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Posted: 7/5/2011 7:05:42 PM EDT
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How rare these scopes to come across? pvs-3 i think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/STARLIGHT-NIGHT-VISION-SCOPE-MX-8201A-PVS-3-VIETNAM-N-R-/150628080471?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2312221b57 |
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PVS 3 are odd birds, don't see as many as pvs-2 or pvs-4. I believe its the first gen2 (really a gen1 with a MCP or a two stage cascade, cant remember which) scope to see service. The tube inside is very hard to find IIRC. I would bet that it doesn't work, hence the "don't have a power source, cant test" although its in really good shape.
Remember that thing sits ON THE SIDE OF THE RIFLE not on top. Really odd feeling and makes the rifle want to twist and fall over. |
| We had a PVS2 on the PD in the 80s that we used on night surveillance, mostly. We had a mount for out M16A1s, but never used it on the weapons. Everything was grainy and bright green when you looked through it, but when you put it down, everything was brown! Batteries were tough to come buy even then. Someone had an adapter made up, but I don't remember the specifics (it was 30 years ago). |
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A pvs-2 weighs 6lbs and the optical distortion or "fisheye" is usually awful. The mounts for the pvs-2 and 3 are the w&e adjustments (non lit etched reticle) and were meant to be "minute of 5gal gas can" at 100m. The scope is actually on one side of the rifle, and that makes for a awkward shooting experience.
They do have a ton of gain and will work passively on starlight alone. In the 80s-90's a lot of pvs-2 were sold sitting on top of elcan mounts that were loosened up quickly from all that weight on them.. |
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