Thread: SYTONG Thermal scope

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

I bit the bullet and paid up today.

Can you please post a photo of the rail mount i need for it. My rifle is a Tikka T3x Superlight in 223 Rem.

Originally Posted by Nakihunter

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

I bit the bullet and paid up today.

Can you please post a photo of the rail mount i need for it. My rifle is a Tikka T3x Superlight in 223 Rem.

hey man let me know how it goes,
i am considering getting one aswell, local shop owner says they are best value for money,
obviously the 8-10k scopes are better but for the 4-5k range he says they are pretty good. unfortunately you cannot go hunting to test one out before you buy.

let m eknow how the clarity is when spotting animals

Originally Posted by Moose.

hey man let me know how it goes,
i am considering getting one aswell, local shop owner says they are best value for money,
obviously the 8-10k scopes are better but for the 4-5k range he says they are pretty good. unfortunately you cannot go hunting to test one out before you buy.

let m eknow how the clarity is when spotting animals

Two to 3 years later,the 10k scopes will only be 5 to 6k scopes.

Just back from a road trip to the South Island with my wife.


I took out my Tikka 223 Rem. I went for a walk behind the hut to look into a steep gully but saw nothing. I glassed all the hills and gullies and saw a mot of fallow but no wallaby. At around 6.30 the farmer came and picked me up on his quad. We went around the paddocks and started to climb towards the 4500 feet ridge top. About 3000 feet elevation onwards we started spotting wallabies. All of them them were down hill shots and quite easy. The first one was 290 meters (230 meters adjusted for slope) and I was shooting off my knees. Missed to the right! No excuses. Second shot nailed him . I got two more at ranges from 160 to 235 meters. The second hand Leupold Freedom 4-12X was really good (far better than the Burris 3-9 that I got as a package with the rifle).

As we headed to the higher tussock country it started to fog up. It was real big weather front as we could see for miles around us and all the ridges were getting covered with thick fog or clouds. A real disappointment as we could not hunt the tussock with my new Sytong Thermal scope. This was the high volume area - bugger.

We decided to hunt the flats and gullies where the numbers are a lot less. We still got another 7 hopping giant rats at ranges from 30 meters to 130 meters. Most of the shots were off hand and I was very happy with my shooting. We finished at 10.30 pm.

The Thermal scope worked well and I found it worth the cheap $1500 for this entry model. We picked up all the wallabies and hares. A few sheep were easy to spot and even a small group of fallow at 50 meters. I did not take any photos or videos as I got a fright with one of the batteries right at the beginning. Operator error. I should have checked everything during the day. First time using thermal - stupid laziness I guess. The Thermal reticle was really fine and the tiny red cross was perfect. I am not sure I was on 1X or 2X! Again I had not checked the set up.

Overall I was happy I got 10 critters and shot well with the Leupold as well as the Thermal.