AGM Rattler V2 25-384 — 384×288 thermal riflescope

How far you can see a person

80 m make out detail130 m tell what it is521 m spot it┆ maker’s claim

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Calculated from the sensor's pixel pitch and the lens focal length, for clear air.

AGM Global Vision quotes 1,200 m, 2.3× our figure, because makers usually measure against a person’s full height rather than their width. Why the numbers differ

AGM Global VisionRiflescope · 384-class

AGM Rattler V2 25-384

Approx. price: ~$1,545
Sensor: 384×288 · 12 µm
Lens: 25 mm · 2×
Weight: 17.3 oz

Price and availability on AGM Global Vision’s site may differ.

Best for

A dedicated night rifle for hogs and coyotes inside about 150 yards

01Specifications

As published by AGM Global Vision. Sources: agmglobalvision.com (product page, 2026 catalog), downloads.agmglobalvision.com (datasheet).

Sensor: 384×288
Pixel pitch: 12 µm
NETD: <20 mK
Refresh rate: 50 Hz
Lens: 25 mm
Base magnification: 2×
Digital zoom: up to 16×
Field of view: 10.5° horizontal
Display: 1024x768 OLED
Claimed detection: 1,200 m
Claim basis: 6 ft (1.8 m) object
Run time: 11 h
Battery type: Removable pack
Weight: 17.3 oz
Length: 8.6″
Laser rangefinder: No
Ballistic calculator: No
Records video: Yes
Wi-Fi: Yes
IP rating: IP67
Warranty: 5 years
Approx. price: ~$1,545

02Pros and cons

From the published specs. What owners report is in the next section.

For it

Sensitive sensor that picks out small heat differences on humid or rainy nights (104th-best of 285 that publish it)
Swappable battery pack, so a spare doubles the run time
11 h of battery, 21st-longest of 344 here
Light at 17.3 oz, 21st-lightest of the 194 riflescopes here
Waterproof (IP67), survives a dunking
Records video and connects to a phone app
Warranty: 5 years

Against it

Short 25 mm lens: a wide view, but less reach than a 50 mm scope
No rangefinder, so you judge distance by eye
Entry-level 384×288 sensor, with less detail than a 640
Zoom past 2× is digital and gets blurry

03What owners say

owner discussions, 2023–2026

Summarised from 17 public owner discussions between 2023 and 2026. Owner experience, not a measurement.

This is the scope a lot of people start thermal hunting with, and the owner reports read that way: hogs and coyotes inside 150 yards, a few longer shots out to about 300 yards, and a steady stream of first-kill posts. A second-year owner says it does everything he needs for hogs even though he wants to upgrade eventually. Some of the longer-range and older reports come from owners of the first-generation TS25-384, which they treat as the same scope with an older sensor.

The complaints are consistent too. Clarity falls off quickly as you zoom, the stepped zoom has to be cycled through, and several owners say they wish they had stretched to a 640. Two new V2 owners had screens full of dead pixels that came back after every shot; AGM replaced one in about three weeks, and owners send people to AGM directly rather than the dealer. Owners who moved on say the wide field of view is the thing they miss.

What owners like

Enough scope for hogs and coyotes at typical ranges: owners report clean kills from about 50 to 300 yards, and a first-generation owner identified a bobcat at 100 yards.
The wide field of view helps when it is your only thermal; an owner who moved up to a 35-640 says he misses how much the 384 showed him.
AGM's support gets consistent praise: one owner's defective unit was emailed in, shipped the next day and replaced within about three weeks, through a US phone line rather than the dealer.
Cheap to get into: owners and sellers put new units around $1,600 to $1,800 on sale and used ones around $1,000 to $1,500, and the warranty transfers with the scope.
Small enough that one owner compares it to a PVS-14 with the eyecup and mount off, and others hand it to hunting partners as a loaner or monocular.

Common complaints

Image clarity drops noticeably as you zoom in, which both a one-year owner and a brand-new owner point out, and one owner says the zoom steps have to be cycled through rather than turned.
Dead pixels out of the box: two new V2 owners report screens covered in them, and one says they came back with the recoil of every shot even after pixel correction.
Several owners say they wish they had spent the extra on a 640, and one who upgraded to an Adder 35-384 with the same sensor called the bigger screen and magnification a huge step up.
A coyote-hunting owner who films his hunts says AGM scopes in general have a stuttering problem on video, and another's attempt to record through the AGM app did not work.
It uses AGM's own rechargeable battery; one owner steers buyers toward the Varmint LRF version partly because it takes common 18650 cells.

25-384 or 35-384?

Owners split by terrain. In woods and inside about 150 yards they prefer the 25 mm for its wider view, which matters when it is your only thermal; owners who shoot open pasture at 300 yards say the 35 mm's higher base magnification shows noticeably more detail. A few say to look for a used 640 at the same money instead.

My new scope has dots all over the screen. Is that normal?

No. Owners say a handful of dead pixels can be cleared with the pixel-correction menu, but a screen full of them, or ones that return after each shot, means a bad sensor. One owner with exactly this sent it straight to AGM and had a replacement in about three weeks.

Why is it so hard to see my target when zeroing during the day?

Owners explain that on a hot day everything is the same temperature, so a paper target disappears. They zero with aluminium tape, a hand warmer, an ice pack or a torch-heated screw on the target, or wait for early morning or late night when there is more contrast.