Perfect thank you for the reply. This will be going on the .243
Arken Zulus Question
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12gsnapcaps
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Got everything set up perfectly now, many thanks to @mealiejimmy for being a solid gold legend of a gentleman
Me too with my early bought Zulus. Tried the magnet trick worked for a bit then back to screen blackouts.
E-mailed DTN and they asked for a video showing it happening. By chance I shot 2 foxes the next night and it blacked out while videoing.
Sent the vids and they immediately said send it back and we'll send a new one. Within 5 days a new DTN Zulus has arrived.
Zeroing tomorrow morning so fingers crossed.
Snowball71
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Let us know how u get on I'll hopefully get out this week 2 do more testing. I've only had mine a few months and was used on a rimfire so never had a problem till moved it 2 centerfire...
Will the new one have the latest DTN firmware ?
Our 520 now come supplied with 32GB micro SD card and dual charger dock with x2 18650 batteries..
on the subject of batteries what are the brand currently being favoured and a good supplier who has stock please scope hasnt arrived arrived yet so not sure if it comes with batteries
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Yes, plus SD card but no battery or charger in mine
These
Genuine 4000mah (I've tested them) from an excellent supplier
Cheers
Bruce
Thanks Bruce just ordered 4 so good to go might need some set up advice this week
Bb
I've had a couple of outings on the rabbits with a production model kindly lent to me by Ian Blackwood
My opinion, based on actually using it, is that it is a great tool worthy of a place in any rabbit/rat/squirrel shooters tool box.
The optical image quality is not quite as good as the Zulus (about 90-95% as good) and the thermal sensor is not premier league, but this scope is a case of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts - and for £1k you get a lot for your money
The fact that you can detect a target with thermal and then, without doing anything, shoot it using the colour day image or NV image (with or without IR) means that the time spent searching (and often not finding) a target with NV after having detected it with thermal is a thing of the past
In both my recent outings I was using a hand held thermal imager to scan for potential targets (I wasn't swinging the gun around), but once a potential target was detected it was easily found with the thermal channel on the scope
I had the scope set up with the thermal in the main screen and optical in the Picture in Picture window (PiP).
The thermal channel has a lower base mag (x3) and wider field of view than the optical channel (x5) so it makes sense to use the thermal to get onto the target
A single button push flips those around to give optical in the main screen and thermal in the PiP so you can zoom up for the shot
If you need to, you can then range the target with the onboard LRF and shoot using known holdovers or use the ballistic calculator to give you an aiming point (or a reticle shift)
The correct aiming point also appears in the PiP so you can leave the main screen in thermal and shoot with the optical image in the PiP
The onboard IR is a laser (vcsel) and for shooting rabbits out to just over 100 yards I never needed it any higher than the lowest power level with the beam width adjusted to fill the field of view
We were out for over 3 hours (all in darkness) and putting the scope into standby between shots meant that I still had enough battery life for the rangefinder to work (i.e more than 20% battery life) when we finished
I have no doubt there will be some negative comments about this scope from the usual suspects who, for some reason don't see the need for it - even although they have never looked through one in the field
Given that Blackwood Outdoors have a pre-order list as long as my arm, it seems that most people actually understand what this product is all about and what it can do
Edit - here's a link to a short video of my first outing
I'm using a 22 rimfire shooting 40 grain subsonic bullets with a muzzle energy of 102ftlb and 73ftlb at 100 yards - hit a rabbit anywhere in the body with that amount of energy and it dies instantly or very soon thereafter
This is pure pest control - a numbers game where all that counts is how many rabbits you kill and nothing goes into the food chain
BTW, this video got me a lifetime ban from the Airgun Forum for "cruel and unethical shooting practices"
It seems that, as far as the moderators on that forum are concerned, the only "kind and ethical" way to shoot a rabbit is in the head with a sub 12ftlb air rifle
Cheers
Bruce
My opinion, based on actually using it, is that it is a great tool worthy of a place in any rabbit/rat/squirrel shooters tool box.
The optical image quality is not quite as good as the Zulus (about 90-95% as good) and the thermal sensor is not premier league, but this scope is a case of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts - and for £1k you get a lot for your money
The fact that you can detect a target with thermal and then, without doing anything, shoot it using the colour day image or NV image (with or without IR) means that the time spent searching (and often not finding) a target with NV after having detected it with thermal is a thing of the past
In both my recent outings I was using a hand held thermal imager to scan for potential targets (I wasn't swinging the gun around), but once a potential target was detected it was easily found with the thermal channel on the scope
I had the scope set up with the thermal in the main screen and optical in the Picture in Picture window (PiP).
The thermal channel has a lower base mag (x3) and wider field of view than the optical channel (x5) so it makes sense to use the thermal to get onto the target
A single button push flips those around to give optical in the main screen and thermal in the PiP so you can zoom up for the shot
If you need to, you can then range the target with the onboard LRF and shoot using known holdovers or use the ballistic calculator to give you an aiming point (or a reticle shift)
The correct aiming point also appears in the PiP so you can leave the main screen in thermal and shoot with the optical image in the PiP
The onboard IR is a laser (vcsel) and for shooting rabbits out to just over 100 yards I never needed it any higher than the lowest power level with the beam width adjusted to fill the field of view
We were out for over 3 hours (all in darkness) and putting the scope into standby between shots meant that I still had enough battery life for the rangefinder to work (i.e more than 20% battery life) when we finished
I have no doubt there will be some negative comments about this scope from the usual suspects who, for some reason don't see the need for it - even although they have never looked through one in the field
Given that Blackwood Outdoors have a pre-order list as long as my arm, it seems that most people actually understand what this product is all about and what it can do
Edit - here's a link to a short video of my first outing
I'm using a 22 rimfire shooting 40 grain subsonic bullets with a muzzle energy of 102ftlb and 73ftlb at 100 yards - hit a rabbit anywhere in the body with that amount of energy and it dies instantly or very soon thereafter
This is pure pest control - a numbers game where all that counts is how many rabbits you kill and nothing goes into the food chain
BTW, this video got me a lifetime ban from the Airgun Forum for "cruel and unethical shooting practices"
It seems that, as far as the moderators on that forum are concerned, the only "kind and ethical" way to shoot a rabbit is in the head with a sub 12ftlb air rifle
Cheers
Bruce
nun_hunter
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Fogstar are very good quality batteries too plus every Friday they do 20% off.
