Thread: Thermal targets

What are people using as targets to sight in thermal scopes. I have tried a few different things with varying success and amounts of pissing around and would be keen to get some suggestions.

bit of tinfoil taped to a target works ok. Heat it up with a gas lighter and it retains heat ok. Not the best with a cold breeze though. You can buy stick on heat pack ones but the tin foil is good if your stuck without anything else.

Heat pack, bag of if frozen water, aluminum pie dish all work well

Budgies.

Small piece of burning mosquito coil seems to work ok.

Originally Posted by vulcannz

Budgies.

Hard to keep them still though

Hand warmer packets

Fill small tin with boiling water,hang in sock over yr target board.Still quiet hard to see at 200yds.

This stays hot for a long time too if you are pissing around.lols

Tin foil with doubled over tape on target during the day. If you can get it to reflect the sky that's good, space is really cold.

Hand warmer packs in the evening/cold days.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Hard to keep them still though

Duct tape.

wonder how the old potato would go for this???

Long as its hot.

the tealight idea has merit..you could create a chimney up to target material easy enough..the rising heat should keep everything illuminated

in the book blacklight.(one of the three point of impact books)....they are range testing early night vision/thermal (long before it was main stream) and story was they basically shooting repurposed toasters lol.

Old man runs several thermals on work guns and he always has a pack of hubba Bubba handy for sighting in or checking zero, have a chomp on a bit for a few minutes then stick it on something and shoot at it

A layer of tinfoil over the target board, with a cross made from electric tape work for me.