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The letters glow a dim purple in the darkness, just enough to be seen by Ilythiiri nightsight.
Archive 2007-04-01 Michael Natale 2007
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So I did some research into tritium, -- I used to have a tritium nightsight on a handgun that was very nice -- and I found there were watches, designed for the military originally, that use the technology.
Radioactive ... Steve Perry 2007
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The letters glow a dim purple in the darkness, just enough to be seen by Ilythiiri nightsight.
Shadows Linger Michael Natale 2007
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Shit, I'm growing hair thicker than the wool on a blocky Merino sheep, though I'm not wanting to bleat, bleating is for little lambs; I'm in sheep's clothing; I want to GROWLLLLLLLLLL and then HOWLLLLLL like HELLLLLLL at that moon up there, that full god-damned devil moon getting full right before my nightsight eyes.
Conductor, Slow Down, Please Let Me Off This Bus The Daily Growler 2006
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I wasn't a marksman so couldn't be given a gun; I was just handed a nightsight and left to it.
Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002
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The ESC-10 descended and hung beside us, humming softly, a colorless ghost craft viewed through nightsight goggles.
Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998
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Retractable nightsight goggles with an IR option were mounted on a headset that also had an intercom unit.
Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998
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His nightsight at last pierced the darkness, showing footprints leading off toward the shore.
Conan and The Gods of The Mountain Green, Roland 1993
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A technique is to scan the sector once with the optical sight, and then with the nightsight.
FM 7-91 Chptr 3 Employment/ Antiarmor Platoon United States Army 1987
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When dismounted, scanning with the nightsight is limited by the amount of operational time available from the nightsight's batteries.
FM 7-91 Chptr 3 Employment/ Antiarmor Platoon United States Army 1987
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