New Pard Night Stalker 4K Just Died.

Ian70

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I bought a Pard Night Stalker 4K a week or so ago that came with one of the recoil lugs missing on its scope mount. I haven't even mounted the scope yet as I've been waiting for some Tier Two Tac QD scope rings to arrive, as the shipped rings are junk, yet today whilst configuring it in the menu it suddenly died. I've tried changing the battery but nothing. Back to Amazon it goes then... I'm not sure I'll buy Pard again if I'm honest. Customer service isn't the best either.
 
There is nothing wrong with the supplied rings.
How have you come to the conclusion the rings are "junk"?


Because I had trouble getting a hex wrench into one of the hex bolts where it wasn't formed correctly. That screams 'junk'. Just look at the hex bolts. It's looks like they're made of a cake! Just look how inconsistent the texturing is inside the actual rings too. Those are signs of cheap Chinese mass production. It makes me laugh, because 'Cumbria County Sports' who promote Pard, installed the rings and scope on his rifle, then when he was testing the scope out in the field you could clearly see he'd later swapped out the stock rings for Tier One's :lol:

I prefer low mounts to minimise the parallexing. But even with 25mm low mounts, on the CZ 457 the height seems to look and feel about right. Chris Parkin eventually chose the low mounts over the high with the CZ 457. But I guess it's whatever you're comfortable with, unless you're shooting PRS of course, then it's whatever is the most accurate and consistent.



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The Pard ring mounts only come with one of the rings with a recoil lug, as that's all that is essentially required. There included mounts, they do serve there purpose, although I agree there not premium mounts, I've never had an issue with them though in use..
 
The Pard ring mounts only come with one of the rings with a recoil lug, as that's all that is essentially required. There included mounts, they do serve there purpose, although I agree there not premium mounts, I've never had an issue with them though in use..
Agreed. I should have also installed them. Then I could have at least blamed them for my bad groups :lol: Now I'm going to have to think of something else to blame.
 
Because I had trouble getting a hex wrench into one of the hex bolts where it wasn't formed correctly. That screams 'junk'. Just look at the hex bolts. It's looks like they're made of a cake! Just look how inconsistent the texturing is inside the actual rings too. Those are signs of cheap Chinese mass production. It makes me laugh, because 'Cumbria County Sports' who promote Pard, installed the rings and scope on his rifle, then when he was testing the scope out in the field you could clearly see he'd later swapped out the stock rings for Tier One's :lol:

I prefer low mounts to minimise the parallexing. But even with 25mm low mounts, on the CZ 457 the height seems to look and feel about right. Chris Parkin eventually chose the low mounts over the high with the CZ 457. But I guess it's whatever you're comfortable with, unless you're shooting PRS of course, then it's whatever is the most accurate and consistent.



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They are fine for the puny 22. Because they also work on center fires.
Replace the screw if it's upsetting.
 
They are fine for the puny 22. Because they also work on center fires.
Replace the screw if it's upsetting.
I sent it back yesterday because the display had died literally 10 minutes after getting the scope out of the box. The scope partly still functioned, as the power light would come on and you could hear it click into NV mode, but the display just wouldn't light up back up. I've since ordered another Pard Night Stalker 4k, but in the EX model. I ordered some Tier One Tac QDs rings before the scope died, so I'll installed them when the EX scope arrives. My finger accidentally slipped in buy button whilst I was checking out the Athlon Rangecraft. At least that's what I'll tell the wife :lol:
 
My ds35 did the same, screen went black.
Sent it back and got a new unit returned.
Good service at the time but I've lost some faith in the unit.
 
My ds35 did the same, screen went black.
Sent it back and got a new unit returned.
Good service at the time but I've lost some faith in the unit.
I'm hoping the EX's OLED display proves to be more reliable. Looking at the reviews, the latest iteration seems to be a worthy upgrade. But of course, the price difference between the two models reflects the higher spec & the improvements made with the optic. I think aesthetically it looks a lot better too - looking more and more like a conventional scope. Although I think a lot of people were more concerned about knocking the Star Ship Enterprise than how it actually looks.
 
I'm hoping the EX's OLED display proves to be more reliable. Looking at the reviews, the latest iteration seems to be a worthy upgrade. But of course, the price difference between the two models reflects the higher spec & the improvements made with the optic. I think aesthetically it looks a lot better too - looking more and more like a conventional scope. Although I think a lot of people were more concerned about knocking the Star Ship Enterprise than how it actually looks.
The EX model is exceptionally good even Hik were impressed when they looked through ours at the show
 
For me one of the biggest advantages of the night stalker over alternatives is the weight. Admittedly I have VCSEL models and 200m and further shots are easy in the right conditions. No extra illuminator hanging off with a secondary mount. The IR/RF is solid and taken many knocks.

Yes colour image is lost earlier than others. But you can still use it in NV mode and no extra illuminator for a decent picture at dusk if that’s what you want. I’m shorting fox in the dark so it’s not a consideration for me.

I’ve got a night stalker and the older DS35 both images at night are excellent.
 
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