A friend kindly lent me a Photon 6.5x50XT complete with Tracer Ledray F900IR for week, having previously had Photon MK1 and an ATN X-sight which were totally unsatisfactory for my needs, i was pleasantly surprised with the XT.
My friend had it mounted with quick release rings onto a picatinney rail on his 243, i dropped it onto my 22BR which placed the first shot only 8" low @ 100yds, zeroed after 3 shots (in the dark) i had a look what i could find.
Plenty of rabbits and hares spotted, then i picked up a set of nice bright eyes with the lamp, bingo i thought, Charley! but no looking through the photon i could clearly make out it was a cat, i shone the lamp on it and pinged it with the range finder, 158yds it said.
I was amazed that i could distinguish between a fox and a cat at that distance and that convinced that me that it was perfect for my needs, however i am pretty sure that its all down to the IR used, i tried the device with T20, T50 and T67 all with black suns and none were as good as the Ledray, this had been confirmed by the Photons owner who had carried out the same tests, he also said that the Laserluchs 5000 and the Armasight XLR owned by friends on their DronePros were equally as good as the Ledray on the Photon, with the Armasight XLR being slightly better
Ian.