Zulus

[Smellydog]

Never had any issues with Pards. Does the job .

How many shot have you put through it?

 

[wheelie]

What the fox or the rifle

 

[BenBhoy]

Has the Pard ds35 jobbie died ? I don't seem to notice much said of them??
I do think they are ugly with the laser poking up in the air like they do.
Any comments?

You can get them without the IR & just add your own.

 

[mealiejimmy]

Has the Pard ds35 jobbie died ? I don't seem to notice much said of them??
I do think they are ugly with the laser poking up in the air like they do.
Any comments?

The current Gen 2 version of the DS35 has an LED IR which is not a patch of the laser IR in the Gen1 version
Sales dried up when:
a. People found out that IR was much less powerful and could not illuminate targets at anything like the distance of the Gen 1 DS35
b. The Arken Zulus came along and did everything the DS35 could do but for £250 less

Cheers

Bruce

 

[BenBhoy]

did everything

It can't fit in quality 30mm mounts

 

[Smellydog]

What the fox or the rifle

The sight whally

 

[mealiejimmy]

Those n470 look solid jobs, Ben speaks highly of them, have you any experience with them @mealiejimmy , anyone?

The N470 ceased production about 3 years ago and there is no backup if it fails.
It was a very good value NV only scope, but the game has moved and Yukon have completely disappeared from the NV market
That's unlike your Zulus, which will be replaced with a new unit under warranty

Cheers

Bruce

 

[mealiejimmy]

It can't fit in quality 30mm mounts

Yes, that's true, but with a Zulus, I don't need to spend any money buying rings - I just slap it onto the picatinny rail (or dovetail) and I'm good to go.
So, it does what a DS35 does and for 250 less

Cheers

Bruce

 

[wheelie]

The sight whally

Not sure got to be 200 to 300 rounds through the .223 and say 170 through the .243 and God only knows with the .22 rimfire. All with Pards I have one on each rifle .

 

[Pellet Pinger]

So, which choice?
I think I will end up with a decision to make.
Hopefully they will find a fault and offer a replacement.
Or a refund??
Or they will say that they cannot find any faults and offer to return, to which I will say no thanks and then I will be offered a part payment and out of pocket, FFS.

Faced with that last option, what would you do?
And while you're here, what is the best nv sight?
And I mean reliability!
I'd try anything if it was built proper like....

Thanks.

Now you’ve had the Zulus, theres only 2 other choices really, if you are ok with add ons its the Vulpine, as long as you have a compatible scope and torch, its the benchmark for pure NV performance.
The other is the Alpex 4K, you just have to weigh up whether you want that extra weight and the added torch vs the compact Zulus.

 

[Nick703]

Has the Pard ds35 jobbie died ? I don't seem to notice much said of them??
I do think they are ugly with the laser poking up in the air like they do.
Any comments?

I had a gen1 ,field of view wasn’t up to much for night foxing otherwise nice clear scope

 

[Smellydog]

OW have said that they hope to send a replacement tomorrow pending inspection and a call to discuss options.

I think I will give a replacement another try just incase it was an isolated event....

 

[JTO]

it's just like when computers or mobile phones play up, you switch them off for a few seconds, and then switch them on again.

There were three people in a car that broke down, a mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer and a computer engineer. The mechanical engineer reckoned the gearbox was at fault, the electrical engineer thought in must be a faulty battery, the computer engineer said:- "Lets all get out and get back in again".

 

[mealiejimmy]

OW have said that they hope to send a replacement tomorrow pending inspection and a call to discuss options.

I think I will give a replacement another try just incase it was an isolated event....

Good choice
16 minutes into this video the guy is shooting rabbits at 200 yards with an old Brno 22 , subsonics and a Zulus 5-20LRF


Cheers

Bruce

 

[Smellydog]

Replacement on the way, lets give it another shot.
Had a super chat with Andy and Thomas.

 

[Smellydog]

Not a good start...they overnighted the unit and returned my old mount.......minus the m5 cs screws .
Just found two and cut to length.
The mount can wiggle from side to side and needs shims! Come on Arken!!

 

[Smellydog]

So, it actually went very well.
Mount shimmed and solid.
Bore sighted had me only a few clicks off centre.
Ready to rock within a few shots and I took a fun shot at 486 yards using the ballistic program loaded from my phone missing the target by a few inches to which I was wobbling about more than!
Thanks to optics warehouse, Thomas , George and Andy.

 

[Foxyboy43]

So, it actually went very well.
Mount shimmed and solid.
Bore sighted had me only a few clicks off centre.
Ready to rock within a few shots and I took a fun shot at 486 yards using the ballistic program loaded from my phone missing the target by a few inches to which I was wobbling about more than!
Thanks to optics warehouse, Thomas , George and Andy.
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Those poor foxes - good to hear you’re back in the saddle Smelly.

 

[kenbro]

So, it actually went very well.
Mount shimmed and solid.
Bore sighted had me only a few clicks off centre.
Ready to rock within a few shots and I took a fun shot at 486 yards using the ballistic program loaded from my phone missing the target by a few inches to which I was wobbling about more than!
Thanks to optics warehouse, Thomas , George and Andy.
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Was that cardboard strong enough to stop the bullets damaging the vehicle?
Kb.

 

[Drum123]

Was that cardboard strong enough to stop the bullets damaging the vehicle?
Kb.

It's only a 222. Probably never made it all the way through the box.