rifle with night vision recommendations

[maddy1984 0]

Hi all, 

I am looking for a decent starter rifle with night vision to start doing some vermin control around my property. I have a very basic rifle I have borrowed but need to a) buy my own now, and b) something I can get a decent spot with and spend a few hours each night with as a beneficial hobby. 

I am not looking to go in with a big budget, any advice would be well appreciated. 

[villaman 9,980]

BSA ultra .177 with a pard 007 

gun will match any top price pcp pellet for pellet . 
pard 007 best add on night vision 

[Deker 3,453]

The Pard 007 is good, but if you are looking closely at budget, simply get one of the many torches and mounts than can be had from eBay for £10-15.

You will soon find if that works for you or where you want to go from there, with a minimal initial outlay!

These are great, I have a few, variable strength and adjustable beam out to around 100 yards.

5pcs SkyWolfEye Zoomable 50000LM T6 LED 18650 Flashlight Hiking Lamp Torch Light | eBay

I still use Lamping kits, torches and also night vision, whatever works best for the job in hand!

Edited November 14, 2021 by Deker

[philpot 4,929]

It would help Maddy if you could give us a budget so we can advise with that in mind.  There are now quite a number of 'add-on' systems to work with a day scope plus electronic day/night scopes and of course a torch, it is all down to budget. You are not a million miles from me so if you wanted to come over here, will either take you to my dealer in Scunthorpe who has a 25mt indoor range where we can test a few guns / nv units as they have a number of good s/h guns and scopes in stock at all times or have a shoot on one of our perms with some of our gear.  My buddy makes nv add-on units for about £100 when he can get the cameras or you could pay £5000 for a thermal and everything in between, hence the reason a budget would be helpful.

Phil