Thread: Pard nv008

@hotbarrels observations are spot on! Ive only just started using a recently acquired NV008. And ive have found all of these things out too.

I was out with the Pard on my T1x 17hmr last night for about 2 hours shooting rabbits in an orchard.

I've been lying prone using a bipod (just like I normally do when daylight shooting with the hmr or the 17 Hornet, i like to make every shot count and therefore get the best rest possible, for me prone is the best. But being down close to the ground with the IR and on flat ground it does reduce the IR throw and therefore visibility distance i find, it wouldn't be a problem if you were on the top of a knob looking out over a field, etc. But on flat orchards raised shooting sticks would certainly be a big plus to get you higher off the ground.

A hand held scanner would also be a big plus, i dont have one yet, so im walking around spotting the rabbits initially with the Maxtoch torch (have tried both green and red cellophane over the torch with a rubber band and that does seem to not spook them as much as the brighter white light. I spot them, then flick the torch off and then get in behind the rifle with the Pard IR, seems to work pretty well, but some rabbits have been a little spooked by the torch already but i still normally end up getting them anyway, like this one last night.



Heres one i head shot at 111 yards