A thank you to Paul O’ who very kindly came over last night and re vamped my dying phone with a new battery, charging port and speaker change.
With a new to me nv scope sitting on the .243 I had dialled it in a few days previous, It was in need of a IR which Paul was bringing over to try on the unit.
I had machined a pair of clamping shims so his IR will fit in my adjustable rail clamp. Paul consumed a Golden Syrup sandwich after the phone was fixed (don’t tell his wife) we fitted the IR and sat there quite pleased how it looked.
Waiting for it to get dark took for ever so using that time playing with various setting etc. So let’s switch on the IR with the usual up down in out, right a bit Bernie!
Not much doing at all….ah lets take the day filter off ! Know we can see that will work!! Paul was temped to come out but his time on the meter was approaching the red zone lol
Using quad sticks allowed more fiddle time with the weight of the unit sitting on them, some time back a lad who wanted to see how lamping worked came out for an evening. At the time I was using solo set up with a LF 170 on top. He said, it looks difficult taking the lamp off and on just to shoot foxes! My reply was diving at 100 meters with 5 tanks is a good perquisite for clipping a light on your scope lol.
After the rain showers passed the chance of a fox out looking for food was a good possibility. There is one fox kicking around who keeps close to some houses so my last muntjac hide has been staked to an oak tree trying to draw it over for a safe shot.
A dog’s leg of this block has often found foxes crossing to and fro. With my small red spotter I picked up a glint giving me a line to walk into.
It took a bit of time as the wind was not good also the moon poked through the clouds a few time, but I managed to dispatch the first ¾ grown out around 120 yards
With a hedge to my right I hazed my spotter across with 3 sets of eyes shining back…Cubs!
Taking my time with the NV 2 were dispatched quickly but the third retreated not to return.
Tim.243
With a new to me nv scope sitting on the .243 I had dialled it in a few days previous, It was in need of a IR which Paul was bringing over to try on the unit.
I had machined a pair of clamping shims so his IR will fit in my adjustable rail clamp. Paul consumed a Golden Syrup sandwich after the phone was fixed (don’t tell his wife) we fitted the IR and sat there quite pleased how it looked.
Waiting for it to get dark took for ever so using that time playing with various setting etc. So let’s switch on the IR with the usual up down in out, right a bit Bernie!
Not much doing at all….ah lets take the day filter off ! Know we can see that will work!! Paul was temped to come out but his time on the meter was approaching the red zone lol
Using quad sticks allowed more fiddle time with the weight of the unit sitting on them, some time back a lad who wanted to see how lamping worked came out for an evening. At the time I was using solo set up with a LF 170 on top. He said, it looks difficult taking the lamp off and on just to shoot foxes! My reply was diving at 100 meters with 5 tanks is a good perquisite for clipping a light on your scope lol.
After the rain showers passed the chance of a fox out looking for food was a good possibility. There is one fox kicking around who keeps close to some houses so my last muntjac hide has been staked to an oak tree trying to draw it over for a safe shot.
A dog’s leg of this block has often found foxes crossing to and fro. With my small red spotter I picked up a glint giving me a line to walk into.
It took a bit of time as the wind was not good also the moon poked through the clouds a few time, but I managed to dispatch the first ¾ grown out around 120 yards
With a hedge to my right I hazed my spotter across with 3 sets of eyes shining back…Cubs!
Taking my time with the NV 2 were dispatched quickly but the third retreated not to return.
Tim.243