Can anyone recommend a good one in The $300-$500 range? or are all of them higher priced?
Looking to mount on an AR to shoot coyotes and armadillo's. Everything will be 100 yard shots or less. Probably 50 or less on average.
Thanks in advance.

go ahead and get ready to be told by everyone and their mom you need to spend like $2k bare minimum and the the newest thing you can find ... never got that imo, there a new lasted and greatest every year, figured by now a guy could buy a model a few years behind and be happy with it but apparently not .

I know Wolfie, but I ain't spending that kind of money just to doink armadillo's in the noggin.
Found 2 on Amazon that are around $300 and have pretty good reviews.
Was just hoping someone on here had experience with an affordable one.

well not sure if it's what you want but I got one of these lil One Leaf commander NV set ups . It works but after two years I'm probably gonna upgrade.

https://goyojooptics.com/collections/thermal-scope


Go on YouTube and get on whoteewho channel. He did a couple of reviews on this. At least on his videos it looks extremely impressive for $650 Also, every thermal ive ever looked through is clearer than what the recorded video shows. I know its more than the price range you gave but thats as close as I could get.

Thanks.
Do you have one of these or used one of these?

No, I cannot put any sort endorsement behind it personally. I hav a rix that I got a great deal on and am not somebody that feels like they need to upgrade all the time and wont look to change until it craps out.. I watched every video I could find on that goyojo and was impressed with what I saw, especially the lack of features to lower cost vs the actual thermal components.

Little over your budget but AGN has one at 689. I have one coming next week.

Buy once, cry once

Some things I am all about buying less expensive.
I bet resale on those cheap ones is nonexistent too so I would do lots of research before I pulled the trigger.

As in I would want some time on the model I was looking at in conditions I expected to use one before I committed.

But that is my opinion, YMMV

Didnt you just cut on folks that like to trade up often..."a fella should be able to get along fine with a model a few years old.....", then in the very next breath say you are gonna be trading up after just two years...?
Just bustin on you a little...ifn you want to trade up, more power to ya

Just remember you get what you pay for.

I think I may try a GoYO, was going to probably order from Amazon so returns would be easy if needed. I think I'll hold off til theres a Black Friday sale.

Rockfarmer, sent you a PM