In this episode of TFBTV, resident NOD nerd Hop visits with EOTech to discuss their new night vision gear. ««« GUN AND GEAR GIVEAWAYS »»» Check out our Patreon and SubscribeStar pages if you enjoy our program, and consider helping us at TFBTV out. We do not take money for positive reviews and [Read More…]
Welcome back thermal enthusiasts! We have a relatively new thermal scope for this week’s Friday Night Lights. iRayUSA is the distributor for InfiRay in China. They are the same people who make the Jerry C and Jerry F. Well, iRayUSA has a new thermal weapon sight [Read More…]
If you have been following my Friday Night Lights series, I have written about the PSQ-20 before but didn’t realize the generational changes until I acquired the final and older PSQ-20. Today we will take a look at the first PSQ-20 and compare it against a [Read More…]
Last December I wrote about wanting a SKEETIRX for Christmas. Today we are taking a look at the lower resolution version, the SKEETIRL. While it is lower resolution it still seems to beat our better thermal systems with double the resolution. In this week’s [Read More…]
Today on Friday Night Lights we take a look at the thermal workhorse from Trijicon. Specifically the IR-Patrol and briefly the REAP-IR. These thermals are one of the benchmarks in the thermal industry for weapon-mounted thermal systems. The Friday Night Lights [Read More…]
Happy post-Thanksgiving and welcome to another installment of Friday Night Lights. Today we will take a close look at a relative newcomer to the MFAL (Multi-Function Aiming Laser) market – Phantom Hills’ CTF-1. Friday Night Lights is sponsored by ATN Corp, [Read More…]
I don’t normally use iron sights. Not when I can mount a red dot. But AMERIGLO offered up some of their iron sights for review and I opted for the AMERIGLO Tritium MBUS Pro front sight as well as optic height compatible tritium sights for my Glock 19X. Normally [Read More…]
B.E. Meyers is known for their laser systems. Their MAWL is arguably the best small arms MFAL on the market. Will P and I both have MAWL-C1s and we are over the moon with them. Today B.E. Meyers unveiled their latest in infrared laser illumination. The KIJI K1 is a [Read More…]
Welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. This one is brought to you by Rifle Dynamics from their Red Oktober Kalashnikov Championship. On Saturday night after the last match shooters finished for the day, we ran Red Oktober After Dark, night vision and AKs with [Read More…]
I see you are back for some more photonic goodness. We turn the clock back and take a look at something a bit older. The ITT Exelis PSQ-20A thermal fusion monocular. We saw its latest iteration in the L3 ENVG PSQ-20B. This one is a little different and we dive deep to [Read More…]
Welcome back you nocturnal enthusiasts to another Friday Night Lights. Today we take a look at the Norwegian Simrad KN203. It is a night vision clip-on for weapon use. Friday Night Lights is sponsored by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like [Read More…]
The British Army have selected the Thermis CS thermal imaging system to fulfil their requirement for a Sniper In-Line Low Light System or SILLS. The contract was awarded following an international tender and is worth up to $11.5 million. The initial order is for 500 [Read More…]
There is a new compact digital riflescope from Sightmark called the Wraith 4K Mini 2-16×32, intended for hunting using night vision or daytime color modes. It uses a 3840×2160 pixels CMOS sensor that can detect objects up to 300 yards away in extreme darkness. [Read More…]
In a recent online Press Conference, the Austrian optics manufacturer Kahles released their first-ever thermal imaging products. Named HELIA TI these thermal imaging devices come in either a 25 mm or a 35 mm version, where the larger number means better thermal [Read More…]
Hello fellow nocturnal enthusiasts, and welcome to another Friday Night Lights. Today we take a look at a rather uncommon set of dual tube night vision goggles. Fenn Night Vision makes these ANVIS goggles for pilots. They feature a wider field of view and in some cases [Read More…]
Good afternoon and welcome back to another edition of the Friday Night Lights series. Today we will show and tell about tricked-out spotting scopes. These spotting scopes have been set up for nighttime observation with a bunch of accessories. As always, the Friday [Read More…]
It is Friday and you know what that means, night vision show and tell. This week we have some new stuff coming from Nocturn Industries. They are releasing a night vision monocular night called Tanto. Nocturn has also been busy upgrading Crye Airframe helmets with their [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day daily article series was established in 2014. Every day we share carefully selected photographs and as a bonus, you get a short story and hopefully, you learn something new. Today we have a rimfire G&G MP5 chambered in .22 LR. The sight is a [Read More…]
For this Friday Night Lights, we have a rather uncommon thermal device. If you served in the U.S. Army you may have come across some of these. The Raytheon AN/PAS-13E HWTS (Heavy Weapon Thermal Sight) is a thermal scope for some heavy-hitting weapons. The Friday Night [Read More…]
There’s no shortage of new products coming out of the Pulsar factories this autumn. This time anyone looking to transform their riflescope into a night vision device should take a closer look. There are two products in this release: the Forward F455S and the [Read More…]
When you talk about weapon-mounted lights, SureFire is one that many talk about and use. Their legacy weapon lights are undeniably a world standard. Their Hellfighter is the king of their weapon light portfolio. It was used by the US military and we will look more [Read More…]
X-Vision Optics is a Minnesota-based company that focuses on providing customers with infrared night vision devices for hunting. The X-Vision Optics XANR100 Night Vision Rangefinder combines a number of technologies and features to give the customer a capable, [Read More…]
Earlier this year Pulsar sent us a really interesting new toy, and it has now been made official. Pulsar calls it a new generation of multispectral binoculars, named Trionyx T3/T3i. With these magic binoculars, you get a combination of thermal, digital night vision and [Read More…]
About two weeks ago, Pulsar teased us with a picture of a new digital sight. At the time no one knew if the technology inside was thermal or digital night vision. It’s now known that the new product is called Pulsar Digex C50 and that it’s a day/night [Read More…]
Welcome once again night vision aficionados. Today we take a look at an oldie but goodie, the AN/PVS-5. The PVS-5 was the US Army’s first binocular night vision goggle. They were actually used for the USAF in the 70s. The Friday Night Lights series is brought to [Read More…]
My good friend Alex of Nocorium recently compiled and posted an interesting topic. Fixing night vision blemishes with BlackBoxing. We will go into further detail and as always the Friday Night Lights series is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision [Read More…]
Trijicon have announced the introduction of a pair of new thermal imaging systems: REAP-IR & IR-HUNTER. The optics come with various levels of magnification and feature industry-leading 640×480 resolution, 12-micron thermal sensors with 60 Hz frame rates. The [Read More…]
Welcome to the first episode of the TFB B-Side Podcast. The B-Side podcast is going to be a little less focused and a little more light-hearted than the TFB Behind the Gun Podcast. This week I brought on one of TFBTV’s favorite presenters, Hop. On today’s [Read More…]
By far the most popular way to aim a rifle in complete darkness is with IR lasers in tandem with a night vision device. IR lasers give you great accuracy potential and a less complicated aiming process when you are equipped with a head-mounted night vision device. [Read More…]
One of the country’s leading digital night vision device manufactures has landed a pretty big contract with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. SIONYX recently acquired a 5-year long contract to provide FBI agents with the pocket-sized Aurora PRO digital night [Read More…]