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  2. Thermal Handheld Advice

    in Night Vision & Thermal

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    On 10/07/2020 at 22:09, wilbur foxhound said:

     

    So I went ahead & bought an XM30S, and trialled it the other night.

    Quite simply I cant fault it! Its tiny, fits in my pocket, and range is excellent to pick up heat sources at great range. Soon as a fox was spotted & it was on it's way in to the call, handheld screen off and into my pocket & on with the Pulsar trail. A great combination. I was out for 3.5 hours, and it still had some juice left in the battery. 

    Mind you I was being careful in turning off the screen when I wasnt using it. Having said that, I'll probably buy another battery, which will give me 6-8 hours use. Mind you, it can charge up using a USB port in the car.

    In summary; delighted with picture quality, its tiny and perfect for a spotter. It isnt near the Trail for image quality, but it's designed to be a compact spotter.

    The proof in the pudding is they're mostly all sold out & some outlets are quoting end of September for delivery! Scott country have a few left.

    At around £1500 i cant fault it! Few foxes now gone....

    If you're thinking of a spotter, dont hesitate, this is a great tool.

    Hope this whole thread helps others. ?

     

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  4. Thermal Handheld Advice

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    Posted · Edited by Lamp_Shy

    6 hours ago, foxdropper said:

    Take some advice mate .The axium is perfect on paper but the battery life is rubbish ,maybe 2 1/2 hours at best on constant .

    The 38 will last all night and next day on constant with much better field of view .Like anything in this world ,you get what you pay for .

    They basically all do the same mate ,picking up a heat source but identification is everything when it matters.The axium has a higher mag than most set at 5x I believe which is too much for medium range spotting and tends to blur stuff out rather than give a crisp image .The 38 is 3x and the 50 1.5 x if I’m right .Lower the mag ,better the resolution .With practice you  will  easily ID stuff to 500 yards with the right kit allowing the decision to pursue or not .

     

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    Thanks for the info, unfortunately the xm38 has been discontinued, and the Helion is just too big in my humble.

     

  5. Thermal Handheld Advice

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    Thanks for all the replies, it boils down to the smaller Axion handheld for me, and is the slightly larger Amoled viewfinder worth an extra £400 on the XM30S?

    Specifications as follows;

     

    Axion Key XM30 PUL-77425 320x240
    12µm     		50Hz 2.5x - 10.0x
    (4.0x)     		7.8° 1200m 960x720
    LCOS     		149x41x69mm
    Axion XM30S PUL-77423 320x240
    12µm     		50Hz 4.5x - 18.0x
    (4.0x)     		7.3° 1200m 1024x768
    AMOLED     		143x41x69mm

  6. Thermal Handheld Advice

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    Posted · Edited by Lamp_Shy

    Heres my summary and opinion of the Pulsar range,  which may help others;

    Axion xm22 entry level and around £850

    Axion xm30 around £1150, basic model with no extras

    Axion xm30S around £1500, same as key but with better HD screen & all the bells & whistles

    Axion xm38 Discontinued 

    Helion and Accolade have the same specification, however the Helion range are  monoculars & the Accolade models are binoculars. 

    In my opinion, Helion models are just too long for a spotter.

     

     

  9. Thermal Handheld Advice

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    Posted · Edited by Lamp_Shy

    10 hours ago, pav said:

    Don't buy a Helion xp50 I have one and won't see anything more with it than when I had my Helion xq38 and 1500 quid more the Helion xq38 is about the best for the money on any spotter iv had most of them

    Isnt the XQ38 quite a long unit? I'm thinking more of a pocket sized unit for spotting.

    I'm finding this to be a minefield! Lots of conflicting views & advice, I wish there was an objective review for all these units.?

  11. Thermal Handheld Advice

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    Posted · Edited by Lamp_Shy

    Cheapest I've seen is £1499, and like you, conflicting reports. I dont want to buy then regret...

    What model is the dearer one?

    20 minutes ago, villaman said:

    Looking at this myself , a few places are doing them for £1400 . I keep getting conflicting reports on them , some say yes it’s all you need and others say don’t bother get the dearer one which is about £2300 , so I don’t know but confused now 

     

  15. New REACH Powders - help please

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    On 10/04/2019 at 22:15, dicehorn said:

    Lucky there are a few alternative powders for the 308.

    I can only guess  from the limited information given but H414 with a case fill of around 100% would only give you about 41000 psi against a max of 60000 so will guess you are using around 51 gr of H414 giving around 2800 fps for the 125 gr bullet.

    Other powders to consider would be RS50 which will give approx. the same results to H414. N140 and Reloder 15 are a  possible 2 others. What would govern your choice for these 3 alternative powders would be  how easy are they to obtain locally.

     

    Peter

    So I've settled on either Vihtaviouri N140 or N135, the latter is around 100fps faster with a 125Gn BT bullet at max loading. Both are available in my local gun shops.

    I'm still playing around with Quickload data for both, therefore any advice would be greatly received.

  16. New REACH Powders - help please

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    Thank to the above.

    I've done some more research and the real problem is availability of powders locally. Ramshot looks to be getting decent reports, however its not readily available. Vihtavuori however, seems to be readily available, particularly N133, which gives the following recommended mix for a .308:

    125Gn Nosler BT - starting load @ 40.1& max load @ 46.3 with potential speed at the max load of 3120FPS - quite fast for a 308.

    I haven't run it with the software yet, to check things like ballistic efficiency etc, but so far it looks to be well recommended and readily available.

     

    https://www.vihtavuori.com/reloading-data/rifle-reloading/?cartridge=30

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  18. New REACH Powders - help please

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    With some of the reloading powders being phased out under EU REACH guidelines, I'm looking for recommendations for the following configuration:

    Calibre is .308 and bullet head is 125Gn Nosler ballistic tips.

    Currently using H414, which will soon be unavailable. I've only got around half a tub left.

    Anyone got suggestions for a REACH compliant alternative, or better please?

    REACH

     

     

    Thanks 

  20. Thermal Targets

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    Posted · Edited by Lamp_Shy
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    Problem with most solutions is, if the bullet strikes the heat source, its trashed! I've found silver tape a bit hit and miss. If its a cold dull day, then the tape doesn't heat up with the sun and remains "grey"  - the same as the cardboard or whatever you're using.

     

    I've started experimenting with ice cubes, which last longer in winter. I'm thinking a few left in a cool box and use a small freezer bag pinned onto cardboard or similar. Should work in all but ice cold days to give sufficient thermal difference.

  21. Thermal Targets

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    Anyone delved into devising thermal targets? I'm finding it a nightmare, and tried many, many solutions to get a decent image: Ranging from heating up metal, charcoal burner, strips of reflective tape (only works in decent sunlight), etc.

     

    Any suggestions for a home made target?

     

     

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