WG760 NV quick review

[angrybear]

Well the whole point of an add-on system is that it simply fixes to the back of your day scope & is pre zeroed,
so No, the scope was not moved as that would effect the zero & nullify the point of using add-on.

The unit is zero eye relief, your eye is in contact with the rubber eye cup, overall length is 120mm with 10-15mm of compression to the eye cup possible, there is also a few mm of the DSA to allow for but that can vary with how the DSA fits the scope eye bell.
I've got 4 different add on set-ups & have never found the slight change to head position to be an issue, I had much more of a problem when I had a dedicated NV unit which was so tall I had to roll my head over the stock & shoot it left eye .

I found it easy to use once I read the instructions through a couple of times there are only 5 buttons in a cross pattern, dual use for long or short press but at night you only use a couple of functions so it's easy to feel for them.

In each corner of the display is an icon for battery power, IR power, digi zoom/wi-fi, laser dot.

I think the reason the first (enlarged) pic is a bit blurred is that I'd pressed the photo button several times with nothing happening (it takes a good solid press) so was getting a bit annoyed & not holding the rifle steady.

[telf]

Well the whole point of an add-on system is that it simply fixes to the back of your day scope & is pre zeroed,
so No, the scope was not moved as that would effect the zero & nullify the point of using add-on.

The unit is zero eye relief, your eye is in contact with the rubber eye cup, overall length is 120mm with 10-15mm of compression to the eye cup possible, there is also a few mm of the DSA to allow for but that can vary with how the DSA fits the scope eye bell.
I've got 4 different add on set-ups & have never found the slight change to head position to be an issue, I had much more of a problem when I had a dedicated NV unit which was so tall I had to roll my head over the stock & shoot it left eye .

I found it easy to use once I read the instructions through a couple of times there are only 5 buttons in a cross pattern, dual use for long or short press but at night you only use a couple of functions so it's easy to feel for them.

In each corner of the display is an icon for battery power, IR power, digi zoom/wi-fi, laser dot.

I think the reason the first (enlarged) pic is a bit blurred is that I'd pressed the photo button several times with nothing happening (it takes a good solid press) so was getting a bit annoyed & not holding the rifle steady.

Thanks for the very concise reply , yes i understand about the point of an add-on but not all add-ons are short enough for the scope not to be needed to be moved forward indeed on one of clives videos on this unit he says he had to move the scope forward, but all in all seems a good little unit
Matter of interest did you get yours off clive ,LL , CRScopes or A chinese site

[angrybear]

It came from CRS, then passed to me in lieu of a payment.
I assume he meant he had to set up & zero his scope further fwd than normal, rather than just move it when using the NV

[Muskett]

I do not own one, nor looked through one.
I did have a long conversation with someone who has had one for several weeks now.

By all accounts its a very accomplished piece of kit with a compatible scope. Its an add on so has all the pros and cons these come with. Best with a scope whose side parallax is down to 30m, which is better than 10m/15m that some add ons demand. Its a handy spotter, and well made.
At the right price this would do, as is, for all rat and rabbit, so fine for .17HMR. For fox then it would need a good IR torch to boost the range to a tad over 200m practical. The picture it gives is sharp and clear. Loads to like about it.
If you already have a WFV700 or 800 then its not going to better them on pure absolute range. If you don't need all the range then its the one to get.
The DSA may not fit every scope but then the WDV's had the odd problem too. I think this unit is a tad longer than the WDV when fitted, but still usable without drastic changes.

For many this unit will be ideal.

Over the next few weeks I would expect a good few reviews, and with built in video then some good footage. I would like to see some pictures of how shooters fit behind it, and the rifle set up done.
All very promising.

[warbucks]

Quote Angrybear wrote " For me the main drawback is that 3x base mag, you need a sidewheel scope which generally only come with 3x so the MINIMUM THROUGH THE UNIT IS 9X WHICH IS VERY MUCH REDUCED FOV."

Either iv'e mis understood what he is trying to say or this is misleading ?

I phoned Hussar and asked him about this as he has one, he said " if looking through the 2.5x17.5x56 S-TAC on its own you have a SLIGHTLY wider field of view, than you do when the Addonight is on with it and the Addonight is on its lowest magnification, he also said that this is so slight that you wouldn’t notice" ------the same goes for 3 or 4 mag scopes ----------what i'm saying is dont let this put you off.

At the moment i'm not in the market for another add on but this sounds to be the one to have, its also a very good hand held spotter as well.

Dave (warbucks)

[angrybear]

Its not misleading in the slightest & I've got proof from recording but I can't get it up here at the moment. Photos now up

looking at the same spot at approx 220yds (a section of heavy scrub) the 760 takes a photo of one bush at the end approx. 15-20 feet wide & 12 feet tall,
using the Ward 700 at the same target shows the whole clump of scrub some 20yds wide.

The difference between 20 feet & 20yds is rather more than SLIGHTLY wider

Sorry about the poor quality of the pics,
the screwdriver is pointing to the section shown in the 760 photo, both are at 4x on the scope, this shows the difference in both FOV & in the quality of the view I was using a B50 IR with BOTH units so that difference could not be blamed on the different IR.
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[angrybear]

After some fairly exhaustive testing I believe I have worked out that the mag range is actually 1.7x to 4.25x
& the digi mag is max 2.5x not 3.5x because it starts from 1 not from 0.

It certainly isn't anything like the 4x-28x mag range quoted in the specs, I've emailed CRS asking where the 4x-28x comes in to the equation,
I know that's from the manufacturer, but is rather misleading.

Anyway it's still a cracking good bit of kit, and highly recomended

Had an email reply from Ash at CRS, who says I'm pretty much spot on with the mag range.