Quote History Originally Posted By gpho21:
Thanks for the reply. Originally I was thinking I wanted to swap out the housing to something with an attached (one piece) dovetail. Your point about it not really being a pvs14 is well taken and I tend to agree, so the language might have been unclear in my original post.
I did end up just ordering the dual dovetail. I think that accomplishes what I was after, since I’m coming from a bayo. I just don’t like the stacking with the mount/j arm - it feels janky to me IMO. I know higher quality arms exist but it’s a preference thing.
I think the dual is going to be as solid as it potentially can be, which was the goal in the end.
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No worries and happy to help!
Yes, I believe the DDA is a great option if you don't want to deal with J-Arm interfaces--while on the one hand, I think other than the notoriously poor USGI J-Arm, good, modern, improved J-Arms like the ones from Wilcox or NoiseFighters can work great, I also understand the general desire to not use them / use a different method of attachment, especially if your confidence in them has been shaken by using the ITT "horn" mount.
As for the terminology, again, my intent was not to nitpick or play the "well
ackshully" game over semantics, but having a clear idea of what you're trying to do is always helpful in making relevant recommendations--the last thing I'd want to do is to go down a rabbit hole with a potential solution based on what I
think you want, only for you to come back and say "cool story bro, that has nothing to do with what I'm talking about."
More specifically to the "14" terminology, I've found over the years that depending on an individual's level of knowledge and experience (we all started somewhere!), the generic term "14" or "PVS-14" can refer to anything from
only the as-issued, MIL-SPEC AN/PVS-14, distinguished even from, say an old ITT 6015 system with no manual gain,
or they could be using the term as a generic reference to any and all monocular night vision devices. Not knowing which end of the spectrum you might be there was why I requested clarification.
~Augee