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RifleDude
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The degree to which that is valid depends on how much one is willing to spend. The better thermal scopes (read “more expensive”) are a 1-optic solution for night hunting. I don’t use any other optic to supplement my thermal scope when hunting, but my real world effective range is confined to around 100 yards/meters or so. Resolution on the most recent gen of thermal scopes has improved markedly. To get into the truly good stuff, you can pretty much expect to spend at least $3500-$4000, although I’ve been really impressed with the resolution on my buddy’s new FLIR Thermosight PTS233, which is basically an improved version of the previous gen Armasight Predator 336. FLIR’s new “digital detail enhancement” tech is the real deal, and that scope can now be had for around $2k, which I think is the best value currently available for the performance it delivers. |
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Ted
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Son of Ed
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Shenko
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10 years now that scopecalc.com has been online.
Good for that guy. |
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koshkin
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As much as I dislike admitting it, Ted is mostly right on this (he gets all giddy and happy when you tell him he is right, so I try to not do it too much ).
In practical terms, all other things being equal, you get the best low light performance out of a scope when the exit pupil exceeds your eye pupil by 10-15% or so. However, for a quick look (just a few seconds), you might get a touch more performance at a slightly higher magnification than that, but that quickly fades. A couple of additional things to consider: if your eyes are properly dark adapted, looking through the scope all of a sudden delivers a fair bit more light than what you just adapted to, so your eye pupil will contract a little as you look through the scope, so if you are looking through the scope for a few seconds trying to make out what you see, bumping magnification up a little will often help. During dusk, as your eye is slowly transitioning into mesopic vision, looking through a scope or a binocular can bump you back into photopic vision for a bit longer, which really helps. ILya
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Rancid Coolaid
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As I said in my first post, maybe I'm doing it wrong. That, and perception is reality, so... Carry on.
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Scrumbag
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Ah, I think 100m and the size of a pig is a much bigger target than a fox at a bit further out Scrummy
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Was sure I had a point when I started this post...
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