This video covers stages 6 through 10 of the Moons Out 2026 Night Rifle Match, sponsored by Nocturne Industries. The shooter navigates various challenges including moving targets, physical exertion with weighted dummies, vehicle ambushes, booby-trapped courses, and a shoot house. The competition emphasizes shooting under passive night vision, highlighting the difficulties and techniques required for low-light engagement. The event showcases a variety of tactical scenarios and gear, with a focus on practical application in a competitive environment.
This guide details an effective optic setup for modern rifles, combining an LPVO with a 12 o'clock mounted red dot. The LPVO offers a wide field of view at 1x magnification, ideal for spotting targets in dense environments. The secondary red dot provides rapid acquisition capabilities and is particularly useful for passive night vision operations. This configuration enhances situational awareness and speed in varied conditions.
This announcement details the dates and location for Moons Out 2026, a night vision shooting competition. The event will take place from March 6-8, 2026, at the Echo Valley Training Center in West Virginia. Registration opens on December 1st, 2025. The match emphasizes night vision only, with no white light division, and will feature thermally heated targets to accommodate thermal equipment users.
The Moons Out 2025 Night Vision Competition, hosted at Echo Valley Training Center, featured 10 challenging stages designed to test skills beyond basic shooting under night vision. Competitors engaged targets in various scenarios, including medical emergencies, dynamic movement, and complex target identification, emphasizing the practical application of night vision equipment and operational skills. The event was lauded for its excellent organization, safety, and innovative stage design, with participants competing in both passive and active night vision divisions.
Moons Out 2025 is an advanced rifle-only night vision competition held March 14-16, 2025, at Echo Valley Training Center. The match features 10 stages designed to test practical nighttime skills using passive IR, active IR, or thermal optics. Participants must have prior competition experience and proficiency with night vision gear. The event emphasizes safety with strict protocols and experienced range officers.
The 2024 Moons Out / Goons Out competition at Echo Valley Training Center featured eight diverse stages emphasizing different shooting skills under night vision. Participants competed in passive (no active illumination) and active (IR illuminators/lasers allowed) divisions. Stages included barricade shooting, moving from a Humvee, navigating a shoot house with medical drills, trench shooting with steel targets, a flashbang entry into a kill house, an open field course with prop lines, a memory-based 'landmine' stage, and a physical obstacle course.
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