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  5. Pulsar Apex Thermal Scope

    in Night Vision & Thermal

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    I have a Pulsar Apex 75 flaming expensive,I use it on my rimmys and air rifle no problem swapping over no problems has it can hold three different zero memory's,it has opened up an entire new world seeing stuff that normal IR wasn't seeing still got all my IR stuff but in my book thermal well out performance it for me,seeing foxes 1/2 mile roosting birds 1000 mtrs, rats playing in woods fields hundreds of mtrs away, hares laying up in fields,forget IMO what people say about its downsides everything has those,the positives well out strip any negatives,Had it for over a year now and yes you have to be careful with identifying stuff at range in particular at start but you quickly learn learn the difference between foxes and dog and cats and rabbits at distance close in work lets say 200 mtrs definition is good and even closer outstanding,safety wise as well its outstanding seeing heat sources through hedges and bushes,anyone on your perm your going to see them even if they are hiding from you,I thought long and hard before purchasing but since never looked back,I head shoot everything with this scope no problems at all,I will mansion one thing that this scope requires, when zeroing there has to a good difference between target heat sources I personally use the ring pull tin can lids and any old coins they show up well on any background.Just one more lol pea soup-fog / rain this scope still sees the same.

  7. Moles Down Holes

    in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control

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    If you bought your putanges from Norfolktrapper his postage time is up to 8 working days a's it sas on his website. They will turn up.

    They turned up. Set 10 against 10 trapline today. My first outing with putanges. I like the fact you can get the business end much further into the run than traplines. Also good that you can anchor them in place which stops the quarry dislodging them. On the minus side, side The gape of the jaws seems quite small. I measured it against the shoulders of a big boar and couldn't see how the animal could fit through it !??

     

    I always set my putanges with the so called square more of a rectangle on mine turned to its widest lenght,and put the trigger closer to the jaws then probally most people and I always have great succes with them,always a neck chest area clean kill,give them a brush up with a fine wire brush were the trigger fits every time you reset I use a spark plug wire brush there cheep as chips, set the trigger fine but not to much of a hair trigger and you should be catching,I found Putanges like learning to ride a bike ones your up a going its plain sailing lol.

  9. Nite Sight Eagle

    in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns

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    I used the nitesite wolf on my rim fires good in (ideal) conditions up to 300 mtrs had rabbits up 150 and the odd fox a little closer, still got this unit but since moved to thermal I found charly getting spooked at around 150 mtrs with the dull red glow the ir gives out,still a good bit of kit to have thought.One thing to rememember is that if you need glasses to use a pc or read you will need them as well to see the units monitor clearly something I didnt realise untill i'd purchased one of these units.

  10. Help !

    in Night Vision & Thermal

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    I know its not the photon but I've used both with the T67 on my Nitesite wolf the 840 pill was a little subdued but still worked at ruffly same range,i used the 840 pill to try and to some degree eliminate the dull red glow I got with the 940 pill because Charley was clocking it at around 200 mtrs and getting spooked, the 940 pill cast a larger field of view at distance,if your photons ir is getting over exposed it will because of the power of the T67,try using a 3 mode pill you get low/medium/and full power setting to choose from.

  13. Viper

    in Night Vision & Thermal

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    Hello, harrymad123 I got the wolf version for my rimfires and also use it on .22 ultra,perfect for ratting and good for rimfires but I would suggest the wolf version for rimy because of its extra range for spotting,I found it great for sitting and waiting on warrens because you can use it at any angle so long as you can see the screen you can use it, downsides is reflective light back from screen onto face but you can use the purpose made film screen that comes with the units to reduce glare I personally also use a camo face vial at night found this helps, also I found that they work better on cheaper scopes must be because there might be less coatings on lenses so letting more ir through scope another one that I never though of before buying is that if you need spectacles for reading you will need the same spectacles for looking at the screen,they do take a little getting used to and some people don't like using them at all but overall they are a good bit of kit.

  14. Finding Shot Rabbits?

    in Night Vision & Thermal

    Posted · Edited by goldfinger

    Thermal in open ground should not be a problem at reasonable ranges but with semi rough cover or rough warm ground even plough at short range is not always that simple sometimes when I walk up to them believe me your better of with a torch or eyes only,thermal at very short range its not that easy finding rabbits,but I am referring thermal rifle scopes.

  15. Finding Shot Rabbits?

    in Night Vision & Thermal

    Posted · Edited by goldfinger

    I shoot with a Apex XD75, yes thermal can find fallen quarry but in some cases like summertime in rough plough when the soil holds more heat for longer periods I have found it can be very difficult especially if you down them at range,thermal will pick well when there is difference in temperature between objects these temperature differences only have to be very small,generally this is not a problem but occasionally as I have said it can be with fallen small quarry certain conditions like rough plough or rough ground especially in warmer days/nights things can get difficult to find small quarry.

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