back on. In an environment where it 15 degrees is actually warm in the winter, this makes it effectively useless in cold weather conditions. To anyone that says "perhaps the batteries ran out" this is false; as soon as I got back to my house and was inside for a few min., it turned on again.Overall you get what you paid for. The illumination distance is good. Getting it set on your firearm takes some time and the magnification focus is very iffy.

I was going to give it 5 stars, but the torch that came with it gave almost no illumination. So pay attention it all works just fine however you are going to need to buy additional torch or torches and have a way to mount them and you are going to need some quality rechargeable batteries for the unit and the torches. At the time i purchased i was able to get the Garberiel 6000mAh 3.7v anyhow my experience comes with a couple of missteps first i have a UTG scope with 36 color lit reticle and the scope is great except the hood for the light system leaves little room for mounting purchase so my advice make sure you have like 3/4" of eyepiece for mount. My first try i turned on supplied torch and it was like nothing then i switched on additional torch using 2 18650 in 940nm pill and it worked clearly to about 50yds and not so clear but usable to 75yds. I would recommend lighting except i have yet to try 850nm pill or other lights and i have recently seen cheaper lights in that 850nm range available in multiple pills and far cheaper here so your lighting choices are many and i plan on trying both ranges and combining ranges. As this is truly a DIY kit and keep in mind the light included has extremely limited range you should just consider whatever aux torch you buy as your only source of light. I did not have good expectations for the system, but with a good 2nd torch it worked better than i expected.Truthfully i cannot stress the point enough the performance of this system is only going to be as good as the additional lighting you purchase. I did this just to try and see what i might get with very low expectations and i am not at all sure how it would stand up to recoil for instance my rimfire just fine, but HP rifle or worse magnum springer air rifle i don't think that would be advisable. A shame its not a camera as i could see just constructing a rail for scope and lighting & mounting it would perhaps make spending more on lighting worth spending even more.

You get what you pay for. It kinda works, but is flimsy, the mount doesn't stay well, but worst was that it would shut off because of .17 air rifle recoil.Lasted for about 30 shots (I don't shoot at night frequently, so it took a year or so). Doesn't work any more, and... Good riddance. Time to open the coffers and buy ATN.

Ok folks, I believe in an honest review of PRODUCTS....while I appreciate timely delivery, a 5 star review of " arrived on time....can't wait to try it" helps nobody.I usually wait at least several months before I review a product to see how it holds up, but this was so good, and as it's not a daily use item ...here goes.In fairness, if your intent is to mount this on a 338 for whatever illicit activity at 600 yards, keep looking...you'll likely end up with parts in your lap. I doubt it will hold up to significant recoil. If you're looking to drive tacks at night....for some strange reason....likely not for you. If you're looking to knock sense into the skunk living under your boathouse, or spoil the evening of the pocket gophers destroying your zero turn and eating your garden...giddyup. With that said, within 200 yards, which would be ambitious for a 17 or 22 mag, this unit is amazing. For shooting inside 100 y/m, it is incredible for the price. I would highly recommend the upgraded kit. I think it is much easier to mount square to reduce parallax.Skunks and pocket gophers.....yee be warned.

Complete useless. First the screen gets lines threw it on the slightest touch or movements. Next it just does not work at all. For the price it should work slightly. But their is absolutely no difference if you use the infrared light or not. It can not see in the dark or slight darkness no better then my phone.

Surprisingly worked well for me. Battery life isn't the best but can't complain for how cheap this is.

Better than expected but a bit bulky

Doesn't work that well in daylight. The kit should come with batteries. The screen doesn't seem bright enough.However, I really haven't played around with it much and it does work, just not that well.I'll edit my review when I play around with it more...