Soviet Bazaar PNS 4.6x52 Review

Overall Rating

Good value for money, nice images.

Poor build quality, a little on the heavy side and quite bulky especialy if opting for the pro.

I had a slight issue with rats in the back garden. They were coming in from an old (disused)railway embankment that runs alongside my home. I could have left them for the cats but why should they have all the fun !!

I purchased the PNS 4.6x52 from Soviet Bazaar for about £325.

The build quality isn't brilliant and it is quite tricky to put onto the dove tail scope rails. I went for the slightly more expensive of the 2 (Pro). The difference is that with the Pro there is an additional infa red torch on the top. This 'torch' does have a tendancy to fall off so I have now stuck this on with a cable tie.

I do believe in the saying 'You pay for what you get' and in this case it is true, although, the PNS Pro has done the job for me. I only really needed to see for about 20 - 25 metres and this I could do fine. You can easily see what you are looking at (Hedgehog, rat, cat etc), and it picks out the eves of an animal before anything else.

If you are considering purchasing one for use with an air rifle in your back garden or not having to walk for miles with it, buy one. I would reconsider if you were going to walk for miles with it or use on a shot gun.

I am happy with the PNS PRO as I know I went for the lower end of the market (Didn't really want to spend £1000 to shoot rats!!) as I was only after vermin locally. I often use when not attached to my air rifle just to see what is happening at night when there is little or no light around.