Joining the thermal club - Good deal

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RGrizzzz

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This week I'll be joining the thermal scopes owners club. I ran across this deal that I thought was too good to pass up. We casually hunt predators at ranges generally up to 100 yards in the PA woods. This scope fit the bill at an acceptable price. I'll sell off the existing IR scope to fund this and it's also a partial father's day present to dad and myself. TIP: If you leave it in your cart for an hour or so, they'll email you a $10 coupon. (probably have to be logged in)

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I am in the same boat almost. Just got to get a few other needs out of the way first. I keep hearing people tell me I need to spend about $5k. Not sure I can do that.
 
Welcome to the club! It might be my favorite hunting these days.
 
Been thinking about getting one too. Thanks for the link.

The scope mounted on the rifle in their promo video on that page looks like it's mounted ridiculously high for some reason? The shooter could barely maintain a cheek weld while trying to peek through the scope.
 
It's a club I'd like to be in, but know joining would be dumb.

I bought a cheapie NV scope 2-3 years ago. Thus far I've gotten to use it about an hour and a half. So as much as I'd love a thermal scope, I'd never use it enough to justify. :(
 
With my eyes these days I get off stand before legal light is over. Something like that might make sit until the end.
 
Now find me a reasonable price on some gyro stabilized binoculars:)
 
Bill said:
Now find me a reasonable price on some gyro stabilized binoculars:)
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My uncle bought a pair of Canon stabilized years ago. They're pretty cool. My dad claimed them for the family camp when he passed away last year.

I was just testing out the thermal scope from the back bedroom window. Cool stuff but the trees were blocking most of the view where deer and critters might be spotted.
 
IR spectrum doesnt work well through regular windows. IF I recall IR courses I took for work right, plastics work better than regular glass. The special IR windows made from plastic are very thin, some of them do not transmit regular visible light.

Remember the three S's...... USed to have a 243 with night vision scope, folks think you're hunting deer at night even when you're not.
 
bigboreblr said:
IR spectrum doesnt work well through regular windows. IF I recall IR courses I took for work right, plastics work better than regular glass. The special IR windows made from plastic are very thin, some of them do not transmit regular visible light.

Remember the three S's...... USed to have a 243 with night vision scope, folks think you're hunting deer at night even when you're not.
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I opened the window and took out the screen. 😉
 
I played with the AMG rattler 256 a while back. I was impressed. It's kind of busy and after about some minutes of viewing the brightness gets kind of hard on the eyeball. However, I could see a mouse running around the 100 yard target and it captured more detail than expected.

They are down in the $700-800 range now.
 
Natty Bumppo said:
Been thinking about getting one too. Thanks for the link.

The scope mounted on the rifle in their promo video on that page looks like it's mounted ridiculously high for some reason? The shooter could barely maintain a cheek weld while trying to peek through the scope.
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It’s a lot different than using a regular scope. You wouldn’t or couldn’t mount it low.
 
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