Smellydog
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I've never known a shower like that lot. Banned me too. Arguably worse than pigeon watch!
Enjoyed your appraisal
Foxyboy43
Well-Known Member
I've had a couple of outings on the rabbits with a production model kindly lent to me by Ian Blackwood
My opinion, based on actually using it, is that it is a great tool worthy of a place in any rabbit/rat/squirrel shooters tool box.
The optical image quality is not quite as good as the Zulus (about 90-95% as good) and the thermal sensor is not premier league, but this scope is a case of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts - and for £1k you get a lot for your money
The fact that you can detect a target with thermal and then, without doing anything, shoot it using the colour day image or NV image (with or without IR) means that the time spent searching (and often not finding) a target with NV after having detected it with thermal is a thing of the past
In both my recent outings I was using a hand held thermal imager to scan for potential targets (I wasn't swinging the gun around), but once a potential target was detected it was easily found with the thermal channel on the scope
I had the scope set up with the thermal in the main screen and optical in the Picture in Picture window (PiP).
The thermal channel has a lower base mag (x3) and wider field of view than the optical channel (x5) so it makes sense to use the thermal to get onto the target
A single button push flips those around to give optical in the main screen and thermal in the PiP so you can zoom up for the shot
If you need to, you can then range the target with the onboard LRF and shoot using known holdovers or use the ballistic calculator to give you an aiming point (or a reticle shift)
The correct aiming point also appears in the PiP so you can leave the main screen in thermal and shoot with the optical image in the PiP
The onboard IR is a laser (vcsel) and for shooting rabbits out to just over 100 yards I never needed it any higher than the lowest power level with the beam width adjusted to fill the field of view
We were out for over 3 hours (all in darkness) and putting the scope into standby between shots meant that I still had enough battery life for the rangefinder to work (i.e more than 20% battery life) when we finished
I have no doubt there will be some negative comments about this scope from the usual suspects who, for some reason don't see the need for it - even although they have never looked through one in the field
Given that Blackwood Outdoors have a pre-order list as long as my arm, it seems that most people actually understand what this product is all about and what it can do
Edit - here's a link to a short video of my first outing
I'm using a 22 rimfire shooting 40 grain subsonic bullets with a muzzle energy of 102ftlb and 73ftlb at 100 yards - hit a rabbit anywhere in the body with that amount of energy and it dies instantly or very soon thereafter
This is pure pest control - a numbers game where all that counts is how many rabbits you kill and nothing goes into the food chain
BTW, this video got me a lifetime ban from the Airgun Forum for "cruel and unethical shooting practices"
It seems that, as far as the moderators on that forum are concerned, the only "kind and ethical" way to shoot a rabbit is in the head with a sub 12ftlb air rifle
Cheers
Bruce
Interesting post as ever thank you. The idea of a quick accessing of quarry when switching from thermal spotter to thermal sight with IR capability is a great idea - no longer having to align the “thermaled” blur of the rifle barrel with the quarry Is some enhancement! Presumably spotting a deer in cover with the thermal then a quick click to conventional colour will be a very welcome and fast acquisition facility too!
A quick query - the bc zero is offset from the main stadia - why so?
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The bc zero being offset from the main stadia is a minor firmware issue which has now been resolved in the version of the firmware being shipped with the scopes going on sale later this week
Cheers
Bruce
Cheers
Bruce
Knowing that have also been banned makes me feel much better about itI've never known a shower like that lot. Banned me too. Arguably worse than pigeon watch!
Enjoyed your appraisal
Cheers
Bruce
" Lifetime ban from airgun forum"
Hi Bruce.
This post is in my support for you over this matter, you are one if not the most best member of all the forum's ---with your vast knowledge advice, and help, this will be their loss.
I'm only on here, airgun bbs, and the night vision forum.
IMO over the years some of the forum moderators go overboard, the airgun bbs was one, banning quite a few contributing members, just look at this forum now, also the night vision forum is dead, this seems to have happened since a certain well respected retailer got a ban off there ---------i understand they do have to moderate the forum's but like in your case this is just plain stupid IMO.
Dave (warbucks)
Hi Bruce.
This post is in my support for you over this matter, you are one if not the most best member of all the forum's ---with your vast knowledge advice, and help, this will be their loss.
I'm only on here, airgun bbs, and the night vision forum.
IMO over the years some of the forum moderators go overboard, the airgun bbs was one, banning quite a few contributing members, just look at this forum now, also the night vision forum is dead, this seems to have happened since a certain well respected retailer got a ban off there ---------i understand they do have to moderate the forum's but like in your case this is just plain stupid IMO.
Dave (warbucks)
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