Ever thought about putting a $ 1495 thermal on top of the 6.5 Grendel, it works great

[Troutguide]

So is there a thermal that can be mounted forward of my traditional 1-4x scope that would be $700 or less? Or should I just look at getting an ATN 3-15x Pro NV/day scope and upgraded IR illuminator?

Optics will be mounted to an AR, so it will be on the pic rail for forward thermal instead of clipped directly to the optic objective.

Thanks for any help!!

Let me just say this. If you want more than one shot don’t waste your time on NV unless you live in a very windy dry place. Thermals are almost cheap enough for me to buy one now.