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Hi
Sorry another Thermal question 😊
We are getting really close to buying a thermal but just wondering.
The people that have purchased a Monocular or Binocular thermal, and have also purchased a Thermal scope, do you still use your monocular or has this become redundant. We are only going to purchase one not both items.
I am keen to hear on others experiences.
We hunt on an area with a lot of pine trees, (currently being cut down) and will use the thermal mostly during the day.
Cheers
Get the monocular. Pain in the arse trying to scan and hold up rifle at same time. Don’t need thermal scope if you’re shooting mostly during the day, defeats the purpose.
If only getting one, 100% get the hand held.
Primary purpose of a thermal is finding not aiming. If you have the hand held you can use it with any rifle and you don’t need to hold the rifle up to your eye to look for stuff.
They are good for shooting with at night, but not essential.
Handheld.
scanning for animals with a scope is a breach of rule 2 of the firearms safety code which says "always point your rifle in a safe direction." Not really a good idea for that reason alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little Loydd
Sorry for the late reply, have been away and locked myself out of my account
Thanks everyone for your input, it shows we are on the correct path. While on holiday have had the opportunity to look and discuss options in other areas on NZ.
Cheers
Make sure you get one with a rangefinder . It saves precious time .
I've just bought the Sytong LM02-25 Thermal scope. I've set it up and mounted it on the rifle & zeroed it. Not done any hunting yet.
The main purpose of buying a scope is to use it for night shooting on private land - on wallabies in the South Island, rabbits, may be deer.
This can be used as a monocular as well, particularly on DOC land where that is allowed.
I also have Night vision Infrared binoculars / cheap rectangular screen thingi. It does the job. Purpose is to find stuff in the dark.