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Hi. Bruce to the rescue again! Thanks. I'm not that new to the subject. In fact, you gave me some really useful advice about a much better option just a couple of days ago which I fully intend to follow. I knew that ATN hadn't got a particularly good reputation but didn't realise that it was so bad ...

Why are there are so many refurbished ATN thermal scopes on EBay.

It just seems odd that such a large percentage of the ATN stuff has gone through some sort of refurbishment.

Was / Is there something wrong with the the units that so many needed something fixed?

Just curious.

Thanks Bruce. Much appreciated. That's enough for me.

I can't stretch to a new version of one of the better thermal rifle scopes but I've found these two second hand for around £1,500 each. I will mostly be using it for rats on a sub 12 f/lbs Walther RM8 but may try it on a .223 for foxes later. So, the question is, which would suit my rat and fox requ...

Ok. That kinda confirms what I thought. I'll consider it 'screwed'.
I already have a Nightfox on order to replace it anyway.
Thanks everyone.

I bought it second hand about 10 or 12 years ago so I don't know the exact age.

But there's an update.

I tried it again and it powered up ok but the screen just faded away to blank/black after about 10 seconds.

Yup. I know they do give out eventually but I didn't know if this 'image fading away' problem was a symptom of that or if it's fixable problem.

I've got an old Cobra Optics Merlin that starts up ok then the image just fades away after 10 or 20 seconds.
I've tried new batteries.
The IR works fine.
Any ideas? Is this just an old Gen 1 unit giving up the ghost?
If it's knackered, does anyone wanna buy the DSA?