Thermal, Nightvision & Digital Optics

Magnum Sports lists about 250 thermal, night vision and digital optics with around 110 available today, one of the largest thermal ranges in Australia. HikMicro (70 lines), Pulsar (47), Guide (33), NOCPIX (18), RIX (14), PARD (11), ATN (9), Zeiss (8), DNT, Oneleaf, Sionyx, AGM, Midnight Optics and Nitehog cover thermal riflescopes, thermal clip-ons, hand-held monoculars, thermal binoculars with laser rangefinders and digital day-night scopes.

Entry-level digital night vision starts at about $400, a quarter of the thermal range is under $2,300, the median thermal optic is about $3,600 and flagship 640-sensor scopes and binoculars run to $10,000. No licence is needed to buy or own a thermal optic in Australia, and everything ships Australia-wide for a flat $20 (free over $700). Night shooting is permitted on private land with the landholder's permission; it is not permitted on NSW public hunting land.

For foxes and pigs on a farm block a 384-sensor thermal scope with a 25 to 35mm lens covers most shots inside 200 metres; for finding game before the shot a hand-held monocular is the most-used tool; and for keeping your day scope's zero a thermal clip-on fits in front of it. Every unit is on display at Roseville Chase and we will show you the difference between sensor sizes and lens focal lengths before you buy.