Testing the new pard nv007sp- lrf on rabbits!

[ianm]

On Saturday afternoon I went to the local RFD that is owned by a friend. He had some of the new pard 007s in which have a lrf incorporated in them. I was asking him about them but he didn’t know much about them or their capabilities. I said if they are any good it might be handy to have one that i can use on the.22lr and the 17hmr. He said take it and try it and let me know if it is any good. So I took him up on the offer and went home with it. I put it on the.22 Remington speedmaster that I bought a little while ago. I have fitted a Hawke 22 rimfire scope to it so I thought it would be a good test using the lrf and the marked increments of the reticule. I decided to go to a caravan park where the owner has asked me to thin the rabbits out a bit. I had initially set the pard up on the rifle at home down the garden to fifty yards. I set it up on 10x mag. The only reservation I had was the claimed 350 metre i/r beam and I was right. It is good for 100 yards tops and more likely 70/80. After shooting three rabbits from 30yards to 43 yds I thought I would stretch the range out a little. The next three where between 52 yds and 78 yds. And the marks on the reticule corresponded spot on so I thought I would call it a night. Then I spotted another sat well out and I could only see about an inch of its back and its head above the grass. I ranged it at 124yds and lined up the 125yd reticule on the head. There was a fair breeze blowing which put the bullet about 5” to the right of the rabbits head. I saw the bullet strike clearly and it didn’t move. I quickly aimed off for the wind but in line with the 125yd mark and squeezed the trigger. The rabbit flipped into the air and landed on its side dead as a nit. This is obviously a handy little n/v add on especially when used with a stand alone laser i/r as I did with the last 4 rabbits.

 

[BenBhoy]

Spot on mate. Handy to know the marks on dedicated 22 scope tally up too.

 

[Squirrelbasher]

Yerr, the Hawke .22 subsonic scopes work well. I’ve got one on my cz511

 

[Squirrelbasher]

On Saturday afternoon I went to the local RFD that is owned by a friend. He had some of the new pard 007s in which have a lrf incorporated in them. I was asking him about them but he didn’t know much about them or their capabilities. I said if they are any good it might be handy to have one that i can use on the.22lr and the 17hmr. He said take it and try it and let me know if it is any good. So I took him up on the offer and went home with it. I put it on the.22 Remington speedmaster that I bought a little while ago. I have fitted a Hawke 22 rimfire scope to it so I thought it would be a good test using the lrf and the marked increments of the reticule. I decided to go to a caravan park where the owner has asked me to thin the rabbits out a bit. I had initially set the pard up on the rifle at home down the garden to fifty yards. I set it up on 10x mag. The only reservation I had was the claimed 350 metre i/r beam and I was right. It is good for 100 yards tops and more likely 70/80. After shooting three rabbits from 30yards to 43 yds I thought I would stretch the range out a little. The next three where between 52 yds and 78 yds. And the marks on the reticule corresponded spot on so I thought I would call it a night. Then I spotted another sat well out and I could only see about an inch of its back and its head above the grass. I ranged it at 124yds and lined up the 125yd reticule on the head. There was a fair breeze blowing which put the bullet about 5” to the right of the rabbits head. I saw the bullet strike clearly and it didn’t move. I quickly aimed off for the wind but in line with the 125yd mark and squeezed the trigger. The rabbit flipped into the air and landed on its side dead as a nit. This is obviously a handy little n/v add on especially when used with a stand alone laser i/r as I did with the last 4 rabbits.

What ir was you using Ian?

 

[BenBhoy]

What ir was you using Ian?

I reckon that's soaris srx

 

[David.evans]

Looks like a srx SB
atb

 

[ianm]

What ir was you using Ian?

Solaris SRX , i have a Dragonfly aswell but it isn't as easy to spot or flood as the SRX.

 

[BenBhoy]

That's what I use but thinking of getting dark engine blade, anyone tried it?

 

[ianm]

That's what I use but thinking of getting dark engine blade, anyone tried it?

I don't think it will be any better than the SRX, but more to the point have you ever tried getting anything of Clive Ward? He is a nightmare to deal with, doesn't correspond with buyers for weeks on end. There is yet another "anyone heard from Clive Ward" thread running on another forum just now, they appear about once a month.

 

[Jelen]

That's what I use but thinking of getting dark engine blade, anyone tried it?

