The Pulsar Digisight N550 is unlike any other Nv rifle sight on the market, as it relies on digital technology and infra red illumination to enhance the image instead of former Nv Gen 1 or Gen 2 image intensifier tubes.
The green image regularly related with Nv devices is not gift in digital units as the N550 does not use a green phosphor screen, the image instead appearing on a sharp black and white Lcd screen. Green was commonly belief as the most sufficient colour for the human eye to view at night, so it would be spirited to find out how the N550 image compared.
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Scott Country first saw the N550 in the "flesh" at the Tackle and Guns Trade show in Stoneleigh and we were lucky enough to be one of the first in the Uk to put it straight through its paces..
N550 Light-Free Tunnel Trial
We had heard great things about the N550, and we were excited to see if it lived up to our expectations and couldn't wait to try it out. Uk Distributors Thomas Jacks had passage to a practice built light free tunnel for the afternoon, so we put the N550 straight through its paces.
The dark tunnel consisted of a long blacked out tunnel with a range of targets to fetch at the far end of the range, this was ideal for testing a Night vision device.
To get a comparison we tried a Gen 1 + Riflescope to see how it performed, and using the Built In Ir I could for real make out the rabbit shaped targets and it performed as expected.
Eagerly we mounted the N550 to the plastic dummy stock, and I raised the eye piece to my eye and what I saw was a revelation. The image was sharp and defined with a depth of clarity that far exceeded my expectations.
The best way to spin the image is that it is like a crisp clear Cctv camera image, but in black and white.
The N550's built in reticle can be cycled straight through varied profiles, and I chose a former cross hair, and practised lining up for shots against the rabbit targets. With the built in Ir turned on, the N550 could for real pick out targets in the light free tunnel, giving virtually daylight ability images.
N550 Set-Up
Setting up the N550 on a firearm couldn't be easier, with the adjustable dovetail fitting most rifles from 11mm dovetail to weaver. As part of the ongoing goods improvement for the N550, Pulsar will shortly be releasing their own reticle build software, which is currently in its Beta stages.
This will allow the user at home, to originate their own bespoke reticles for their requirements. You can then have a reticle for a 25yard range onboard an air rifle, or a mildot reticle for 200m lamping foxes at night. We at Scott Country have been testing the new Pulsar software and are contribution a free of charge reticle build assistance when you buy a Digisight from us.
Zeroing is simplified using Pulsar's one shot zero theory which allows you to adjust the reticle position using a particular live shot. I found this very easy to use, and although I needed two or three shots to convince myself it was zeroed correctly, it's for real a way of rescue ammo.
Most citizen find gauging length at night is particularly difficult and this poses a question when zeroing accepted Nv riflescopes.
I have found this a question in the past using a Gen 1 expedient at night, but with the Pulsar N550 the one shot theory makes this easier, although with the N550 being resistant to spirited light exposure, you can use it in the daylight also. This is great news for zeroing during the day before you go out lamping at night.
The N550 In The Field
Taking the N550 out in the field for the first time was an spirited expectation but there was little in the way of quarry about, primarily due to the awful weather.
It was a very dark and gloomy night with almost 100% cloud cover so no hope of starlight to help the unit, I wondered how it would fare. As there wasn't a rabbit to be seen I set up a target at 100m and turned on the elective Ir flashlight (or so I thought) and looked straight through the eye piece.
I could for real see every detail and blades of grass and twigs were clearly visible.
I reached to turn off the elective Ir Flashlight to see how the built in Ir compared, to find that in fact it was turned off!!!
The unit was performing this well already without the Ir flashlight!!
With the elective Ir flashlight on I for real found it overpowering at air rifle ranges, the image was so spirited I had to look away for a moment. Finding at trees with nesting crows over 200meters away with the Ir flashlight on this time, I was stunned at how clear the image was, and it blew a Gen One riflescope out of the water.
I have only ever used one Gen 2 riflescope before, and the N550 was for real comparable at less than half the cost of the Gen 2 unit. I spent a bit of time with the N550 handheld as a viewing monocular, and my Yukon Mpr capturing footage at varied distances and throughout an evening to see how it performed.
Watching pigeons flighting to roost was fantastic, and as I lay still and motionless a badger cub ran past me and I managed to catch sight of it as it went straight through a hedgerow.
I was most impressed as the clock got close to 11pm and I sat and watched some rooks nesting in trees, which were for real 250 metres away. I could see them clearly and watched them getting ready to bed down for the night, just as they were spooked by a rifle shot in the length and flew off again.
N550 Functions
The functions of the N550 were all very easy to operate at night and I could convert the reticle, adjust the brightness, focus and zero with the touch of a button.
The SumLight function of the N550 is operated by push button and switches the N550 into enhanced sensitivity mode, this was particularly useful with the mist conclusion in.
Some time ago I tested a riflescope that could take pictures of what you were shooting at when you pulled the trigger, well the N550 goes one step further.
Being a digital night vision expedient the N550 can output a video stream to a mobile personal recording expedient such as the Yukon Mpr, allowing you to article your night's hunting.
The Result
The Pulsar N550 Digisight offers a true night vision riflescope with the ability of day light use which is ideal for those of us who dont have two rifles. No need to switch in the middle of day and night scopes, or having to add on a bulky Nv add on scope device.
Offering clear and correct viewing out to 250meters with the Ir flashlight, the N550 is ideal for vermin operate on centrefire rifles, as well as for hunting small ground and roosting vermin with air rifles.
The Pulsar Digisight N550 - Digital Night vision Riflescope
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