Thread: Wallaby shooting with thermal scope - video.

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Should probably make clear the thermal doesn't belong to me, I just turn up and use it - but I have stacked up quite a number of hours behind it at this point, in a variety of terrain and shooting conditions, so extremely familiar with its use and limitations.

They come with QR mounts, press the thumb-lever past a spring-detent and it locks in place nice and securely.

For handheld use.. I'm sure it would be adequate, the imaging would do equally as well. However - from memory the scope unit is a bit larger than the dedicated handheld units, so I imagine you'd probably be needing two hands to make the best of it. Not quite as agile for poking around in forestry or somewhere and having a quick glance.

One other minor limitation with the scopes I should add - when zeroing, the 'clicks' are a fairly hefty 20-30mm@100, depending on model. So definitely can't give the real fine-tune pin-point accuracy of a traditional scope, unless you get lucky with where those clicks line up.

"'clicks' are a fairly hefty 20-30mm@100"

Ah - now I see why it nearly drove me to drink sighting my XD50 in.
The sighting in option would work OK if proper setup bench/cradle etc (that is the zeroing option in the Menus where you take the dot/+ to the bullet hole)
Since my mate has had the scope on a 7m-08 its been perfect.
We sighted her in with 3 shots and its never been touched since.

You can use these Trail rifle mounts as hand held's - but they are not as nimble as a Helion XP handheld obviously.
I was using the Helion XP38 in right hand and a Pocket 8x25 Bino in the left hand other morning at dawn - excellent for surveying "the pets" :-)