Passive aiming allows you to engage targets under night vision without the use of infrared illuminators or designators. This greatly reduces your downrange signature but requires a night vision compatible optic, mounted in a night vision compatible location. Not all red dots are created equal when it comes to shooting with night vision.
0:00 Intro
0:29 Explanation of passive aiming
1:24 Important aspects of NV compatible optics
4:35 Eotech EXPS3
5:33 Aimpoint T2
6:28 Aimpoint PRO
7:33 SIG Romeo 5, Romeo 7, Trijicon MRO
8:45 Pistol micro red dots (Leupold DPP, Trijicon RMR, Holosun 407/507)
It's considered a dated budget option but the Vortex Viper pistol dot is also superior to Holosun in my experience. Glass has less tint and no magnification to it and the dot does get dark enough not to bloom.
Good stuff, I am curious though, have you ever tested one of the holoson 515cm with nods? I'm curious about it because it can fit t2 mounts and is very lightweight.
I tried to use a top mounted 1 MOA Trijicon RMR on a Primary Arms 3x Prism, but it's too difficult to find the dot and the chin weld is not ideal. I guess i'll try out the Eotech next. Video games like Arma make top mounted RMRs seem so cool and useable when in reality they really aren't.
It’d be neat if you got a bunch of Amazon and wish weapon lights and destroy them with a series test to show people that they are inferior
Left eye NVG & right eye optic (ignored) is how the Army trains & shoots with IR lasers, reversed for lefties.
I know it's cheap, but what about a Sightmark M-Spec? I've run a bunch of Sightmarks and have never had one issue, with the exception of their pistol optic. That dot dances around more than meth addict at a rehab clinic.
Hi, I'm not sure if you'll answer me, but do you know if there is there a reason why I cannot see the night vision settings on my Aimpoint Pro when I'm looking at it through night vision? I only see a dot when I turn it on the daylight settings. I have a gen 2+ photonis tube. I'm not sure if it's broken or if maybe my tube just can't see it for some reason.
I just got in to night vision a few months ago (pvs-14) and I find that my Aimpoint comp-M4 on a 2.04 SKD mount works very well once you take off the ARD. super clear I would call it 80% or better light transmission. I like your no BS presentation style
Holosun 510c please
Can you do a review of optics without NV settings that would still work? For example, would an Aimpoint H1 still work on it's lowest setting?
Seems like eotech opmed 3 is best, any pointers
MRO works just fine for me
You really need to try the Primary Arms MD-25, it's the best budget option IMO
Really enjoying the night vision content!
Aimpoint "PRO" vs Comp M5 ?
great information thanks
Do the Holosun 512!
Most of us watching cant afford nods. I love your videos and you probably have a shit ton of fun making nods videos. But could you do like another pc or belt video 😔👉👈
I use this with my Browning M2 to hunt stray cats in the alley behind my apartment building.
Trijicon SRO
Have you shot the Meprolight M21 under NV? That’s my current go to end of world optic lol I’ve had a lot of fun with it in the dark
I’ve got both eotech exps 3 and MRO HD, the MRO HD is just as clear and easy to shoot with under night vision in my experience.
What front sight paint do you use(this in reference to something you said in an older video) I would like to add orange to the front sight of my gp100 and Walther P.01
Not that anyone cares but I have been able to shoot my 507cx2 on a beretta M9A3 under night vision to 75 yards successfully in fairly low ambient light conditions, couldn’t see targets past 80 ish yards
Can Someone tell me what it looks like to the naked eye when you use the Illuminator and or the ir laser? Can you see it well is it a problem like do you see it like a red Led? In my country civilians can really get these types of military lasers easily or at all only airsoft replicas
CompM5 because it’s aesthetic
Dakota Meyer says you shouldn't even be talking about this you filthy casual
Im assuming comp m5 would be pretty close to the t2 and pro but, didnt make the list because you got 2 aimpoints? One that is similar jn price but smaller in size and the other being sigantly cheaper
Does your opinion of the mro include the mro hd?
Hop does a review, I automatically hit the thumbs up. It's positively Pavlovian I tells ya! 😁
The Aimpoint ACO, though doesn't have "night vision compatible" settings, still gets plenty dim to be safe under NVGs for passive aiming. The PRO is better if extremely dim settings are a necessity, but the extra 3-4 brightness settings are minor in this use case in my opinion. Then again most of my shooting is active aiming instead of passive, though I'm also using binos and that makes a lot of issues seem trivial with most optics.
For me having my PVS14 on my DOMINANT eye (which so happens to be my right) works well. I find the biggest advantage is being able to shoot lights out (no pun intended) with my pistol red dot. So shooting passively works both on rifle and pistol, essentially the same.
It would be interesting to see a 1x prism optic tested. I know that the primary arms cyclops has a couple of night vision setting but I have no idea how well they work.
For the cost of the EOTECH OR AIMPOINT it would make more sense to save for thermal SCOPE? What do you think?
What about a budget optic such as a holosun 515gm or the vortex Sparc solar?
Would love to see how the Holosun 515 range holds up under night vision.
Yeah I have a question, how do they get all that flavor in those little starburst candies?
The SRO is another worth looking at.
Where to cop the AR10 at 9:31. Looks super nice
Unity riser works for eotech
Ever get a chance to look at an Aimpoint ACRO under NV?
Should try the primary arms slx md-25, seems to have some night vision settings and is aforable. Not sure how well that ACSS redicalshows up under nods though!
How are holosun optics in this regard?
what about using a carry handle mount lol
I wish you would've shown footage of your passive aiming through the LPVO.
I love this channel.
Hop is out here looking like a Star Trek borg extra
Holosun advertises their optics—503, 510, 512, 515, etc— to be NV compatible; do you have any experience with them under NV? Comparable to the Romeo 5, perhaps