Night Vision Anybody have experience with a BAE skeetIR-L?

[bllistc]

Found one locally at a good price but I don’t have much experience with thermal so wondering if it’s a good buy.

 

[SkyScrapin]

Yes,

The SkeetL is a fantastic 320 LWIR unit. Excellent as a monocular. Works well enough as a clipon but you have to be maticulous about dialing out parallax, and if using a FTS mount, don’t flip it in and out (clip and un-clip is fine).

What type of detail are you looking for?

 

[SierraLima]

SkyScrapin, does the FTS mount cause issues on the skeetL?

 

[bllistc]

Yes,

The SkeetL is a fantastic 320 LWIR unit. Excellent as a monocular. Works well enough as a clipon but you have to be maticulous about dialing out parallax, and if using a FTS mount, don’t flip it in and out (clip and un-clip is fine).

What type of detail are you looking for?

How is it as a helmet mounted setup with a PVS14 and as a stand alone thermal scope? It has a reticle correct?

Any idea on service life for them? The one I’m looking at is a 2011 service date but it sounds like it has pretty low hours on it. I’m assuming they wont be serviced by trijicon?

 

[SkyScrapin]

SkyScrapin, does the FTS mount cause issues on the skeetL?

People reported issues with flipping it out and back so I didn’t even try. 100% repeatable for me if I didn’t use this feature and only clipped in or removed. Parallax was the most important adjustment by far.

 

[SkyScrapin]

How is it as a helmet mounted setup with a PVS14 and as a stand alone thermal scope? It has a reticle correct?

Any idea on service life for them? The one I’m looking at is a 2011 service date but it sounds like it has pretty low hours on it. I’m assuming they wont be serviced by trijicon?

I wouldn’t use it standalone or you might get a ring near your eye after recoil.

It works superbly as a stand alone monocular or paired with a -14.

Service life wise, it’s a hardened unit that will last. If you break it though, highly unlikely you can send it to BAE for repair.

 

[bllistc]

I wouldn’t use it standalone or you might get a ring near your eye after recoil.

It works superbly as a stand alone monocular or paired with a -14.

Service life wise, it’s a hardened unit that will last. If you break it though, highly unlikely you can send it to BAE for repair.

Sounds good. Anything in particular I should be looking for when looking at it before purchase?

 

[SkyScrapin]

Sounds good. Anything in particular I should be looking for when looking at it before purchase?

Obvious catastrophic damage and price point.