Hopefully, nobody will lambast me too harshly for not mounting this new scope on a Grendel. My current Grendel is occupied right now, but I have a new one on the way and will be using it with the next scope I review. In the mean time, think of the rifle and simply performing a nice recoil test on the scope.
People here have mentioned the expense of thermal scopes and thermal scope prices are coming down and there are now new models out that are entry-level scopes. "Entry-level" is quite relative. Maybe 4 years ago, this would have been a higher end scope selling for 2-3 times as much money and people were killing hogs and varmints with such scopes just fine.
Long story short, I got asked to be a pro staffer for Third Coast Thermal to review some of the products they sell. The first scope is the Armasight Predator. It is a 1.6x thermal scope and all in all, it is a nifty little scope, costing the same amount as my FLIR PS32 spotting scope, but the Predator does more, better, and is a weapon sight.
I was hoping the first video would be a successful hunt, but the hog gods are not smiling on me. So what I do have is a video showing various critters at various distances under various conditions.
What do I think it is capable of? Good question. I don't think 200+ yards for a hog shot would be unreasonable in open terrain. For coyote, maybe out to 150. Take a look and see what you think. I should be back out this weekend to give it another try...
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People here have mentioned the expense of thermal scopes and thermal scope prices are coming down and there are now new models out that are entry-level scopes. "Entry-level" is quite relative. Maybe 4 years ago, this would have been a higher end scope selling for 2-3 times as much money and people were killing hogs and varmints with such scopes just fine.
Long story short, I got asked to be a pro staffer for Third Coast Thermal to review some of the products they sell. The first scope is the Armasight Predator. It is a 1.6x thermal scope and all in all, it is a nifty little scope, costing the same amount as my FLIR PS32 spotting scope, but the Predator does more, better, and is a weapon sight.
I was hoping the first video would be a successful hunt, but the hog gods are not smiling on me. So what I do have is a video showing various critters at various distances under various conditions.
What do I think it is capable of? Good question. I don't think 200+ yards for a hog shot would be unreasonable in open terrain. For coyote, maybe out to 150. Take a look and see what you think. I should be back out this weekend to give it another try...
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