Thread: Spotlight

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

What about backscatter, atmospheric conditions control how far you can see surely? I cant see the point in lugging an anti aircraft spotlight round and only being able to clearly identify a target to 200 m. Then theres the bloody moths it attracts. I run a ksn barrel mounted on a 22 and 223 in perfection conditions can id a hares body at 200 m normally 150, and would rarely shoot even that far because its like looking down a tunnel of smoke most nights. I have hunted with a guy with an hid spotlight brilliant amount of light but the only way the shooter could get a clear sight picture was to run 7-8 metres out the side to get away from the backscatter.

From memory I could read ear tags on cattle at 400m with an older de-domed Maxtoch mounted on my scope. De-domed they have a yellower light that seems to reflect less off particulate matter in the air and gives better definition.