Yes, on my PARD007SP LRF. In the Ludicrous Lumens adjustable clamp, fitted to the rail on top of the PARD.
It's lightweight and slim. On my 2.5-27x52 scope it fills 95% of the display at x2.5 mag & 100% at x4mag on wide beam. At narrow beam it illuminates well out to 150m.
Still usable at 200m with the 'scope mag at x15, depending on the humidity. Forget the touted 300+m (unless you want to shoot at the centre of a black blob.) The rear switch is very good, though I tend to leave it on at full power, but the tiny dull warning light is excellent. My preferred mode when I'm mobile is to switch on the onboard IR light at wide beam for scanning and quick target acquisition, then turn on the Blade set at almost full narrow beam for the shot. My other torch is the Ludicrous Lumens Wraith which does enable shots out to 400m. But it's a big and heavy lump, so is best for when in a Fox box or static ambush.

 

[ianm]

Yes, on my PARD007SP LRF. In the Ludicrous Lumens adjustable clamp, fitted to the rail on top of the PARD.
It's lightweight and slim. On my 2.5-27x52 scope it fills 95% of the display at x2.5 mag & 100% at x4mag on wide beam. At narrow beam it illuminates well out to 150m.
Still usable at 200m with the 'scope mag at x15, depending on the humidity. Forget the touted 300+m (unless you want to shoot at the centre of a black blob.) The rear switch is very good, though I tend to leave it on at full power, but the tiny dull warning light is excellent. My preferred mode when I'm mobile is to switch on the onboard IR light at wide beam for scanning and quick target acquisition, then turn on the Blade set at almost full narrow beam for the shot. My other torch is the Ludicrous Lumens Wraith which does enable shots out to 400m. But it's a big and heavy lump, so is best for when in a Fox box or static ambush.

The fact that i could clearly and easily of shot out to 300 yds at a fox on a less than ideal weather night tells me the SRX is the better proposition for foxing and longer range stuff.

 

[BenBhoy]

At narrow beam it illuminates well out to 150m.

Wow... really?? My SRX currently doubles that.

 

[BenBhoy]

I don't think it will be any better than the SRX, but more to the point have you ever tried getting anything of Clive Ward? He is a nightmare to deal with, doesn't correspond with buyers for weeks on end. There is yet another "anyone heard from Clive Ward" thread running on another forum just now, they appear about once a month.

Tbf I've heard all this mate but I bought a led ir from Clive couple years ago when my sightline n470s was white out with laser & not only did it arrive promptly it was a fantastic little torch.

 

[User00053]

How does a pard compare say with a half decent tubed archer or the wardy 800 digital just out of interest if anyone’s played with them, used to have a ward a while back and it was good.

 

[DVS1]

I see your sporting target style turrets...no issues with the lrf??

 

[bumpy22]

I tried original 007 against a ward 008. The ward was by far a lot better.

To be fair great product but as said earlier aftersales is shocking

 

[Jelen]

The fact that i could clearly and easily of shot out to 300 yds at a fox on a less than ideal weather night tells me the SRX is the better proposition for foxing and longer range stuff.

I've also got the new SRX and have done a fair comparison of all 3 torches using my PARD007LRF mounted to my March 2.5-27x52 scope. The results may differ with a different rifle scope
For distance shooting they rank from lowest to highest: 1.Blade. 2.SRX. 3.LL Sabre.
For convenience and weight; 1.Sabre, 2.SRX, 3.Blade.
If I could have only one 'all rounder' torch then the SRX would be it.

 

[Jelen]

I've also got the new SRX and have done a fair comparison of all 3 torches using my PARD007LRF mounted to my March 2.5-27x52 scope. The results may differ with a different rifle scope
For distance shooting they rank from lowest to highest: 1.Blade. 2.SRX. 3.LL Sabre.
For convenience and weight; 1.Sabre, 2.SRX, 3.Blade.
If I could have only one 'all rounder' torch then the SRX would be it.

Here are 2 clips from videos taken on the PARD007LRF. One sheep taken using the Blade IR and the other a fox using the Ludicrous Lumens Wraith.
The actual view through the PARD is far better and the Fox one was taken in a light drizzle.

 

[sauer]

So the onboard IR no any use then on its own ?

 

[Jelen]

So the onboard IR no any use then on its own ?

It is OK on it's own and I've used it out to 125yds. But I've been using SRX and lately LL Wraith for a number of years. So it's like going from a RF to a CF rifle.