Sightmark Wraith Digital Night Vision Riflescope: Reviewed By A Ranger

Here's my review of this day/night riflescope. It has some interesting features, and I enjoyed testing it. It has a really impressive detection range of 274 meters (300 yards).

FYI, prices and ratings are accurate as of time of writing.

Sightmark Wraith - Digital Night Vision Riflescope

Highlight: Obviously, it can shoot in the dark.

Helpful review: This scope is the magic solution for those who need to take out wild boars, coyotes, or other things that should not sneak around in the dark. The only drawback of a night vision scope is that it only works in the dark.

Night vision works by seeing infrared light, so this scope needs an emitter to send the IR light ahead of the shooter. Emitters can be placed in areas like a sheep pen or chicken coop and flood the area with invisible light until the scope is used. Suppose I look at my security cameras when they go into night mode. In that case, they flood the area with IR light, and it looks like a headlight across the yard when looking from night vision cameras.

The 4K Night Vision scope is basically a camera that sees IR light and uses a reticle to place bullets. When I look through the scope, I am not looking from one end down the tube and out the front; I am looking in the viewfinder and watching a screen. When a very bright light, like a flashlight or flare, is suddenly shown at the Wraith, it will send a blinding light that can damage the shooter's eyesight.

The scope setup has three brightness levels to fit the shooter's vision and comfort. The scope uses four double-A batteries. This scope, and for that matter, any night vision scope, is a battery hog, so keep spares in your pocket, maybe two reloads of batteries.

This scope stores up to five rifles in its memory, which is supposed to allow the scope to be moved from one rifle to another. However, I don't think I will trust that much without a sighting-in session to ensure accuracy. When I pull the trigger, it is a 30-caliber bullet flying downrange, after all. I need to know where it is going.

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