Thermal scope used at for day time any good?

[laidbacklew]

has anyone utilized thermal scope? is it something that would be always used or only special occasions?

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[Tlock]

I used mine daily for work. Hot days it's pretty hard to use cause everything is hot, morning and evenings still work good. Fall and winter it's a game changer!

 

[laidbacklew]

I used mine daily for work. Hot days it's pretty hard to use cause everything is hot, morning and evenings still work good. Fall and winter it's a game changer!

what kind of work????

 

[Tlock]

what kind of work????

I was a hit man for 20 years....well a animal hit man.

 

[lucusloc]

has anyone utilized thermal scope? is it something that would be always used or only special occasions?

I got one recently that I have been playing with. It works fine in the day as long as the sensor does not wash out. But mine also has a daytime sensor that is just a regular full color camera, so even if the thermal sensor washes out it still works just fine as a scope.

The only real problem I have with these is run time. Mine will go only 6 hours on one set of batteries, and also has a somewhat long boot time. This means you either leave it on while you are using it, chewing through the batteries, or accept that you will not be making quick shots as you wait for 5+ seconds for it to boot.

But if all you want to do is settle in and glass a field for an evening? It works just fine, just plan to use have one set of batteries for every day out you plan to have.

 

[Lazyfaire]

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[ar addict]

@Tlock and @lucusloc what do you have or what have you used?
What would anyone recommend for a bolt action 300 blk.
I have 3k saved, but a little overwhelmed with the choices.
@laidbacklew not trying to hijack your thread.

 

[lucusloc]

@Tlock and @lucusloc what do you have or what have you used?
What would anyone recommend for a bolt action 300 blk.
I have 3k saved, but a little overwhelmed with the choices.
@laidbacklew not trying to hijack your thread.

I have a SightMark Wraith 4k mini. MSRP is ~$800, street is ~$600 but if you can find them on sale you can grab one for in the $400s, which is not bad for what you get. I don't think I would ever pay MSRP for one, and would hesitate at normal street price, but it is a good deal if you can find it on sale.

I think a 300BO would be a great cartridge for the sight, as you do run into range problems with any fully electronic scope; the further away something is the less pixels it uses, and most of these optics only use digital zoom, not optical, so zooming in does not get you more pixels per target. This means the scope is much more range limited than traditional optical optics. Don't compare it across to regular optics of a similar zoom, you will be disappointed. Set your expectations (and ranges) lower and everything should work out fine.

 

[Tlock]

@Tlock and @lucusloc what do you have or what have you used?
What would anyone recommend for a bolt action 300 blk.
I have 3k saved, but a little overwhelmed with the choices.
@laidbacklew not trying to hijack your thread.

I was a running a pulsar, scope and hand held. The newest stuff, can remember the model number

 

[Sporting Systems]

Terrain and weather drive the feasibility. I will used a thermal in the daytime, sometimes its still very effective...sunny days and lots of rocks, its will be a very busy thermal field of view. I use a bunch of different Pulsar models and on some days, you'd be amazed at what you can see in the middle of the day. I routinely use the thermal binos in the day time when looking for trespassers on our hunting ranch, and for varmints.

 

[casey carl]

Thermals in the daytime are a gamechanger when it comes to hunting. I was able to see alot more with the lowest quality rattler they had then i can with my eyes. i returned it after season but will be upgrading next season complete gamechanger seeing those bedded down deer.

 

[Sporting Systems]

Thermals in the daytime are a gamechanger when it comes to hunting. I was able to see alot more with the lowest quality rattler they had then i can with my eyes. i returned it after season but will be upgrading next season complete gamechanger seeing those bedded down deer.

Just to be clear, when I use it during hunting season...Its for finding trespassers on our leased property. I'm am not hunting with it or using to find animals, I'm just enforcing our property against 2 legged poachers.

 

[Tlock]

Thermals in the daytime are a gamechanger when it comes to hunting. I was able to see alot more with the lowest quality rattler they had then i can with my eyes. i returned it after season but will be upgrading next season complete gamechanger seeing those bedded down deer.

Ya gamechanger as in loose your hunting rights for 3 to 5 years!

 

[casey carl]

Ya gamechanger as in loose your hunting rights for 3 to 5

Thanks for the information. I was able to look deeper and find this isn't allowed sense 2018. When reading the regulations it said sites.
I found an ors that's not in the book from odfw restrictions on legal hunting weapons that has banned everything pretty much besides thermals. That's a bummer guess i won't be upgrading and instead I'll get a suppressor to save my ears

 

[casey carl]

Just to be clear, when I use it during hunting season...It's for finding trespassers on our leased property. I'm am not hunting with it or using to find animals, I'm just enforcing our property against

Never mind looks like the law got changed again.

 

[casey carl]

In Oregon it is perfectly legal to use a thermal that isn't attached to your rifle. There is zero laws against it. However you cannot use a thermal scope on your hunting rifle. As I said I didn't use it on a rifle I used it as a handheld

So there was a proposed change in 2018 I was wrong looks like

Ya gamechanger as in loose your hunting rights for 3 to 5 years!

I had to scour the entire web to find it but in 2018 they got banned totally but it says proposed change. I cannot find the ors but better be safe then sorry, apologize for the mis information. All the regulations say sites and scopes.

 

[Brian652]

Good for scouting off season

 

[casey carl]

Good for scouting off season

I dunno the new law is written in a way that it's still illegal because you would be scouting off season for the intention of hunting. The laws wrote in a way that technically I think you could get a ticket regardless

 

[casey carl]

I dunno the new law is written in a way that it's still illegal because you would be scouting off season for the intention of hunting. The laws wrote in a way that technically I think you could get a ticket regardless

I mean by the way it's written it says wildlife too not just game animals so technically you can't use them In Oregon for even coyotes now. Because they are considered wildlife even if they are non game.

 

[Tlock]

I mean by the way it's written it says wildlife too not just game animals so technically you can't use them In Oregon for even coyotes now. Because they are considered wildlife even if they are non game.

Unless they are causing damage. Yes they are illegal to scout with. A pile of people just got busted in Clackamas County for hunting with them. It's very popular these days and osp is on the lookout